Queue up

In   many  countries it  is  common  for people to stand and wait in line or    (queue line up)   for  services  in  places   like restaurants, banks and shops. In many such as   Australia and New Zealand, if people try to cut in line, the other people waiting will often tell them to go to the back of the queue.

                In some other cultures, however, waiting in line is more uncommon. People who push harder get served first. This can be very frustration for people who are used to queuing up.    While waiting in line is more universal for places like international hotels and airports, shopping is another story.

                In Thailand, mostly people will wait in line for services, but there might be someone like to cut a line, but not everyone.

Delays

                Delays in transportation are more common in some places than others. As a result, people react in a variety of ways when a flight, train or bus doesn’t depart or arrive on schedule.   Some may sit and wait patiently,   while others may get annoyed or even angry.

                In  places like the US and Canada,  passengers  like to  be informed of delays as  soon  as possible, and many people like to know the reason for the delay.     Offering this kind of information  can help   keep  people calmer in situations like these.     In places where delays are more common, this type of explanation may be seen as unnecessary.

                In Thailand like the US and Canada, passengers like to be informed of delay, and they like to know the reason for the delay like people in US and Canada, as for their feelings, mostly they will feel  angry or little disappointed, if their flight, train, or bus is delayed or postpone, but it does not happen often.

Date order

                In Europe, people write dates in this order day, month then year. In North America, people write dates:  year, month then day. This means that 02/12/04 could mean December 2, 2004, February 12, 2004; or December 4, 2002.

                In Thailand, we write date in order day, month, year, for example 12, 8, 2011 means 12 August, 2011.

 Gestures 

                In most western countries, including the US, people signal come here by waving with their hand facing up. This is casual gesture and is normally used in formal situations.

                The gesture for come here can be different in certain situations.      For example, in some places it is normal to attract a waiter/waitress’s attention by snapping one’s fingers;     however  in North  America this is very rude.  In most English-speaking cultures, people raise their hand and say excuse me!

                In Thailand, people signal come here by waving with their hand facing down and say that  “nong nong” which   means brother or sister.