Asking for directions
Through observation, nobody in Turkey will admit that they don't know where something is. They would much rather blindly guess than say, "Sorry, I'm not 100% sure."
In trying to find the Ziraat office yesterday, we asked more than 10 people where the office was, and every single person said with a straight face, "Turn left, go straight, 100 meters, 300 meters, this way, that way", often times completely contradictory of what the last person said. Hell, we even found people pointing to Ankara when asking how to get back to Istanbul.
This is definitely a drastic increase from my culture, firstly because we usually never ask for directions, second because we (and I do a lot) shamefully admit that we don't know everything about our whole city. I talked to the general manager about this, and she agreed, citing that every Turk is proud of their 0pinion. :)
In trying to find the Ziraat office yesterday, we asked more than 10 people where the office was, and every single person said with a straight face, "Turn left, go straight, 100 meters, 300 meters, this way, that way", often times completely contradictory of what the last person said. Hell, we even found people pointing to Ankara when asking how to get back to Istanbul.
This is definitely a drastic increase from my culture, firstly because we usually never ask for directions, second because we (and I do a lot) shamefully admit that we don't know everything about our whole city. I talked to the general manager about this, and she agreed, citing that every Turk is proud of their 0pinion. :)
posted by amartin4 at 11:45 PM
1 Comments:
same in egypt
killed me
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