Since I have moved to the UK, I couldn't help noticing one or two things about the British. As previously mentioned whenever I talked about stereotyping the British (or anyone else), I am aware that these cliched observations do not apply to everyone, but I must say that they occur more often in the UK than in Austria, as far as I can judge.
So, this blog post is about the proclivity to say sorry about and to everyone. British people apologise constantly and for things the neither caused nor can influence. I will give you some examples which happened during the past weeks. At the moment, I am doing an internship at a media company and whenever I show what I did to my supervisors and they change or criticise something, they do it with thousands 'sorrys' and 'it's really minor changes, but generally it's really goods'. I mean, I think it is nice, but I am new to the business and the company, so I totally understand that some things are being criticised, but they seem to be literally terrified by the idea to criticise something. Also, today I came back from my lunch time and there were two guys standing in my way because they were looking at the fridge for cooled drinks and we entered a bizarre situation where I apologised for stressing them out and having to step out of my way, one guy for standing in my way and not stepping out fast enough and the third guy apologising for, well, I don't know what, I guess it was a reflex...or simply because he is British. I don't know. The other day, I was briefed to do something and whenever I consulted my supervisor, she got muddled in her words because she apologised for not having mentioned or described the task more clearly. I apologised for not having it understood the first time and generally we wasted a lot of time and breath. It is funny, this apologising is further proof that I have just lived in the wrong country so far because I am the same. I apologise all the time...literally, for everything. Seems I have a British heart after all. And I apologise for that. Sorry.
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AuthorIn September 2015 I started a new chapter of my life by moving (temporarily or permanently, not yet decided) to England where I work and socialise now. Archives
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