Less than a month to go...time to gripe...

I try not to complain about the Chinese people, but I have some issues.  These are the types of things that they don't realize is a little rude, but in America, they would be.

 

5 Things the Chinese Moms should have taught their children, but didn’t, because no one taught them:

1.        Please don’t litter.  One day I saw a teenage girl turn around and just toss her cup on the ground like it was no big deal.  If I spoke the language, I definitely would’ve said something.  There was a trash barrel only 10 feet away.  I am still angry that I didn’t just pick it up, give her a look, and throw it away myself.  Speaking of litter, it should include bodily fluids, as well.  No spitting…it’s gross.  Also, have I mentioned that the children don’t wear diapers?  Their pants already have a split in it so they can go in the street.  I’ve never seen poo, but I have seen parents bring their kids over to the street drains to relieve themselves.

2.       Don’t stare…it’s just rude.  If you want to look at someone, at least give them a smile.  Sometimes I feel daggers.

3.       If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all. This goes back to the “trying to be helpful”.  “You look tired today, did you get enough sleep”.  “If you did more exercise you could lose weight” (didn’t ask how to lose weight…and I know!!)  “You’re not beautiful, you’re charming”  (what, am I now the girl with the good personality??)  “That’s all you make, you should make more money”.

4.       Don’t smack your lips when you eat, or talk with your mouth full, or burp at the dinner table, or spit your bones right onto the table.  Man, these people could use some table manners.

5.       There is always a better place than work to clip your fingernails.  I saw one teachers doing it, and I thought it was a one-time thing.  Then the receptionist at the school was clipping her nails right at the reception desk…not just one little nail…but the whole damn set.

 

This was the newspaper that the flight attendants gave me on my flight home from Sanya. 

Obviously it wasn't personally directed at me, but I think even the paper is a little rude!!! 

Haha...can't wait to come home!!!!