[vardalab]

What culture are those? Scandinavian? Those often just say nothing.

[projektfu]

After having worked with people from former Eastern Bloc countries, I would nominate a few of them for direct communication, e.g., "I won't do that because it is a stupid idea," or, "Can we discuss this when you know what you're doing?"

[strokirk]

Scandinavian are quite different between each others as well.

[jmpavlec]

The Dutch especially. It's refreshing

[stavros]

I'm Greek. I don't know about other Mediterranean cultures, but I assume they're similar.

[suslik]

Scandinavian cultures are not uniform also. Danes can be very direct; Swedes - not so much.