The Bar Scene

I have found an interesting trend when I go out to bars/clubs in the city. There is a growing trend between the music being played and the atmosphere within the club and the connection between that and the cultures inside enjoying the nightlife.

This is really not applicable to the local bars in your town or a chain restaurant, but more to the trendy nightclubs in the city. While in Las Vegas, you can see the connection pretty strongly.

Check out this link, pretty interesting: http://dspace.udel.edu:8080/dspace/handle/19716/4400

Random

While listening to a lecture in my nonverbal communication class, the topic of eye contact was brought up and I found it very interesting.

The professor told us how she has friends that are working with international clients. When they go on business trips to meet these clients they didn't seem to figure out why they weren't making deals with them. She stated that eye contact is depicted differently from all different cultures. In some cultures (particularly the ones her friend was visiting) it's a sign of disrespect to look someone directly in the eye, especially someone of power.

In our country it is a sign of disrespect if you are not looking at someone while they are speaking to you! Now that is something that probably and almost assuredly didn't cross the minds of those going on the business trips and it probably cost them a lot of money in business deals that were left on the table.

OTL investigation: MLB scouts skimming Dominican

OTL investigation: MLB scouts skimming Dominican

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