different culture(Hong Jun)
Each country has their culture as they have different appearances.
But we are sometime shocked because of different cultures even though we know that exists. Some of my friends who live in N.Y. said, “I can never understand it. They are too selfish. Not only people do so, but also the society system does.”
For example, the MTA often constructs without any previous notice, and as a result of that many passengers who are in a rush suffer inconvenience. In Korea, we couldn’t imagine this situation, construction without previous notice apart from an emergency.
It means the MTA only care about their plans or staffs. They should’ve made an exact schedule in advance.
And other example is some of staffs who work in shops. They don’t focus on their jobs. They often have small talk, make phone calls and sing despite long line. So they make customers keep waiting for long time. In contrast to Americans, workers in Korea can’t do anything during work time. They have to take care of customers first.
In my case I thought they are selfish.1month ago I rented an apartment next to build construction. Every 7 am in the morning the construction stats, even thought it is time most people sleep. So sometime I can hear the sound some of residents argue with worker. Of course construction is supposed to make noise but they didn’t try not to make noise like a noise blocking wall or they must avoid the morning time.
Of course above examples doesn’t represent all Americans figure but when I see something like that, I can’t help being startled. There are some of reasons. First of all, N.Y is very busy city and individualistic so that it takes N.Y citizen’s spare times to think of other people. The other reason is they tend to think about their won right even thought they could bother other people.
I Think first thing we have to do is care about other people before doing.
But we are sometime shocked because of different cultures even though we know that exists. Some of my friends who live in N.Y. said, “I can never understand it. They are too selfish. Not only people do so, but also the society system does.”
For example, the MTA often constructs without any previous notice, and as a result of that many passengers who are in a rush suffer inconvenience. In Korea, we couldn’t imagine this situation, construction without previous notice apart from an emergency.
It means the MTA only care about their plans or staffs. They should’ve made an exact schedule in advance.
And other example is some of staffs who work in shops. They don’t focus on their jobs. They often have small talk, make phone calls and sing despite long line. So they make customers keep waiting for long time. In contrast to Americans, workers in Korea can’t do anything during work time. They have to take care of customers first.
In my case I thought they are selfish.1month ago I rented an apartment next to build construction. Every 7 am in the morning the construction stats, even thought it is time most people sleep. So sometime I can hear the sound some of residents argue with worker. Of course construction is supposed to make noise but they didn’t try not to make noise like a noise blocking wall or they must avoid the morning time.
Of course above examples doesn’t represent all Americans figure but when I see something like that, I can’t help being startled. There are some of reasons. First of all, N.Y is very busy city and individualistic so that it takes N.Y citizen’s spare times to think of other people. The other reason is they tend to think about their won right even thought they could bother other people.
I Think first thing we have to do is care about other people before doing.
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