Don't really have any insights to add, just another data point.
In the lobby of a first-tier HK hotel last night, a young Chinese girl, perhaps a fresh graduate from overseas,
was in conversation with an older guy in a suit. They were sitting at 90 degrees to each other and the man
had his back to me. She was speaking animatedly to him in barely accented English, and I didn't pay much
attention at first, until he reached over and took one of her hands in both of his and hung on to it. She kept
smiling as he spoke to her, but her body language hinted at a feeling of awkwardness.
This went on for several minutes. As I got up to go, I saw that he was East Asian, probably Chinese, and
well into his 70s. He was speaking to her earnestly in an Asian language, probably Chinese. May have been
her grandfather, I guess. But if not, it wasn't so much April-September as March-December!
My reaction? It seemed odd, like seeing a talking dog. But after having given it some thought, I say why not?
More power to him! | |
