The Big Elk Mountain Association Newsletter

“ In addition, it is important for Americans to remember that an initial refusal of any offer, whether to help pay for something or to invite someone for dinner, should not be taken as a refusal in any real sense. At least one refusal is demanded by the society, if you continue to insist and they continue to refuse, at some point you will have to give up, but the American tendency to ask just once, for instance, if a guest would like to have something to drink, and to accept the first refusal as sincere, is considered exceptionally rude in an Arab society. ” - Unit 5: Hospitality and Friendship