A cool mentality on the one hand and an open attitude to displays of affection on the other shocked Ayu, a young Indonesian, on her first visit to Germany.
Have you ever had a similar experience – when a culture surprised you in either a positive or negative way, a preconception was dispelled, or a cliché shattered?
Share your thoughts, experiences, poems, quotes, comments and pictures about culture shock. Or send us something to do with a typical preconception or cliché about your own culture.
"In Indonesia, people are never on time. Even when they are having an event or any special occasion they are never punctual. And that is a big problem for Indonesian people."
"I expected everybody to behave the same way they do in Germany. So I had problems when meetings would get slow, when my colleagues planned badly and when business were not sincere."
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