Name: Le Nguyen Cam Ly - 22014651

ASSIGMENT

1. Cutting a line/ Cutting a queue

- The British take queuing very seriously and always line up wherever there are
crowds of people. They are calm down to wait quietly, patiently. Stay in line,
respect the line, and it will respect you. In the UK, queuing culture is the most
obvious symbol of social justice... For them, the principle of "first come, first
serve" is natural, you've acknowledged their superior position in line. Please
keep this in mind and do not cut in line under any circumstances if you do not
want to receive unpleasant glances from everyone.
- It seems that Vietnam does not have a queuing culture, which is reflected in
the image of jostling at bus stations and piers, jostling when queuing to carry
out administrative procedures, medical examination and treatment at hospitals.
They don't feel embarrassed, they don't want to wait. Especially when there is a
promotion, discount, the situation of jostling easily occurs. However, recently,
the Japanese queuing culture has made the world praise and learn, the
Vietnamese queuing culture is gradually getting better, especially among young
people. People started to get into the habit of reminding people who were in
line and were ashamed to be reminded for breaking in. And to avoid conflict
and confusion in crowded places, now in public places such as hospitals and
banks, there will be an order number for each person when coming here.

2. Not putting your fork and knife together when you finish eating in restaurent.

- When eating at a restaurant, the waiter won't come up and remove the plate
from you until you have placed the knife and fork together in the center of the
plate so the waiter knows the meal is over and you want them to. take the disc.
Even if the disk is clean.

- In Vietnam, people use chopsticks to eat rather than using a fork and spoon.
When finishing their meal some people can put it on the bowl, some may put it
down so it makes the waiter confused whether they finish eating or not. At the
 end of a meal, customers often interact with the staff by calling them to the
table, or making gestures such as waving lightly or making eye contact to
indicate that they want the waiter to take the plate away or pay. receipt. And
when the waiter sees that they have finished their food, they will come over and
ask for permission to clear the plate.

3. Not letting passengers off before getting on the Tube

- In London when using public transport, make sure everyone gets off the train
before you board. To do that make sure you are on the side of the entrance and
leave a passage for people to get off the train easily. If you've ever tried to get
off the train through an oncoming crowd, you know that it's practically
impossible. In London, getting on a train before everyone else was trying to get
off caused great discomfort in London.
- In Vietnam, in my experience, when traveling by bus - popular public
transport, there are usually separate boarding and alighting doors so you don't
have to wait for everyone to get off the bus before getting on. Besides, you just
need to pay attention to get on and off the bus at the right door specified to
avoid congestion and chaos on the bus.

4. Not moving down the Tube car

- Especially during peak times, it is important to move as far down into the
carriage as possible in order for the maximum amount of people to fit onto the
train. Once you are inside the Tube – move away from the door! Standing in
place will impede others who are trying to board. Londoners standing in
between the benches on busy Tube carriages in order to passenger can get on
board as much as possible.

- My experience of traveling by bus shows that. When the bus is crowded,

people on the bus often stand very messy and do not moving down the bus,
they jostle each other. Until the bus staff had to loudly ask everyone to move
down the bus so that more people could get on the bus.

5. Leaning against the pole on the Tube

 - The poles that are placed throughout the Underground train carriages are
meant for people to hold on to. Leaning against one of the poles means
blocking the pole for those that may need it to hold balance whilst the train is
moving.
- A few times when traveling by my bus, when it is crowded with passengers
often standing close together, maybe they accidentally lean on the pole. Any
way they can stand on the bus, and not notice that people need to hold it.

6. Talking really loud in public

- Nature Londoner is more soft-spoken and quieter than some other cultures. The
volume of communication is also very important in showing politeness in
behavior. You should control your volume to a level just enough for the other
person to hear, especially when you are at a restaurant or cafe, or somewhere
where people need privacy. If you make noise, it will affect the people around.

- Foreigners still often complain and attribute to Vietnamese an identifying

feature of laughing and talking loudly in public as a difficult habit of Vietnamese
people to correct.You can see this from restaurants, eateries, airplanes, buses…
to offices, museums…Coming to the hospital's boarding areas, the laughter and
stories of the patient's relatives automatically broke the necessary tranquility of
this place. Even in pure places like temples, people who go to worship cannot
regulate the "volume" of their loud voice. Guests shouting, laughing "sorry",
chanting in unison the slogan of clinking glasses ... again as a matter of course at
parties. There is a perception that our country comes from wet rice agriculture,
we can't just whisper to each other.

7. Tipping the bartender

- In London, restaurants often charge a service fee, so you should check your bill
if you don't want to tip twice. It is not customary to tip for fast food, self-service
or takeout. You can leave a tip of about 10% of the bill. On the other hand, if
you've had good service, just leave them some change on the table.
 - In Vietnam, tipping is optional. Tipping depends on many factors, in some
cases “tipping” even has a negative connotation.Tipping culture in Vietnam is
quite special, with differences by region, customer group and type. service form.
In 5-star hotels or high-class restaurants, tips are often charged directly to the
bill, but customers are still willing to "tipping" more if they are satisfied. But
with popular restaurants and services, there is almost no such money despite the
good service quality and enthusiastic staff. "Sometimes tipping is also a way for
people to show their class,"

8. Not knowing when to end a conversation

- In essence, Londoners are no more friendly to strangers than most of the rest of
the world. They don't mean to be rude, they just like to keep it to themselves.
Sometimes you hear travelers chatting with their waiter, who is trying to be
friendly, but is also trying to do their job and is unable to continue the
conversation. If you have a conversation with someone, be on the lookout for
signs that they need to end it. If they continue to look away or answer the question
briefly, that's a sign it's over.

- In Vietnam, people are very close and often start conversations with strangers,
people around, share stories with each other. However, if sometimes a person is
busy and needs to do something else, they will tell the other person that they have
a job now, see you later, or something like that.