It’s funny Loretta that you mention this topic about being polite and courteous, and leaving after your satisfied. Usually what I see is that a family just eats and then talks afterward or just spends some good quality time together, sometimes watching the T.V. together. Either way, people in Taiwan like to relax a while after their meal, can’t blame them right?
Americans quickly finish eating and it’s time to go, no sitting around and chatting/relaxing. They have stuff to do.
But you know what, what’s really interesting is that your topic is about being considerate of others. Perhaps the Taiwanese should behave more like you do in restaruants:
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was undercooked as predicted. I tried to be polite.
Ten minutes later I had my head in my hands. "They’re doing it again. They’re cooking me another meal. They will fuck it up. I guarantee it.
I want my lunch. Cooked.
The new, piping hot, meal was - as predicted - undercooked
So I stopped being nice. I banged the table, raised my voice, cut the offending meat with the back of my knife and made a scene that horribly embarrassed my friend, but finally succeeded in making him pay attention to the problem. His response was that the temperature was correct - ie that there was no problem - which only served to annoy me further. He offered me yet another meal, and I had to point out that I had now been sitting in his restaurant for 45 minutes and so far he had not given me any indication that his staff were capable of cooking a piece of chicken properly. Doing it again would produce the same result.
I want this food. Cooked. For longer. Finally he got it and five minutes later everything was as it should be. Aside from the fact that someone forgot to cook my food in the first place, the problem was that nobody stopped to think about what I actually wanted when I started complaining. They just did what seemed right to them, and didn’t fucking listen until I forced them to. So far so clear…
The question asked was “how can I get my food delivered in a satisfactory state, as quickly as possible, without having to get angry?” and the replies have all failed to answer this question.
As was mentioned in another thread recently, the actual information content of your communications doesn’t seem to be as important in Taiwan as in western countries. . My question is how do you make people pay attention at the times when it’s important that they do so in order to achieve some specific goal in a hurry? [/quote]
Thank god the Taiwanese haven’t become completely western. I’d really be worried if they did. And if they were in my country (America) I’d be worried if they could even fit through the door (assuming they became truly American by joining the mighty ranks of the obese).
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I’ll abide.