11-30-2011, 05:59 PM
Well, after tg's fine link (<!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2441">viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2441</a><!-- l -->) that's a hard act to follow.
You got your numbers nailed down, yes? You can't use your fingers because the Chinese have a totally different system of expressing numbers with your fingers. You'll need your numbers to haggle. Buying anything involves some haggling - it's like a national sport. If you let Sal haggle for you, he'll grab some kickback.
qing
ching, like the super cool last name.
please
When with people you've been introduced to already, say 'qing' constantly. When you go through a door, or sit down, or eat, or drink, or whatever, say 'qing' and gesture for your company to go first.
If you haven't been introduced, it's okay to elbow the crap out of others to get in front. With China's huge population, there's no such thing as lining up nicely, especially to see some tourist site. Little old Chinese ladies will elbow the crap out of your flanks to get in front of you. Then they'll smile these shit-eating toothless grins back at you. It sucks because there's nothing you can do back and they totally know it.
You got your numbers nailed down, yes? You can't use your fingers because the Chinese have a totally different system of expressing numbers with your fingers. You'll need your numbers to haggle. Buying anything involves some haggling - it's like a national sport. If you let Sal haggle for you, he'll grab some kickback.
qing
ching, like the super cool last name.
please
When with people you've been introduced to already, say 'qing' constantly. When you go through a door, or sit down, or eat, or drink, or whatever, say 'qing' and gesture for your company to go first.
If you haven't been introduced, it's okay to elbow the crap out of others to get in front. With China's huge population, there's no such thing as lining up nicely, especially to see some tourist site. Little old Chinese ladies will elbow the crap out of your flanks to get in front of you. Then they'll smile these shit-eating toothless grins back at you. It sucks because there's nothing you can do back and they totally know it.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse