Re: Rude Employee of Hong Kong Dragon Airline (Associate of Cathay Pacific )

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From: Websurfer
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 00:00

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<<Sometimes they stop dead with no warning, and
sometimes they sway from side to side so you can't pass.>>
I also agree with you on those points.


Ian Thompson wrote:

> Websurfer wrote:
>
> > I agree sometimes the ways HK people behave are cultural.
> > Time is money in HK.  People walk a lot faster in HK.
> > By the time they know they bump a little bit  to you,
> > they are probably a few feet away from you.
> > So they won't stop to say sorry.
> > However, that is rude by western standard.
> >
> >
>
> People walk faster in HK?  Not in the HK I live in.  Every time I go
> out
> onto the street, it's filled with thousands of people who can't decide
> what
> direction to walk in.  Sometimes they stop dead with no warning, and
> sometimes they sway from side to side so you can't pass.  Usually I
> have to
> walk in the road, because the pavement is too frustrating!  :)
>
> And yes, HK is a generally rude city.  I don't mind, since no-one
> means
> anything by it most of the time, and you get used to it after a while.
>
> Ian

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From: Websurfer <Websurfer@itnet.com>
Subject: Re: Rude Employee of Hong Kong Dragon Airline (Associate of Cathay  Pacific )
Date: 1999/01/08
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