Comments on: Asking the Weatherman for Departure http://www.reneseifert.com/2006/04/asking_the_weatherman_for_depa.html Entrepreneur, Global Citizen, Flat World, Internet, Web 2.0, Innovation, Start-Up Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:32:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Nina http://www.reneseifert.com/2006/04/asking_the_weatherman_for_depa.html#comment-111 Nina Sat, 22 Apr 2006 23:49:48 +0000 http://www.reneseifert.com/2006/04/asking_the_weatherman_for_depa.html#comment-111 This is of course a combi of cultural differences based on Maslow. You know it is the same in Malaysia, when you meet anyone you know/don't know (even), you must ask them "have you eaten?" It is considered polite and courteous to do so. It is almost like asking "how are you?". I guess it is deep rooted in the basic socio-anthropological background where "to eat" is far more important than "to get a nice tan". Obviously, that applies in Asia. And in Germany (EU) perhaps feeling of well-being is tied in more with feeling good/healthy/able to enjoy life...hence "nice weather isn't it?" You care about the weather when you have a full stomach and enough time to enjoy it. Wilkommst zurück in dein Heimat Sir Jetset;-) Schönes Wochenende (noch);-) This is of course a combi of cultural differences based on Maslow. You know it is the same in Malaysia, when you meet anyone you know/don’t know (even), you must ask them “have you eaten?” It is considered polite and courteous to do so. It is almost like asking “how are you?”.

I guess it is deep rooted in the basic socio-anthropological background where “to eat” is far more important than “to get a nice tan”. Obviously, that applies in Asia.

And in Germany (EU) perhaps feeling of well-being is tied in more with feeling good/healthy/able to enjoy life…hence “nice weather isn’t it?” You care about the weather when you have a full stomach and enough time to enjoy it.

Wilkommst zurück in dein Heimat Sir Jetset;-)

Schönes Wochenende (noch);-)

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