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Lately, my cell phone had no credit. I went to the nearby retail shop and bought a recharge voucher worthy 100 RMB.
I didn't try to recharge or use the voucher right there, instead I tacked it in to my pouch and went back to my apartment.
I scratched it as usual and fed the PIN number, slowly I was following the voice prompts till it said that the voucher had expired. It was late at night which means that I couldn't have gone back. So, I waited till morning to go back to the shop.
I yelled to the shopkeeper " THIS VOUCHER HAS EXPIRED" She assumed as if there was nothing. I wanted a refund any equivalent . she uttered the word IMPOSSIBLE. I had to speak all the mandarin that I know and shout as loudly as possible until she could not bear any more. She didn't wait to hear any tantrum, gave in and paid back
10 years 37 weeks ago in Money & Banking - China
Yes. I once got in a physical fight with the in-laws and beat them all (3v1). Now I'm in their house eating delicious noodles. We're a... dysfunctional family.
brown:
I guess it was a fair fight. If biased, fight and make sure u win
Hulk:
I'm just glad it's all over... somehow we made peace. It's a miracle... seriously. I joke around a lot about Hulking out, but in reality I absolutely hate violence.
Never .... but then I have always been a lover, not a fighter
brown:
If you wanna be a good lover, u must fight, quarrel and argue. Otherwise they will say youre a go-easy guy
Your use of the word "lately" and "tacked" and other grammatical errors tells me you are Chinese, not western.
brown:
Im wondering if u do get paid for editing. If you do, check out dictionary.com meaning No.9 and 10
crimochina:
hve you ever bought the voucher and left the store? or atempted to do it yourself?
Flemingo:
Every foreigner you know gets someone Chinese to do it? That's a little sad. Above comment was edited to remove the comment I refer to in which Traveler says all foreigners he knows get someone Chinese to help them top up
roflmfao. if u never quarrel here you are either one of the following things or not actively breathing.
1. proud possessor of the vagina component.
2. dumber than the average solid aggregate of minerals.
3. taking that buddha guy seriously.
sam239:
#3. No non-Chinese here is going to win an out-and-out quarrel. Ain't gonna happen and it's stupid to think otherwise. Therefore just walk away in the event of a quarrel. The best you can do is to make them lose face by getting themselves in such a position. Then, once they made themselves slip up, you can rub it in their face (especially with good foreign language skills ie: Chinese) and they can't do anything about it. In order to master the enemy, you must understand its ways. Isn't that Sun Tzu or one of those other chumps?
diverdude1:
I agree with u 100%. It's just I have a notoriously hot temper and sometimes just can't control myself. But I don't argue really, because like u said, that goes nowhere. I usually just tell them to go fuck themselves.
General Patton could teach that chump a thing or two about the 'art of war'
Many times, I get cheated but they don't want me in the store again, guess its my fault for complaining. There are so many stores in China that I don't know how many survive as they never have many customers. And I go ballistic when I get mad, funny that people react like I'm crazy.
I did once at a fast food restaurant. I paid the lady and I was waiting for my food. Didn't receive it. So I went up to the counter and was asking where my food was. The lady was saying I short changed her.
Guess what happened in the end. I got my food. So I was right they were wrong and my quarreling was done! The manager was staring at me. Here is what she looked like: hahahhahah.....and the lady that accused me of shortchanging her... and then me:
I have thrown my toys out of the pram on many an occasion here.
The longer I have spent away from sanity (Scotland), the shorter my temper gets.