shpadre
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Does 1 o'clock not really mean 1? by shpadre
My family and I were recently driving through Tanzania and stopped at a hotel for the night. My wife enquired when we checked in if breakfast was included in the price of the room, and she asked what time it started. She was told it was available ...
Bwana2bob: That's it! I knew there had to be some logic to this different way of telling time and another system that we weren't aware of! This is merely one example of the challenges we have come up against in communicating as Americans/Westerners ... Read More
Does 1 o'clock not really mean 1? by shpadre
My family and I were recently driving through Tanzania and stopped at a hotel for the night. My wife enquired when we checked in if breakfast was included in the price of the room, and she asked what time it started. She was told it was available ...
Thanks for your replies. I guess I/my wife took what the hotel employee said to her as a point in time, a starting point, and that's why it sounded strange to me. But maybe, as you have replied, it was meant as a more general time period. But still, ... Read More
Does 1 o'clock not really mean 1?
My family and I were recently driving through Tanzania and stopped at a hotel for the night. My wife enquired when we checked in if breakfast was included in the price of the room, and she asked what time it started. She was told it was available ... Read More
Communication gap - can someone explain? by shpadre
Can somebody explain this or give some insight into a culture I just can't understand? I'm an American (white) living in Nairobi with my family. There seems to be a real disconnect or a huge communication gap that I have never been able to bridge ...
I guess I was mistaken when I took this to be a discussion board, and now I see it's actually a presentation board. I see people enjoy reading other people's posts but very few, if any, leave a response. I guess this shows that the expat community ... Read More
Communication gap - can someone explain?
Can somebody explain this or give some insight into a culture I just can't understand? I'm an American (white) living in Nairobi with my family. There seems to be a real disconnect or a huge communication gap that I have never been able to bridge ... Read More