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SAVOIR VIVRE IN POLAND
HERE ARE SOME RULES TO BE
FOLLOWED WHEN YOU VISIT POLAND:
MEETINGS/ INTRODUCTIONS/MAKING FRIENDS
WHEN YOU MEET YOUR ACQUAINTANCE,
YOU CAN SHAKE HANDS BUT YOU CAN ALSO SAY ‘HELLO’ OR
‘GOOD MORNING’.
BUT WHEN YOU MEET SOMEBODY FOR THE FIRST TIME OR AFTER A
LONG TIME SINCE YOUR LAST MEETING, YOU GIVE HIM OR HER
ONE KISS/YOUNG PEOPLE/OR THREE KISSES/MOST PEOPLE/.
A MAN CAN ALSO KISS A
WOMAN IN HER HAND.
A MAN SHOULD ALSO OPEN THE DOOR FOR A WOMAN AND LET HER THROUGH AS WELL AS
GIVE HER A HAND WHEN SHE GETS OUT OF A CAR OR A BUS.
BUT NOWADAYS THERE ARE FEWER AND
FEWER GENTLEMEN LIKE THESE.
PUBLIC PLACES
YOU MUST OBEY THE RULES WHICH ARE
SET IN CERTAIN PLACES. FOR
EXAMPLE:
YOU CANNOT SMOKE IN PUBLIC PLACES
LIKE SCHOOLS, BUS STOPS, RAILWAY
STATIONS , HOSPITALS ,ETC.
YOU MUSTN’T BE LOUD IN LIBRARIES, IN
YOUR FLAT/ /BEFORE 6 A.M AND AFTER 10 P.M/, ON A LOCAL
TRANSPORT VEHICLES/E.G
TALKING ON THE PHONE/, IN
MUSEUMS, THEATRES, CINEMAS, CHURCHES
AND OF COURSE DURING LESSONS
YOU SHOULD BE KIND TO OLDER PEOPLE,
DISABLED ONES AND PREGNANT WOMEN. YOU SHOULD, FOR
EXAMPLE, LEAVE THEM A SIT ON A BUS, LET THEM THROUGH
IN A QUEUE, HELP THEM WITH SOME
SHOPPING OR SIMPLY JUST WITH GETTING INTO A BUS, TRAM,
ETC.
WE GENERALLY RESPECT
OLDER PEOPLE AND THERE IS EVEN A RULE THAT YOU
SHOULDN’T INTERRUPT WHEN AN ELDERLY PERSON
SPEAKS.
AT THE TABLEWHEN YOU INVITE SOMEBODY FOR A MEAL, YOU MUST MAKE HIM
OR HER FEEL AT HOME.
GUESTS SHOULD TRY THE DISHES FIRST.
THEY HELP THEMSELVES AND
THEN THE OTHERS.
THERE ARE SOME FAMILIES WHO PRAY BEFORE AND AFTER A MEAL,
BUT MOST FAMILIES SIT TOGETHER AND JUST EAT.
YOU USUALLY SAY ‘ENJOY YOUR MEAL’
AT THE BEGINNING’ AND ‘ THANK YOU ’ WHEN YOU ARE FULL.
WE HAVE BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING,
LUNCH/ A SANDWICH OR A SNACK/ AT SCHOOL OR WORK , DINNER BETWEEN 2 P.M AND 6 P.M AND
SUPPER BETWEEN 6 P.M AND 9 P.M
AT THE PARTY
YOU SHOULD BE RATHER
PUNCTUAL OR COME, UP TO 15 MINUTES LATE.YOU SHOULD BRING A GIFTS AND SWEETS IF
THERE ARE SOME CHILDREN.
WHEN YOU VISIT SOMEBODY FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU
SHOULD BUY A GIFT, SOMETHING USEFUL OR
DECORATIVE FOR A FLAT/ A FLOWER, A VASE, GLASSES, A
PORCELAIN FIGURE.
YOU SHOULD TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES IF YOU ARE
INVITED TO SB’S FLAT
YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE WHAT KIND
OF PARTY IT IS AND DRESS UP APPROPRIATELY. IF IT IS JUST A
FAMILY OR FRIENDS’MEETING, YOU CAN WEAR CASUAL CLOTHES BUT
WHEN YOU ARE INVITED TO A MORE OFFICIAL ONE, IT’S GOOD TO WEAR
SOME SMART CLOTHES.
THIS WAY YOU SHOW RESPECT
TO THE HOSTS.YOU SHOULDN’ T STAY UP TOO LATE, YOU SHOULD WATCH THE
HOSTS AND LEAVE BEFORE OTHERS DO IT.
IT’S NICE IF YOU PAY COMPLIMENTS
CONCERNING THE FOOD OR FLAT DECORATIONS
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