the scary world of different business cultures

Overheard at the plane. Two Swedish engineers are talking.

– Now we’ll start to work in Russia, that will be…

– Oh, their business culture is totally different, strange morale at work… drink vodka to lunch…

– It will be much worse than England…

– Oh yes.

– Sometimes it’s fun with new markets but Russia, vodka for lunch… shit.

– Maybe they’re like the Englishmen but worse… I think they are as high-and-mighty as the Americans…

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