Foreign Etiquette

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Greetings

Your first chance to make an impression is when you greet someone and exchange names. In America, we tend to be formal but that does not mean we should be careless. Professional, social, and family statuses are very important in many cultures. If you say or do something, which is incorrect, you can offend others and embarrass yourself.

Always use a formal greeting when you meet people from other cultures. Never address them by their first names unless they ask you to do so. In European and North American countries, greet the person with a firm handshake, good eye contact, and the pronunciation of the last name with the courtesy title—Mrs. Moschler.

In Latin American countries, greet a person with a light handshake and maybe an embrace. Remember that most peoples’ names are a combination of their father’s and mother’s names. Only a mother’s name is use in conversation. So, Carlos Mendoza-Zamora would be addressed as ...

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