Originally posted by hulk2211 at 28-3-2012 17:16
Probably because I've had run-ins with mannerless chinese too many times. Admittedly I think I overreacted but I blame the 500 chinese people who have tried to cut me in line in the past year. .
every culture has their own ways of "courtesy".
what u think is being civilized probably means nothing to another culture.
to some PRC chinese, queuing is not an option.
they are brought up that way.
the elders who survived the Great Famine, teach their children, "You gotta fight for your food, if you queue for your food, you die and become a hungry ghost."
it's not something that people from other culture can understand.
many people complain about PRC people spitting everywhere they go.
u try spending some time in the rural villages, and you will hear elders telling the children to spit more.
since they can't afford toothbrush / toothpaste, they need to maintain oral hygiene by spitting more often.
more spit out of the mouth, means more saliva generation. = this is their way of oral hygiene.
when i spent my first night in a Chinese village..
i did not smoke every cigarette that was offered to me.
when i drank with them, i did not finish the glass.
when i cheers with them, my glass was held higher than the elders.
after my meal, i did not burp out loud.
to them, i was probably a rude SOB.
but they did not complain, because i was a visitor, and they knew that I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THEIR CULTURE, even though we were all yellow-skinned. |
