Rapport in a meeting. --- You are right rapport from the beginning is essential. In fact, everything is much easier when the meeting is understood as "sitting down for coffee or tea". The informal atmosphere of a meeting is not incompatible with the level of relevance of the topics to be discussed. By the way, I don't drink or smoke, which was sometimes a handicap, especially when I was offered "rakia", for example.

Source author: Virginia Maria Callau Vidal vircavidal@hotmail.com