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21 sats \ 9 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 17h \ parent \ on: The Problem With Being “Too Nice” at Work mostly_harmless
Maybe it is! I don’t know if it’s like that in every store, but in Japan that’s a real thing, employees are required to smile at customers or they risk getting fired. It’s not exactly a law, but there are companies that actually have that written in their code of conduct.
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22 sats \ 8 replies \ @ek OP 16h
Yeah, as an Asian myself, I think Asians are really good at fake niceness. Maybe we pioneered it, lol
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10 sats \ 5 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 15h
Asian from India, right?
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22 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek OP 15h
Yes, my parents are from there, but I was born and grew up in Germany.
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33 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 15h
I remember that, I think it was in a convo about funerals in India with CoinReporter.
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27 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek OP 15h
I will pay @plebpoet to include this in the next SNZ
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 15h
Ahahah! I got a good memory!
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 15h
Yeah and I appreciate you, your quirks are funny
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 15h
This fake niceness might come from more authoritarian regimes and upbringing in Asia. 🤔
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55 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 12h
allegedly they have it in the south eastern US as well.
"Southern Hospitality" is the term for a kind of saccharine or superficial politeness to your face, sometimes coupled with frankness when gossiping in your absence
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