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Originally Posted by freddy10-4
"Polite and outgoing american culture" lol
I'm not sure why you're laughing, are you implying Americans aren't polite and outgoing? On the shallow end, Americans at the very least politely greet each other, say please and thank yous, and will say sorry or excuse me if they bump into you or something. This is hard to expect from your average Macaunese or Chinese. On a more meaningful level, Americans will help you if you need help even if you don't ask for it. If you have car trouble on the side of the road, it's not at all unusual to have someone stop and ask if you need help. If you stop someone on the road asking for directions they will generally help you and be happy to do so. In Macau, people will actually snap at you for even trying to engage them in any way, much less ask for help.
And Americans are some of the most outgoing people in the world, it's very easy to communicate with them. In Macau, it seems like every other person is on the verge of a shouting match. In the poker rooms, the floor or the dealer some times just REFUSE to explain simple rules to new players. I'm talking about Cantonese speaking players. They just refuse to explain why something is done and instead just shout commands at the guests and get aggravated and annoyed if you ask for clarifications. Like the system of asking you to give your smaller denomination chips as rake at the end of hands, they would rather start screaming $15!!! at the guests who don't understand why they have to give more chips for a pot they won rather than explain why. If this system were adopted in America, most dealers would at the very least politely explain that they want to keep the smaller chips in the rack to avoid extra fills or something.