American people are likely to speak in formal with people they are not familiar and they tend to greet people of different ages in the same way. Thai people have different ways in greeting people; they will judge by considering age, sex, and social status. There is a huge difference in PDI. Thai people value differences in social class while most Americans value people the same, which could be the result of why Thai have more ways of greeting than Americans. Americans also avoid getting into some topics such as religion, abortion, racism, politics and etc. in public. When Americans first met each other, men greet each other by shaking hands and maintain straight eye contact. Sometimes they do a little hug (crossculture, nd). Same as greeting woman, men will do the same way like they do to other men. Thai’s would greet by using the traditional way of bowing their head and “wai” to greet and show respect. When American says “hi, how are you” that does not mean they want to know how are you. You don’t have to explain about it. You should tell them that you are fine. “How are you” for Americans is not generally led into a long conversation. Body language is usually included during conversation. Sometimes they show a sign of thumbs up which mean good. In addition, American people use whistling as a sign of appreciation, which contradicts to Thai culture where whistling is often considered as offensive and rude. When American wants to say goodbye or greet someone they will waive their hand. Raising the middle finger is considered as offending others and it is very rude in American culture. So if you are talking with an American you should not use the middle finger to point something. As to Thai’s pointing at someone using the index finger is also considered rude, but not as offensive as using the middle finger in American culture.