Sitting in my room eating my breakfast instant noodles, I can hardly wait to go outside and explore. It is distracting, knowing there is so much outside, so many new scents and flavors and things and people.
I was sitting in the laundry room this morning where people come to throw away their trash or do laundry or use the water filter. The people come in and look at me funny, but don’t make eye contact or say hi…maybe they are use to living here and seeing lots of people coming and going. Ignoring me is as if to say, “I have see you before anyway, and you probably won’t be here for long.”
When things aren’t long term it makes people rude. People are only polite if they know they will have to see you again and again. People will only give you a fair price if they know you will come back to their store. I think this is kind of one of the reasons tourism has spoiled the world. The local people know these people aren’t coming back. What do they care if they are polite?
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It is my impression that people are rude if they know that you will not be rude back and stand up for yourself.
Tell them that they are Mafan and elbow them in the face if you want them to be polite hahaha.
No really.
It sounds as if you are doing well!
I miss you here in Brooklyn.
Dreaming Asian dreams,
Wade
Vagabond Journey Travelogue
Well, people here haven't been rude. Taiwanese are some of the friendliest people I think I have ever met. But, in other parts of the world rudeness is more of a problem...I think you know where I am thinking of Wade, places where EVERYONE tries to rip you off. I don't think it is even a matter of standing up for yourself.
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