Culture Shock-A difference of a gesture

Culture shock can be defined that when people are in a new environment for instance ,studying abroad or travelling abroad ,they may experience the different culture, custom,diet habit and geographic situation and so on . Of these, these may produce some positive or negative emotion to them expressed as being exciting, curious,frustrated or confused.

To everyboay when they have been a new place which is totally not familiar with his hometown, he must be experience the culture shock. Today I intend to decribe a culture shock on a gesture which I heard from my friend. One time my friend and his friends went to a local restaurant to have a dinner. Actually my friend told me that his friends and he had have a really dilicious traditional British food in that restaurant. However when they nearly finished their dinner , an embarressed things happened to them.My friend wanted to ask the waiter to give the bill to him after they almost finished their dinner. So he made a click gesture to the waiter and his orientation is that the gesture could attract the waiter's attention. However, as soon as the waiter saw this gesture ,he straightly went to the table of my friend's with anger and told my friend that he did not feel happy with that gesture. It is not polite in the UK. How awkward my friend felt. Finally they paid the bill as soon as possible , then they left the restaurant.

My friend comes from Taiwan. In his hometown this gesture is normal one which can use to call somebody. Whereas in Uk it becomes unpolite behavior and make people misunderstand each other. When he narrated the story,he also experessed his opinion.In the different country as distinguise of the culture, belief, custom make people have distinct recognition about the same thing,such as a pose and body language.So before we come to a new place or abroad ,it has better to us to learn some culture about where you will go. Of this it is easy to us to adjust ourselves to the new area and aviod to make mistake like that and it also can reduce the chance which you will violate the taboo.

In my opinion culture shock is a experience which you can not aviod .So accept it and enjoy every stage that you will experience. It will become your precious memories.