SAVOIR VIVRE IN POLAND

HERE ARE SOME RULES TO BE

FOLLOWED WHEN YOU VISIT POLAND:

MEETINGS/ INTRODUCTIONS/MAKING FRIENDS

WHEN YOU MEET YOUR ACQUAINTANCE,

YOU CAN SHAKE HANDS BUT YOU CAN ALSO SAY ‘HELLO’ OR

‘GOOD MORNING’.

BUT WHEN YOU MEET SOMEBODY FOR THE FIRST TIME OR AFTER A

LONG TIME SINCE YOUR LAST MEETING, YOU GIVE HIM OR HER

ONE KISS/YOUNG PEOPLE/OR THREE KISSES/MOST PEOPLE/.

A MAN CAN ALSO KISS A

WOMAN IN HER HAND.

A MAN SHOULD ALSO OPEN THE DOOR FOR A WOMAN AND LET HER THROUGH AS WELL AS

GIVE HER A HAND WHEN SHE GETS OUT OF A CAR OR A BUS.

BUT NOWADAYS THERE ARE FEWER AND

FEWER GENTLEMEN LIKE THESE.

PUBLIC PLACES

YOU MUST OBEY THE RULES WHICH ARE

SET IN CERTAIN PLACES. FOR

EXAMPLE:

YOU CANNOT SMOKE IN PUBLIC PLACES

LIKE SCHOOLS, BUS STOPS, RAILWAY

STATIONS , HOSPITALS ,ETC.

YOU MUSTN’T BE LOUD IN LIBRARIES, IN

YOUR FLAT/ /BEFORE 6 A.M AND AFTER 10 P.M/, ON A LOCAL

TRANSPORT VEHICLES/E.G

TALKING ON THE PHONE/, IN

MUSEUMS, THEATRES, CINEMAS, CHURCHES

AND OF COURSE DURING LESSONS

YOU SHOULD BE KIND TO OLDER PEOPLE,

DISABLED ONES AND PREGNANT WOMEN. YOU SHOULD, FOR

EXAMPLE, LEAVE THEM A SIT ON A BUS, LET THEM THROUGH

IN A QUEUE, HELP THEM WITH SOME

SHOPPING OR SIMPLY JUST WITH GETTING INTO A BUS, TRAM,

ETC.

WE GENERALLY RESPECT

OLDER PEOPLE AND THERE IS EVEN A RULE THAT YOU

SHOULDN’T INTERRUPT WHEN AN ELDERLY PERSON

SPEAKS.

AT THE TABLEWHEN YOU INVITE SOMEBODY FOR A MEAL, YOU MUST MAKE HIM

OR HER FEEL AT HOME.

GUESTS SHOULD TRY THE DISHES FIRST.

THEY HELP THEMSELVES AND

THEN THE OTHERS.

THERE ARE SOME FAMILIES WHO PRAY BEFORE AND AFTER A MEAL,

BUT MOST FAMILIES SIT TOGETHER AND JUST EAT.

YOU USUALLY SAY ‘ENJOY YOUR MEAL’

AT THE BEGINNING’ AND ‘ THANK YOU ’ WHEN YOU ARE FULL.

WE HAVE BREAKFAST IN THE MORNING,

LUNCH/ A SANDWICH OR A SNACK/ AT SCHOOL OR WORK , DINNER BETWEEN 2 P.M AND 6 P.M AND

SUPPER BETWEEN 6 P.M AND 9 P.M

AT THE PARTY

YOU SHOULD BE RATHER

PUNCTUAL OR COME, UP TO 15 MINUTES LATE.YOU SHOULD BRING A GIFTS AND SWEETS IF

THERE ARE SOME CHILDREN.

WHEN YOU VISIT SOMEBODY FOR THE FIRST TIME YOU

SHOULD BUY A GIFT, SOMETHING USEFUL OR

DECORATIVE FOR A FLAT/ A FLOWER, A VASE, GLASSES, A

PORCELAIN FIGURE.

YOU SHOULD TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES IF YOU ARE

INVITED TO SB’S FLAT

YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE WHAT KIND

OF PARTY IT IS AND DRESS UP APPROPRIATELY. IF IT IS JUST A

FAMILY OR FRIENDS’MEETING, YOU CAN WEAR CASUAL CLOTHES BUT

WHEN YOU ARE INVITED TO A MORE OFFICIAL ONE, IT’S GOOD TO WEAR

SOME SMART CLOTHES.

THIS WAY YOU SHOW RESPECT

TO THE HOSTS.YOU SHOULDN’ T STAY UP TOO LATE, YOU SHOULD WATCH THE

HOSTS AND LEAVE BEFORE OTHERS DO IT.

IT’S NICE IF YOU PAY COMPLIMENTS

CONCERNING THE FOOD OR FLAT DECORATIONS

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