All of my in-laws, including those in their ’80s (who know more than most of us about Chinese customs) ALL do the lid off the teapot thing to indicate the tea is finished and they would like more. It’s absolutely a standard and inoffensive signal to the servers.
My Yeema, who is the sweetest and most fun elderly lady ever, would laugh hysterically at the thought of people thinking it was a rude gesture.
Thanks for posting the original link, Arkady. I think a lot of business owners in the West Village have expressed similar sentiments about C. Quinn (not that it’s right) but it is very frustrating that she constantly caves to special interest groups and is blamed for some of the issues with a lot of long-term vacant storefronts causing pockets of mini-blight.
That Tea and Sympathy thing isn’t so bad. We say worse things about politician’s here. They’re trying to make it inflammatory.
“CG_ups, you’re Asian?”
Didn’t you two meet at the Rope meet-up?
herk, You’re so right, it’s odd. I keep expecting Dexter to just kill her off! But I can see this is going to go on for awhile yet!
I just think Larry David is weird. Like Doakes, I think that something just isn’t right about him! His whole act is contrived and creepy.
THL:
Who do you think Big Poppa is? I had suscipions it might be Mutt Lange…
Thoughts?
All of my in-laws, including those in their ’80s (who know more than most of us about Chinese customs) ALL do the lid off the teapot thing to indicate the tea is finished and they would like more. It’s absolutely a standard and inoffensive signal to the servers.
My Yeema, who is the sweetest and most fun elderly lady ever, would laugh hysterically at the thought of people thinking it was a rude gesture.
Thanks for posting the original link, Arkady. I think a lot of business owners in the West Village have expressed similar sentiments about C. Quinn (not that it’s right) but it is very frustrating that she constantly caves to special interest groups and is blamed for some of the issues with a lot of long-term vacant storefronts causing pockets of mini-blight.
CG_ups, you’re Asian?
Heh. Dave’s last boyfriend was Ah Hung, and the boyfriend before that was named Ah Long.
Maybe it happened as English/Irish antipathy…