Intercultural Interaction Essay

My very first experience of intercultural interaction was ordering a fast food at drive-thru counter with a foreign worker in Singapore. I waited in line in my car and ordered a fillet o’ fish burger set. The waiter spoke very politely and softly. After I paid for my meal and I proceed to the next collection counter to take my meal. A 20 years plus man is standing right at the window and ready to give my meal to me. When he handed me my order, I took it with my left hand and ready to drive away, he looked at me and say briefly to me "Very sorry, it is very rude to do this in my home country." I was confused and a little bit blank of what he’s talking and he further adds on and said “It is very rude if handling customer’s meal with left hand too”. I sensed that he felt uncomfortable, and I give him a bright smile, and gave a wave of my hand. I drove away later back to my home.
On the way I back to my home I was thinking of what he is intended to

Cultural intelligence is key to success of todays cross culture, cross border and cross organization worker. It also an ability to understand relationship between cultural issues or business issues on the other. Mindfulness is really about paying attention to surrounding people. It helps a person to recognize and understand the differences between cultures. If individuals working in cross cultural situations can be persuaded to pay more attention, performance will going up. It really as simple as it sounds, but people don’t usually take the time or effort to pay attention. Cultural intelligence is important for individuals who interact with people from different countries or religious background – those with different cultural background. Adapting is also everybody’s responsibility to take cares of the performance. If one person adapts, performance improves a little bit; if everybody adapt, performance