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Well, V = R * I for instance is one basic law of physics you should do some research on.

@kingledion I did (x2), so what? :)

Three words: Flying Spaghetti Monster.

"and by not doing that, you are not appearing exactly kind to them"

I live in Germany, very near to the Oktoberfest. A couple of colleagues from abroad came, and didn't know it's customary to leave a tip to the waiters. In their country you wouldn't normally leave a tip, but since tips are mostly "optional", they'd assume to pay for their meal and nothing else. I gave tips multiple times while eating with them and tried to display that more than once. After a couple of times I said that: "hey guys, please consider leaving them a tip, since it's customary here"

You can just say (which happened to me by the way in a very similar scenario just a week ago) "hey, you know it's considered customary here to pay in cash, because... blah blah"

Wait, I'm not saying you should point-blank say "you're rude", and I'm sorry about the feeling that my answer is giving, but my point was exactly what I told you just above.

if you don't come to me, I come to you, and if you come to me, I don't have to

Absolutely. And I totally agree to that.

@Cronax maybe I misunderstood (was it in 4 restaurants? I'm not sure the questions says it), but still... Why won't just telling them what the problem is just solve the issue?

@Cronax You are assuming the guests noticed. For all we know they could have taken that as incompetence. Look, I get everything you are saying and everything the OP is saying, but we are talking about interpersonal skills, right? I mean, why not just say to people what there is to know?

@Cronax absolutely not. If I went to a restaurant (which accepts credit cards), and after a couple of beers I had to wait 20 minutes for the bill, I wouldn't even notice. Especially if the same happened 4 times. Especially if only one time I have experienced a problem (with the entire bill charged to one credit card), while the rest were transparent to me. Especially if no one told me about the cultural problem.

You cannot expect people to just understand from the situation. You can, however, tell them what is up. Besides, it was an opportunity for a small business to learn how to use credit cards.

@Odalrick I have no idea, but I didn't sign anything, so I guess it is bound to an account instead of a person

@JanDoggen They programmed some stuff to be accessible from a network folder. This doesn't work. Well, while you may be right about assumptions, why wouldn't I want to take steps and protect my data?

Yes and no, IT office covers it all. They were indeed nice when I asked them to provide us a solution, but seeing it doesn't work, they backed away. I don't know why they won't switch license, but I'd guess they have a lot to do, and this requires time they don't have (which is exactly what they told me about the solution they provided)

I asked. They won't do that, allegedly because they don't have time.

@JosephO'Rourke why were you unconfortable? Were they making advances? Were they trespassing personal boundaries? In any other case, I'm sorry my friend, but it's you who had a wrong reaction. It was not the wrong situation to be in.

"It's no secret that sexual objectification of women..." <- Sorry, this is polarized as hell. "it sounds a bit naïve to neglect that partial nudity in a professional relationship would not play any role at all" <- So me and my ex-colleagues were naive? Co-workers going together in sauna in places like Germany, Russia, Finland are naive? The weight of this problem of yours is as big as you make it to be. Besides, it looks to me that you already chose not to go.

I mean... they'd have to actively find you watching porn, otherwise how could they even arrest or fine you?

There are compromises anyway. I have a carbon-fiber suitcase, which is light enough, but sturdy and won't bend so easily. But if it does, it doesn't break.

I wonder what would happen if a terrorist happened to reverse the teleportation device...