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Posted by Ling on July 22, 2006
No, I’m not THAT cheap. I didn’t say “tap”…
…unlike Mr Geek!! A while ago, we were on a works night out with all his medic colleagues in this posh West End Italian restaurant. The waiter came round and asked everyone for their drink orders. “Beer…diet Coke…beer…vodka and lemonade….”
It was Mr Geek’s turn and he said “Water please”
The waiter asked, “Sparkling or still sir?”
“TAP!”
Everyone around the table stifled their laughter.
And then it was my turn. “Water please”
“Sparkling or still?” (no ‘tap’ option still)
“HOT water please!”
This may be an overgeneralisation, but why do Western people not drink hot water. Drinking hot water seems to be a foreign drink for them!
In conclusion : Chinese people are cheap.
thebiggee said,
Yeah its strange, Western people react funnily when they hear we drink boiled water. Yet they complain when they drink unclean water. Boiling kills germs we must keep telling them.
Chinese people are ‘cheap’ because they work much harder for their money. At least here in UK, majority of Chinese slave away in Chinese takeaways so every penny they make/ save counts. Poor Chinese have to save more. Rich people become scrooge. Sad, but true.
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enoch_hlh said,
oh we must feel so shameful then coz we were much cheaper than you 2 based on what ive seen 3 months ago when you were here in cardiff!
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da_coolraymo said,
At these most chinese folk aint in debt….
concerning the water, its all a culture thing innit?
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thepianogenius said,
hmm not sure if chinese are cheap, i think we’re just not really into drinking! anyway water’s the most healthy and best….the best things in life are free!
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thepianogenius said,
and we probably spend more on food than westerners do anyway.
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cheesecakelai said,
majority of chinese ppl aren’t cheap when it comes to food and eating… but everything else then yeh, they are a bit stingy sometimes (like how my mum wont change our tumble dryer which is in fact older than me coz it still works and it doesnt even match the kitchen =.=”)
and waters healthy innit
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tiko_tusukimi said,
my tumble dryer’s older than me too!!!
haha, i order water at restaurants too! =P maybe it’s an auyeung family trait?
yes…im pretty ashamed of my swearing vocab…the neds bring out the worst in me, haha
ceci^_^
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