Thats how Taiwan operates. not jsut food. its wickedly wonderful and is in fact one of my fondest feelings about Taiwan. How people can be so polite to you and at teh same time be all or nuthin. Taiwanese do a fuck you so well, really its an art here.
Everytime im in line, or in a market and i try and drag my white ass through a crowd or cut in front of line. im tripping over my feet, puss out and say pei say etc. these guys seem to be able to float through the shit and get right at number 1 in record time.