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From http://bloggertone.com 5364 days ago
Made Hot by: goalsettingworks on March 20, 2010 2:08 pm

U2 should read this even if you are an established business. I firmly intend to be around, ready and waiting for the upturn and I look at being more German.....

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Written by McLaughlin
5363 days ago

I had several of my team from Germany and I enjoyed working with them so much more than the French (I live in France). At my last job we were told to be open and honest, for the Germans and me, that was easy. People can live with a polite 'no'. Here in France we have to work a negative into the conversation while telling a person how wonderful they are.

Of course in France, we have better food!

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Written by Barneyausten
5364 days ago

Hi Greg. Nope - you weren't there on a good day, what you saw and experienced is exactly how the Germans are all of the time. Any time I dealt with a German customer in business, they were pragmatic, disciplined but friendly i.e. everyone knew where they stood all of the time. No bad thing in my view!

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