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>I don't know how familiar

Submitted by TonyB on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 18:14.

>I don't know how familiar you are with non-western customs,

I've lived and worked in Asia for over 20 years so I'm fairly familiar.

 

>but it is generally expected that the higher status person pick up the check for everyone in many asian countries. 

Yes, I've seen this but it doesn't make it right. I think the point of my initial post was to question these "expectations" and examine the inherent rudeness of this. I know it's dangerous to compare Asian standards with Western standards but given that most of us on this site are Westerners I thought I'd post the entry as a discussion point.

 

>Was the total cost under $40?

Irrelevant really. Doesn't matter if it was $4, $40 or $400 - the fact that it was expected and that no one said thanks was really what I was writing about.

 

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