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    How to be invisible

    Walk with son into local bbq roast duck/pork shop. Stand in line...abracadabra, the next 3 customers behind you get served as if you're not there....

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    Assertiveness training needed? Bark out your order quickly (in Cantonese).

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    Guess the chef was worried he couldn't communicate with you?


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    Their loss, I went to another place down the road & was served cheerfully & politely.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Satay Sue:
    Walk with son into local bbq roast duck/pork shop. Stand in line...abracadabra, the next 3 customers behind you get served as if you're not there....
    Customer service at its finest.
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    I usually intervene with, "I was here first". Don't hold back! Fortune favours the pushy here...

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    A single, unexpected and unnecessarily loud howl of "mmmm goy!" always does the trick for me. SS, we will be practising this when I see you next.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Satay Sue:
    Their loss, I went to another place down the road & was served cheerfully & politely.
    Did this shop have a lower counter?

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    What I do, is I assert my authority by picking up the largest of the other customers and crushing their head like an egg between my hands.

    Or just start ordering in canto - most of the time the rest of the shop just grinds to a halt to stare at the gweilo speaking cantonese.

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    about time we had another irrational up start/troll - HKNumber1 and that chap who was from the US but hated the US and wanted to move to China have moved on..


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