Open Thread

Snappy:
hahaha – Asian plusas unite! love that recipie, am not into sour cream much either!

intersting fact about asian folks and the close door button – is that ALL asian cultures or just Chinese?

Actually, there’s very little pushing in Hong Kong. We say that’s what mainland Chinese people do (“pushing” on the MTR train tends to happen more the further north towards the border you go–from Shatin on up).

Hong Kong people generally wait calmly in queues. There’s so little personal space that everyone is hyper-sensitive to the space needs of others. The most common word you’ll hear spoken on the street is “Sorry!”.

But Kens, in Asia you can push people like that without starting a fight. It’s just a different culture. The pushing and lack of personal space issue depends upon where you are in Asia. The pushing does not occur in Japan or Thailand for example.

Dave, your elevator story explains a lot. I could never understand why Asians did that with subways. I saw that a bunch of times that some stand right in front of the door and push people while getting in without letting people out at all.

dibs, you obviously haven’t been to HK since SARS and H1N5. Now nobody wants to unnecessarily touch the elevator buttons. In my building, they are covered with plastic and “sterilized every three hours”. At least that is what the sign says. I have no idea what “sterilize” means in this context.