Now you’re thinking like a true Taiwan expat pleb! At least the unemployed English teachers on the Gold Card at the foreigner bar won’t treat you like a cockroach in their Michelin-star delusions, they’ll be too busy ranting about “crypto gains” they never made, failed businesses that were “totally gonna take off,” and how Taiwan girls just don’t appreciate their “Western charm.”
So grab a drink, settle in, and enjoy the company of dudes who’ve been “leaving Taiwan next month” for the past decade. Cheers!
To be honest, I like you. I wish I could pin your answer as the best one. At least, you made me laugh. Michelin-star delusions. hahahaha. Maybe the Michelin tires. That’s why the mascot of tires is fat, probably coming from their restaurants. lol
By the way, I also hate the Crazy Rich Asians willing to tip NT 10,000 after eating 6 sticks of crunch French Fries. The secret is frying those potatoes for 5 minutes first and freeze them. Then, put them in the deep fry the next day. This is how they cook those French Fries. Instead of tipping 10,000 to them, I would rather pay a beer to a funny dude like you to make me laugh.
I may have money. But, I don’t act like those snobbish Crazy Rich Asians who always want to prove they have money to get the validation. They are just ass kissers. They tell us their family knows this politician or knows that CEO. Nah, they are all poor, pretending to be rich. They are failed Harvard Alumni. lol
I’ve been to a few Chinese spots where the owners had serious stank face. Thats probably the main foreigner owned type places I see it. Have been to a couple Japanese spots where the owner was pretty snug and pretentiousas well. To everyone, not just us. There are places we avoid now because some just flat out abuse their patrons lol.
Do you only talk about yourself when you talk, or do you ask about the other person, how they are, what they are interested in?
If so, this can be really annoying. I knew a lot of people that have done this.
Responding saying “i’m an heiress so I don’t need to do anything else” is ostentatious beyond belief, if someone said that to me i’d flinch. They aren’t asking what you do for money, no one gives a rat’s dick about that, they are asking what you like doing, how you spend your time. Whether it’s playing league of legends, or driving the Rolls around the country, whatever your hobby is or how you spend your time, give people an inch, something that they can enquire further about.
This topic has been on fire. I’m not sure if my experience in Taichung will hold interest but it’s worth sharing.
The early bird was a well known American owned spot for more than a decade. Decent food, decent staff, good place to go. Except for the owner. He always had an insecure comment about everything. I’d go in in at lunch to avoid him (the place was pleasant without him) but he’d pop in and always have something to say. He’d vmake an insulting comment about people who eat cream of broccoli (soup of the day) and then change the channel of the sport I was watching while there were no other customers.
The owner ended up getting into spats with people hosting events there and even cheated some friends who agreed to store some kitchen equipment in his warehouse. He ended up in a dispute with the landlord and the restaurant disappeared. Too bad. It was a great place without him.
Perhaps better to be humble and don’t mention you are a heiress, since they may take it as you got everything handed to you without working for it.
Mentioning you are ABT to a foreigner can be touchy as well since you inherited the Taiwan passport, something many foreigners in Taiwan cannot get. Mentioning ABT + heiress may come off as entitled depending on how you say it.
Also curious why they would ask what else you do after you said you are a teacher. Are you wearing designer clothing and handbags or driving a flashy car? ABT + Heiress + Flashy clothing can be a deadly combo in getting a hard working expat restaurant owner to feel positively about you.
And no. Either the individual owner has a problem with something you did and you’re not aware what it was, or he’s having a bad day and you’re thinking it’s about you when it’s really not, but no… expat owners in general don’t have anything against their customers… since they’re the customers!!!
Many of my friends here are restauranteurs as they know the quickest way to my heart is through my stomach!
The only expat place I know of here that has a rep for having an attitude of “the customer is always WRONG!!” is Bogart’s. The owner argues with everyone on his Google review or Yelp page.
I’ve noticed the attitude of various restaurant owners is they either take the criticism humbly or double down and make snark reviews to any complaint. If I see that attitude on Google reviews, I won’t go there no matter how good the food is.
Unfortunately many people still keep patronizing shops like this because ‘the food is good’ so the owner feels entitled to be rude.
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My theory is that it was a misunderstanding. Maybe, as others have said, the person in question wished to ask you what you do in your free time, or at least to continue making conversation with you. But perhaps they perceived your answer to be a conversation killer or snobbish put down. If you didn’t intend it as such, then it’s a question of whether it’s worth you going the extra mile to correct their negative perception, especially when it may be the case that their
“good opinion once lost is lost forever”.
Or you could just keep on being you. I personally prefer it when people are direct and honest and dislike the thought of everyone toning down their personality just to please the often fickle vocal minority of the public. Haters gonna hate and you can’t please everyone.
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