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"It is, but if anything, I think Americans would tend to be more fast-paced than those in the Middle East and esp. Asia, who tend to be a much more patient people, more long-term. I don't think it is likely that we will see "short time" to be longer than they do."
Yes, that's a good point. But you also have to take the situation into account. If an American is doing business with and Arab the American may feel that it is taking for ever and the Arab may feel that everything is going way to fast. On the other hand the Arabs are a very proud race that are not keen on taking orders for westerners. Thus what may seem as a short time to an American the Arab may feel as too long. You have to take the fact into consideration that different cultures perceive time differently in different situations.
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