The Czechs

Czech Society & Culture

Source : http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/czech.html

The Family

. The family is the centre of the social structure.

. Obligation to the family is a person's first priority.

Practicality

. Czechs prize forward thinking, logical, practical, and efficient.

. Careful planning, in both one's business and personal life, provides a sense of security.

. Rules and regulations allow people to know what is expected and to plan their life accordingly.

Privacy

. Czechs are private people until they get to know you.

. They are formal and reserved.

. Once you develop a personal relationship Czechs open up a bit, but they are never overly emotional.

. Although always polite, they seldom move to a first-name basis with people outside their extended family or very close friends.

. Czechs tend not to acknowledge people whom they do not know as they walk along the street or ride the train.

Dogs – Czechs' best friends

Source : http://www.radio.cz/en/section/panorama/dogs-czechs-best-friends

Czechs are also willing to spend increasing amounts of money on their pets. They might complain about recently introduced doctors’ fees, but when it comes to paying for say a new collar, they don’t hesitate.

“It’s definitely getting better,” says the owner of a dog parlour at Prague’s Žižkov, while shaving her customer, a Yorkshire Terrier. “I think people started to realize that dogs represent them. I have a customer with a shiatsu dog who brings him regularly to get a pink Mohican-style haircut… People start to look after their dogs. And I am not talking only about clothes, she says, but also about cosmetics and quality food.”

The main reason why people get dogs, says Mrs Tichá, is because their relationships with other people are getting worse :

“People want a non-conflicting being, which greets you in the evening, doesn’t criticise you and doesn’t want anything from you. The second reason is that there are many old people living in Prague and they are often lonely. For them a dog is a partner and also a way to meet new people.”

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