Rules are made to be...
Submitted by davidnielsen on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 05:19
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I learned a little today on how the Chinese deal with all of their strict rules and regulations when I tried to enter a supermarket with an empty water bottle.
I was stepping around an employee who was pushing a long line of shopping carts inside. But before I could get inside, a young security guard stopped me, pointed to my empty bottle, and shook his head no.
OK. No problem. I swiveled around and looked for a trash can. But there were none anywhere. I shrugged my shoulders, raised my arms and stammered, “Where should I throw it?”
He grabbed the bottle out of my hand, slammed it into the shopping carts, then smiled and motioned me inside.
I should go back tomorrow and see if he’s still employed.
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