Sep 23

Mandarin Classes Lesson Five - The Customer’s Always Right.

In this lesson, you will learn what it’s like to be a boss in China and how to keep the customer happy. Apparently a customer got a bit “too friendly” with Xiaomei, and Xiaomei responds by grabbing a toe nail knife and almost slicing his toe off.

Not to knock the Chinese, but I’ve found that when a stranger makes them feel weird or threatened they will take the nearest weapon lying around and use it anywhere on the “victim’s” body and never think about the consequence. For example, bar fights in China don’t usually involve fists - they involve glass. Beer bottle, cocktail glass, whatever - they’ll grab it and aim for the face, or just aim randomly and throw it. In a domestic dispute, they’ll usually grab whatever is in front of them and throw that. Thankfully, I’ve never personally encountered such situations, but know way too many friends who have.

Even though I’m a big guy and there has been a few occasions where a Chinese person thought I was someone else and tried to fight me (or they were really drunk), I always backed down. One reason is that I’m scared of being glassed and another reason is that I really don’t want to be kicked out of this country.

Don’t get me wrong, though, I feel much safer here in Shanghai than pretty much any other place I’ve traveled to and also much safer that my hometown near Toronto. But the fighting here is serious business and much better to stay away.

Mandarin Classes - Lesson Five PDF

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If anyone has had similar experiences, feel free to leave a comment. Or even just leave a comment about this lesson.

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