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Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by foriz4u(m): 10:51pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
TruthHurts1:hahahahahahahaha... must funny word ever on NL... very tru my brother na techno phone them b abeg. |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by Virtplus(m): 10:52pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
Point of correction chinese re nt white people...ok,dey re nt even regarded..dey re even still racialised by d so called white 1 Like |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by Nobody: 10:53pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
That is the thing... Nigerians give them too much leeway, that is why they become arrogant! If you don't speak up, they would turn themselves to demi-gods! SmartMugu: 1 Like |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by haneetram: 10:57pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
How were you and your friend dressed? Because i live in china nd chinese people people treat you according to how you dress. And you were also standing at the gate. *not trying to be mean. And they listen to corrections. Incase of next time, just correct them. If they did not react badly to your insult, they wont react badly to correction. |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by Nobody: 10:58pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
Didn't you read that: NB this colleague of mine is a contractor who is almost through with his work in my work place. The guy who insulted him does not work for the company! UrennaNkoli: 1 Like |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by Nobody: 11:00pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
And the chinese man lives in Nigeria, and in Nigeria when you want to ask for directions or a favour you greet first. When in china behave like the chinese... when in Nigeria behave like the Nigerians. haneetram: 3 Likes |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by midehi2(f): 11:00pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
danielmichael:yea and those that fvcked your mum |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by Ikengawo: 11:01pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
hahaha It's not that the chinese guys doesn't 'see you as anything' outside of africa and many other tropical countries, greetings to people you don't know aren't necessary. I was raised in the US and I get in trouble for not greeting ppl sometimes. People don't greet each other often in countries outside of Nigeria especially when there's a pressing issue at hand or you have an objective. Sometimes I'm going to the market and people will ask why i didn't greet them but it's not to be malicious. Greeting everyone you see is not something I or the chinese person grew up doing. 6 Likes |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by SmartMugu: 11:05pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
femiranking28:You're lucky you found some nice ones. I live in a neighborhood full of them. My house here in Atlanta is the only one with black people living there and my kids are the only black kids in the block. I've lived in the house for almost three years, and the Chinese neighbors surrounding me never said hi back whenever I greet them in the morning. They just look away like I don't exist, yet they greet one another right in my face. The first time my son tried to ride his bike with the other kids (mainly Chinese, Koreans etc), they spat on him and he rode back home crying. I confronted they parents to control their kids else I'd involve the cops when next it happens. Now my son goes to school with them on the same school bus with them but his only friend on the bus is this Hispanic neighbor's kid cos the Chinese kids are bullies to him. These Chinese kids will someday grow up, and possibly come to Nigeria feeling like gods cos of how their parent felt about black people. 4 Likes |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by wristbangle: 11:06pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
TruthHurts1: God bless u |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by kpomkwem(m): 11:11pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
Colonial mentality at its finest. First of all, was the insult necessary? Why not politely say "Sorry, I don't know where he is" and move on? How would he (the rude guy) feel if he went to China (or some other country) and was treated the same way when he asks for directions? Such behaviour is quite embarrassing, and gives us Nigerians a bad name. 1 Like |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by SmartMugu: 11:11pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
Ikengawo: I don't understand what you mean you grew up not greeting people. No one says anyone should greet everyone they meet on their way anywhere, whoever does that in Nigeria is mad. But if you need them for something as little as a favor or directions, courtesy demands at least saying hi first, unless ure in some dire situations like driving in moving traffic and being in a haste. 3 Likes |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by macaranta(m): 11:17pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
OK two wrongs don't make a right. |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by BomboyOnline: 11:19pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
Tunami: The Chinese, Lebanese and Indians are not white. |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by Nobody: 11:21pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
midehi2:Hey,leave that kid jare. There are some people you don't engage yourself with. |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by Abbeyme: 11:22pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
Frank3n2: They are chinko 1 Like |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by Ikengawo: 11:27pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
SmartMugu: Greetings are more important in Nigeria than many other countries. In the US, you don't have to say hi before starting a conversation especially if one of the two people are at work and it's a professional question. There are parts where saying hi is common before even profession conversations likes the midwest and south, but in places like New York people will even look at you like your stupid for approaching them and saying hi while they're working. In nigeria you're expected to greet everyone before starting a conversation and it's not the same everywhere. It doesn't mean they don't respect you, it's simply a difference in culture. The Chinese man didn't mean it as an insult and I know this because I get accused of insulting ppl for not greeting them too when I didn't grow up greeting everyone that passes by. It's funny but when foreigners are actually insulting Nigerians/Africans, they don't know, like calling a group of 40 million people a tribe or calling your president a 'ruler' and his government a 'regime'..it's stuff like this they call and insult. 1 Like |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by oodua1stson: 11:29pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
Frank3n2:nobody is white. But racially, Chinese are not white, they are Asians. The Lebanese are not whites either, they are arabs 1 Like |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by tutaboi(m): 11:36pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
vicstar: |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by Kingy10: 11:46pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
haneetram:Which area? |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by davidif: 11:47pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
Tunami: Your colleague was extremely rude, disrespectful and petty and you are here expecting us to congratulate him for that? Greeting is not a big deal in every culture. |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by Fawklicant: 11:47pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
Tunami: And when your colleague's contract ends and he goes for another interview in another company and the chinese man is one of his prospective new bosses? Moral of the story.....don't burn the bridge because you have crossed it. You will need it on your return juorney. |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by JoyPaulLaw(m): 11:48pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
Frank3n2:Chinkos 1 Like |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by davidif: 11:51pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
SmartMugu: But what if the Chinese person did not know this? He is from a different culture you know? |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by onelife97: 11:51pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
Who says Chinese people don't value greetings. Chinese people greet each other every time. Nihao Nihao Nihao!Nihao ma? Ni chifang le ma? 2 Likes |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by Nobody: 11:52pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
Tunami: How dem go respect una (nigerians)? No be una government dey support them? To them, every nigerian has a price. No be una army and police dey escort them with siren even carry them dey drive against the traffic plus you wey dey for your lane wey dem go beat join? 2 Likes |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by Boeing777pilot: 11:52pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
Nigerians and greetings tho. |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by davidif: 11:56pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
SmartMugu: Stop trying to project what happened to you to all the other Chinese people. Besides, didn't your parents teach you growing up that two wrongs don't make a right? |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by Ugosample(m): 11:56pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
praxs: Point of correction. Africans don't have better morals. We are as useless as the others worldwide. Humanity is messed up. If not, why do we have plenty thieves, paedophiles, rapists, drug peddlers, thieves and other nuisance in this continent. It's the sad truth 1 Like |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by SmartMugu: 11:57pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
davidif:I don't think it has to do with their culture. We watch their movies and we see them bow to one another and even use the word "Master" a lot, showing they have manners within themselves. I work in a multinational corporation with folks from all walks of life including same Chinese people, yet everyone says hi to one another in the morning. Still manners. Now same people will go to Nigeria and expect to be treated as Masters. Heck no. 1 Like |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by doveda: 11:59pm On Feb 04, 2016 |
UrennaNkoli: Miss polite, Everywhere including the UK , it is common sense and courtsey to offer a simple salutation is whether you like it or not! 1 Like |
Re: My Experience With A Chinese Man Today In My Workplace by yom2(m): 12:00am On Feb 05, 2016 |
Tunami:we nigerians carry dis greeting thing too far forgetting that on very busy and hectic routine those protocol occasionaly skip ur mind. Though i know its a matter of culture and tradition. Imagine ur self rush down to d ATM after missing one schedule and hoping to catch up with another schedule , and the sesurity man on ground expectin u to come and observe all d protocols 1 Like |
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