As I came here as an immigrant, I still find some typical British behaviour very awkward. I know it is probably known as having stiff upper lip but it intrigues me why.
For example, say a manager speaking normally with fellow employees in one afternoon. Next morning, he fires them without any warning (happened to me and my colleagues)!
Husband and wife kissing each other at night but then from following morning they became separated (happened to my neighbours and friends).
Why these actions happen so suddenly? If someone is making something wrong, surely s/he should be given a chance to discuss and rectify?
Also, how do people manage to hide their expression so well?
For those who are bit technically minded, in engineering a material can be brittle or ductile. A ductile material bends and gives plenty of warning before failing – where as a brittle material just falls apart (often catastrophically). Such designs are considered bad in engineering. So why in social life people behave so abruptly?
I asked this questions to many (Britons who are born ad brought up here) but nobody could answer it. Some said it is usually to avoid any confrontation.
But I thought little argument is far better than big bang style explosion.
So what is the opinion of forum members?
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