I haven't lived abroad, but simply from travel and reading, it becomes clear that many social practices are arbitrary, and the range of workable possibilities is much larger than simple intuition-from-limited-experience might suggest.
After a while, surprise that things could be done so differently becomes surprise that each region thinks their ways are so natural.
That sort of insight certainly helps in negotiation scenarios like the one tested, and possibly other problem-solving as well.
After a while, surprise that things could be done so differently becomes surprise that each region thinks their ways are so natural.
That sort of insight certainly helps in negotiation scenarios like the one tested, and possibly other problem-solving as well.