Overheard at Chongqing Hotpot

(some young waitresses taking a break – translated by my friend)

I really hate going to the ATM.

Why?

The machine always swallows my card.

Why does the machine always swallow your card.

Oh, every time I have to use the ATM I get really stressed with worrying about it swallowing my card so once I’ve put in the card and typed in the number I forget why I went to the bank. I have to think really hard why I went there and by the time I remember the machine has already taken the card. <cue everyone in the restaurant wailing with laughter and me asking my friend to translate>

So what happens when you need to get money or pay your wages into the bank

Oh, I have to take a ticket and queue for one or two hours inside the bank <cue even harder laughing>

Anyway, talking of indecisiveness here’s a pic I took on my flight back to Shanghai last Friday.

To see or not to see, that is the question

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6 Comments

  1. Posted November 18, 2008 at 8:40 am | Permalink

    He really needs new glasses!

  2. Heli82
    Posted November 18, 2008 at 10:25 am | Permalink

    I was going to say his still looked better than shopgirls glasses but I realized that would be mean and decided not to say it

  3. dinglesp
    Posted November 18, 2008 at 10:38 am | Permalink

    Oh god, don’t bring that argument over here!!

  4. Posted November 18, 2008 at 11:27 am | Permalink

    is he participating in “mo-vember”, too?

  5. Posted November 18, 2008 at 2:07 pm | Permalink

    Dingle – This is the internet, blogs don’t exist in a vacuum, they spread. I still haven’t forgiven you for voting against me 4 times in the face off.

    Heli82 – Ouch, that is just so mean. Go on, say it!

    Angie – If he is he’s covering the wrong part of his face!

  6. Posted November 19, 2008 at 12:33 pm | Permalink

    I guess it’s one of those things where you put something you don’t want to lose somewhere safe.

    He’s a proper manly man anyway- stubble and all. You should be careful what you say about him or he’ll be round here to give you a cyber bloody nose.

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