In Hannover next week.

[Jay Vaughan]

>> Well its a long story, but so far the trip is going better than expected.  A lot of people talk tough on the phone but aren't so much when you meet them in person.
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> The Germans on this list may correct me, but from what I understand, tough talking is something that Germans like to do during meetings. Just a cultural difference that may be weird to, well, anybody other than Germans.

Americans and Brits do it too, they just don't ever like to be reminded of the fact that there's not much difference between them and 'the others' in this regard.  In business, you either follow the herd and eat grass all your life, or you scrape a few off for midnight rations.

Wherever you go, you'll find humans doing their best not to cannibalize each other, and failing miserably at it most times .. different language, same result though.  Its hard to get people to not hate by default ..

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Jay Vaughan