my first day with italki, 12.07.12

Today I read an article. This article is entitled “Culture shock”. It is about the culture differences between English and Russian people. The English woman Miranda, who is married the to a Russian man Alexander, tells in the article the that Russians don’t say “please” and “thanks”, if they ask somebody for something. She wright  wrote that in Russian it was fine- you don’t have to add any polite words. She thinks that Russians are much more directly, direct, because her mother-In-law told her that her soup needed more flavouring.(this idea should be rewritten as it does not flow smoothly.) And Russians don’t like to smile.
But She makes all these conclusions without experience and known  or knowing the Russian people.
In the all country the countries of the world you can see people without good manners.
Certainly you can find the Russian version of “Would you mind passing me the salt, please?” just as in the classic literature of 19th century. Today, nobody says those words. But If someone doesn’t say “please” when he asks somebody for something and “thanks” when he receives something, this person is impolite and has bad manners.
For example, I can’t imagine say saying to my husband or my mother or somebody else, “pour me some tea," without saying “please” and “thanks,” and just make a noise like a grunt when I receive it. )) This is a real cultural shock!