Why are foreigners habitually late in Taiwan?

[BiggusDickus]

@Mithrandir

@BiggusDickus

There would have been a lot more of them in recent decades if that were the case.

I don’t get the logic of that bit.

If a world war requires US involvement then there have been a fair few since 1945.

I know that’s not what you meant. However, a world war needs most of the world involved. It can happen without the USA.

[anon38216271]

@DrewC

@sampomixer

He just trying to say he not give a shit about you.

Bingo. This one.

Don’t put up with people who are perpetually late. Once is okay, but if it’s a habit it means they don’t care about you as much as you do them. Or they actively dislike you and are sending a passive-aggressive message.

Seems like the kid didn’t know the seller so how much dislike and passive aggressiveness applies here is ¯_(ツ)_/¯.

However, they are a co-worker/associate yeah I work definitely agree that applies.

[Mithrandir]

@BiggusDickus

If a world war requires US involvement then there have been a fair few since 1945.

I don’t understand. Just because US involvement would be a requirement for a world war, that wouldn’t mean that it would be dispositive evidence. Certainly there would be other requirements, no? Sorry, I’m just not following your logic.

BTW, my first comment was not intended to be serious, so I’m not debating whether WWI and II were “World Wars” before the US showed up…I’m just trying to understand your statement.

[BiggusDickus]

@Mithrandir

@BiggusDickus

If a world war requires US involvement then there have been a fair few since 1945.

I don’t understand. Just because US involvement would be a requirement for a world war, that wouldn’t mean that it would be dispositive evidence. Certainly there would be other requirements, no? Sorry, I’m just not following your logic.

BTW, my first comment was not intended to be serious, so I’m not debating whether WWI and II were “World Wars” before the US showed up…I’m just trying to understand your statement.

There would need to be other nations involved. Otherwise the American Civil War would have been a world war.

[Mithrandir]

@BiggusDickus

There would need to be other nations involved. Otherwise the American Civil War would have been a world war.

That was kinda my point, though I would have defined a world war much more narrowly than that.

[BiggusDickus]

I’m happy to go with WWI 1917-1918 and WWII 1941 (just) -1945.

[Mithrandir]

I’m not up on the specifics of the wars (gimme a break, I’m 'Merican), but that sounds about right.

[Dr_Milker]

@BiggusDickus

The involvement of the USA is not a prerequisite for a World War.

No…just for winning.

[RustyShackleford]

@the_bear

I think we need to know what stuffs the OP was selling…a used coffee cup and some coathangers? a Betamax of Debbie Does Dallas?

Two old textbooks, a Samsung Galaxy S5, and an external harddrive.

[the_bear]

Chinese text books?

[RustyShackleford]

@the_bear

Chinese text books?

One maths, one engineering textbook.

[TimesThree]

I am the most punctual person I know, and I am literally surrounded by Taiwanese people every day. Was there a point to this question?

[junoreactor]

My experience with Italians

[Flakman]

I find most people in Taiwan are lax about being punctual. However, during my time in Singapore I found the locals there to be much worse than here. I would always be the first at the restaurant with locals showing up 20 minutes to one over one hour late. I would chide them every time but they never changed. I eventually just showed up 30 minutes “late” and would sometimes still be the first one there.

Don’t go to a wedding dinner in Singapore. Since the locals are so late the wedding venue caters to such a habit and starts the wedding dinner late and strings out the event. I left a wedding at 9:30pm (I arrived at 6:00) and they were only serving the 6th dish out of 10.