sobieski
25 Apr 2009
Life / Culture Shock Since Moving to Poland - Anybody Dealt With This Before? [52]
Culture shock.... hmmmm I am living in Warsaw since 2004... and how my daily life compares to the one I had back at home in Antwerp, Belgium?
- I have to get up the same time (05:30) to go to work, as I did at home
- Way too many cars on the road (why everybody has to go to work on the time I am leaving). Most of them drive like nutcases, but hey this is Poland :)
- Work is work, they speak Polish (and so do I) but for the rest.... same stress, same office politics...
- Not enough time to spend with your partner, happy to meet friends in the weekend, satisfied you finally manage to put your car through the car wash...
- Spending ages in Tesco or C4 but OK, you have to adapt to that... I take a Newsweek and manage to read the entire magazine before it is my turn... Surviving...
And then it is Monday and the circus starts again...
but was massively exacerbated by me not being able to speak Polish
In Poland the staff in C4 are NOT required to speak English. To expect them to do so.... Very sad.
Culture shock.... hmmmm I am living in Warsaw since 2004... and how my daily life compares to the one I had back at home in Antwerp, Belgium?
- I have to get up the same time (05:30) to go to work, as I did at home
- Way too many cars on the road (why everybody has to go to work on the time I am leaving). Most of them drive like nutcases, but hey this is Poland :)
- Work is work, they speak Polish (and so do I) but for the rest.... same stress, same office politics...
- Not enough time to spend with your partner, happy to meet friends in the weekend, satisfied you finally manage to put your car through the car wash...
- Spending ages in Tesco or C4 but OK, you have to adapt to that... I take a Newsweek and manage to read the entire magazine before it is my turn... Surviving...
And then it is Monday and the circus starts again...
but was massively exacerbated by me not being able to speak Polish
In Poland the staff in C4 are NOT required to speak English. To expect them to do so.... Very sad.