Exercise # 5

Cultural Dimension	Character Todd, Puro, Aisha or other	Outsourced Scene or Circumstance
Communication- direct/indirect	Anti ji and Todd	Asking him personal question about his life
Accountability	Manager to Todd	He will be going to India to train people to replace him
Outlook –tradition	The boy in train and Todd	Offering his seat to todd to pay respect as their tradition
status	Puro to todd	Giving todd his calling card showing his status as future call center manager

3. When he gets on the train, he cannot find an empty seat. How is this problem
solved for him? How might this be a cultural solution?

When he boarded the train there were no seat available. A young guy offered his seat but later on he sat on Todd’s lap. The boy offered his seat as a way of showing respect to elders which is I think a part of their culture .

4. As any exchange student, he has a lot of experiences trying new food. His first
encounter is with an iced drink. What happens?

He bought an iced drink from a street vendor not knowing how clean or dirty that one is. He only found out that most travelers don’t try that. Because they might get be ill after finishing that iced drink 

7. Todd wants to check in to a hotel. But Puro insists he comes to a boarding house.
What is the reason he gives Todd?

Puro insisted not bring him to his hotel because according to him that hotel is very lonely and instead he will bring him to Aunti ji because she will take care of him like his mother

8. As soon as they meet, Aunti Ji starts asking very intimate questions that
Americans who have just met would never ask. What kind of things does she ask?

She asked him personal question