Embarassing situation nr 1
Did you know that you have to give out your business card with both hands and also take another person's business card with two hands in China?So a week ago, at this Chinese party, a person offered me his business card and I took it. Without thinking, I took it with one hand, read it, and was bored. So I was hoding the business card the whole time, wrinkling it, trying to make an airplane out of it and so on, anything that would make time go faster. Some girl was going to look at the business card, and she without thinking she screamed and laughed "Look how she did to the business card".
EMBARASSING, I tried to come up with an excuse that in Sweden it is polite to read the business card very carefully and do something with it, I was desperate to come up with something, not sure if they believed me or not. I told them that is why they had big articels in Swedish business magazines just about how to receive and give out businesscards in China.
Lame.
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posted by Shopgirl at 12:41 PM
3 Comments:
Basic manners to receive or give with both hands. Oops, you dont have em. (:
In Japan the business card is seen as a representation of the person and to tear one up or to make it into paper aircraft is very disrespectful.
In china is also bad to write on someones card. Oh and the card should have gold lettering on white stock - extra points for gold foil/embossing!
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