The "wine culture at table" of China (2)
I hate this. The culture--I even unwill to call it “culture”, maybe I should call it the "evil practice"—is really harmful. To personal, too much alcohol damage our health greatly. To society, drunk driving is the primary cause to traffic accidents. And people who commit this illegal act mostly come from these dinner.
I’ve asked these people around me, why you like drinking? To my surprise, most people answered I don’t like drinking (to that extent I mentioned before) at all, who likes it? Then why do you drink that much, I asked again. Except the reason I told in paragraph six, they gave me another: no drink, no atmosphere. They mean if they don’t exchange toasts and turn it into an issue of urging others to drink, there will be no topics, and then everybody will feel embarrassed. I turned silence. But I think foreigners also need to invite business partners, they also need to receive superiors, they also need to celebrate something, and they will also get together for dinner. What will they do? Do they also have to urge others to drink to break the embarrassment of silence? I never heard of that.
Then, what will you foreigners do？What’s your culture when refer to these issues?
Help me, and please revise my article.
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The "wine culture at table" of China (2)
I hate this. The culture--I am even unwill to calling it “culture”, maybe I should call it the "evil practice"—is really harmful. To pPersonal (or maybe 'to your own person') , too much alcohol damages our health greatly (very much). To In society, drunk driving is the primary cause to for traffic accidents. And people who commit this illegal act mostly come from these dinner.
I’ve asked these people around me, why you like drinking? To my surprise, most people answered I don’t like drinking (to the at extent that I mentioned before) at all, who likes it? Then why do you drink that much, I asked again. Except the reason I told in paragraph six, they gave me another: no drink, no atmosphere. They mean if they don’t exchange toasts and turn it into an issue of urging others to drink, there will be no topics, and then everybody will feel embarrassed. I turned silence. (I turned in silence, or I turned silent) But I think foreigners also need to invite business partners, they also need to receive superiors, they also need to celebrate something, and they will also get together for dinner. What will they do? Do they also have to urge others to drink to break the embarrassment of silence? I never heard of that.
Then, what will you foreigners do？What’s your culture when refer to these issues?
Help me, and please revise my article.
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Personally I loathe company outings. I probably make less career because of it. Drunk driving is not accepted though, it's seen as an embarrassing thing. But it's the same everywhere: you must go, you must get drunk. The management thinks that if you put people together, fill them up with alcohol, then they will all be friends, and like each other and hence work harder. Most people just follow not to damage their career, but hate it. For me it's even stronger then hate. I actually left a company because I got into a fight with a manager that kept complaining I did not go to these dinners. If I see him, in a dark alley, and there is a large piece of wood hanging around, and nobody sees me, I am not sure what will happen.
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