For those of you who are in the 'yeah baby were going to work in a foreign country 'phase , you might want to read up on customs and culture in order to make the transition a little bit easier.
Here's some useful info.
International Business Etiquette, Culture, Manners and Geert Hofstede Cultural Analysis for Global Business Students & Managers

I'm willing to bet the farm that the majority of expats, with the exception of DYNASTY HVY, skipped the "etiquette" website. I'm glad I've managed to avoid etiquette jail during the past 20 years despite not reading the article... but what the heck that's just me.

Trust no one and mind your own business. Keeping a low profile has worked for me so far....

This probably was'nt a good thread to post anyway so feel free to ask the mods to have it removed.