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Great read
Guidelines for the
behaviour of troops in England.
1. The Englishman sulfers from a certain lack of imagination when faced with new situations. Therefore he reacts more slowly to given instructions or inquiries than do most European peoples. His slowness in reaction is not necessarily malevolent.
2. The greatest strength of the Englishman is to appear ignorant (stupid). He is a master at questioning others while not giving away anything of himself; When he disagrees he almost always has a hidden purpose. Mostly by disagreeing he wants to get others to speak.
3. The Englisbman doesn't like to say yes or no, he doesn’t like to commit himself and is a master at the art of evasion. Instead of yes he likes to say: ‘It’s possible', instead of no: ‘It might be difficult.' The Englishman will not tell others, even when they ask, that they have done something wrong, he doesn’t correct.
4. The Englishman is very reserved. Pushiness is considered in bad taste in England. It is considered extremely tactless to intrude in another’s domain, or to push oneself upon someone. That explains the cool attitude to strangers. Compared to the Englishman the Scotsman is avowedly taciturn, the Welsh-man is much more open-minded and temperamental. With him one has to watch his cunning.
5. The Englishman is used to having even orders and instructions preceded with the word ‘Please’. whereas the word ‘verboten’ will automaticaUy arouse resistance in him.
6. Extreme friendliness and humour especially pay off with members of the public (lower class). With a joke one achieves more than with an order when dealing with a workman.
7. The working-claas man, when handled with reserve and friendliness, is easily trusted (won over). He is then reliable up to a certain level and will be grateful for being treated decently.
8. The English woman of all classes is used to an unusual amount of consideration and courtesy from the opposite sex.
