&gt; I don&#x27;t know if it&#x27;s a side effect of living in a western society ...  In reality, if you make your self look like an ass in front of the wrong person, at the wrong point in the fiscal year, it affects your bonus &#x2F; promotion &#x2F; etc., and you never get that back<p>Is this western as in Europe, North America, Aus&#x2F;NZ or just US?