I agree (and I don't normally generalize like this, so I apologize). I've spent most of my time in Peru but noticed it in neighboring countries as well.
replyThat also is my perception, from Brazil. There is even the concept of "cordial man", coined by sociologist Sergio Buarque d Holanda, that is connected to this
replyi remember >20 years ago going to the bus station somewhere between RJ and SP, and asking the best way to get to Iguaçu
reply - it's difficult
- ok fine but how
- it's difficult
- right i'll see that but how
- it's difficult
can speak from personal experience that it's the same culturally in colombia
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