Wrote that different cultures have different ideas of personal space. For example ,colleagues having a conversation in Easy Asia can feel uncomfortable if someone stands closer than about a meter However In North America and northern Europe most people feel that a meter is too far away a distance of 50-90 cm is normal. In the south of Europe and south America, people often prefer to stand closer than this. In Arab countries. Personal distance can he 30 cm or less . Of course , people sometimes need to stand very close together , for example on crowded trains and buses . When this happens , some people listen to music or read a newspaper to make a different kind of “personal space”