On the Job - Introductions

You are all going to be treated to a few differences in the work environment between China and the US. It's hard to distinguish if the differences reflect the corporate culture of Slobber (the company I work for) or are common to all corporations with offices in China and the US. I think that the differences are more of a US/China issue but you can be the judges.
Be warned, some of the issues that are brought up are not for the faint of heart. We have a weekly Friday information meeting for our center (about 150 people) that usually includes announcements, introductions, some non-technical presentations and health issues. I missed it the first week I was there but I heard about the introductions that went on.
Basically, all of the new people (mostly from Austin) were asked to introduce themselves, state if they were single or married and to announce whether they were "available" or "unavailable."
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Errr... ummmm... wow. This so wouldn't even be legal in the US. Don't even get me started on the fact that un/available wasn't dependent on your married status.