School paper. Call for an interview

**Southern Breeze** · 5th January 06, 05:46 PM

A while back Graham mentioned using Skype to make longdistance calls cheaply.Yahoo was also mentioned.One of these may save you some cash when doing an interview,a big plus to any student.
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ighlight=skype

**Prester John** · 5th January 06, 08:06 PM

This thread itself might make an excellent format for interviewing... ;)

**Prester John** · 5th January 06, 08:15 PM

Ok Jacob

I have Yahoo Mess. Check your Private messages

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 5th January 06, 08:47 PM

Hey Jacob, I can't offer much from a different cultural perspective (I am white, male, approaching 40, corporate worker, married, 2 kids, etc., etc., etc.) other than wearing a kilt to work daily for the 3rd largest financial institution in the world! (Yes, I am bragging about that part, does not affect my communication patterns, but make me feel better after reading my previous sidebar on how normal I am!). However, I do have internet phone service, that also includes free conference calling. If you need to contact somebody to do a phone interview, let me know and I can provide a hookup.

RJoi

**yoippari** · 5th January 06, 10:08 PM

With the amount of response I am getting I think I will interview Prester John for the primary paper and do an appendix kind of thing with strong points from whatever cultures end up being represented. I don't have my questions prepared yet (this was assigned today) so it will be a day or two.

**Jerry** · 6th January 06, 06:02 AM

Jacob, I'm just a retured old fart from Virginia, so I don't think I'd be a subject for your interview, but I did want to wish you luck on your paper and tell you to be sure to let everyone here at XMARKS know how it turns out.

**millar** · 6th January 06, 06:25 AM

Originally Posted by bubba

Jacob, send the questions to several of the guys and turn in a multiple paper. Bet the teacher freaks.

So says the man with the signature that is devoted to getting themost out of life!!!! ;-) A

**yoippari** · 15th January 06, 01:15 PM

Ok, I am just going to ask my questions here.

Question 1: Casuality. When you talk to someone who is your "superior" at work or simply an elder do you use different language or are otherwise more polite? I know superior is not the right word but I am drawing a blank for words that are correct. Examples would be saying things like Sir, Mam, Mr(s), or do you use their first name.

Question 2: When you greet someone at the airport do you say "Hi" or do you hug them? I guess the question is more how much emotion do you express with close friends and family.

Question 3: How do you greet someone you don't know well?

There are a couple more to come but I forget what exactly they are at the moment.