Green tea shower

Corbett | July 17, 2008 5:13 PM

So I'm standing there in a packed elevator, computer bag on my shoulder, with a nice cold 统一 green tea in hand waiting for the 25th floor. A woman shoves past me to get off, clips my shoulder bag, causing a humorous chain of events as follows:

- bag drops heavily to forearm
- forearm jerks down and back up quickly
- hand on green tea lurches down then upwards
- tea spays all over offending woman, me, and everyone else in the elevator

Normally the offending person (anywhere else in the world) would say something apologetic and meek, but not a Shanghai office lady. This woman glares at me, gives a disgusted look and runs out of the elevator, fortunately covered in tea spray.

I look down at my soaked clothes, roll my eyes, and say something that sounds roughly like "tomato" in Chinese.

Category: Ramble

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John Guise

July 18, 2008 9:09 AM

That's hilarious. Hope your clothes and computer came out okay.

J.

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corbett

July 19, 2008 10:40 AM

Yes, it was pretty funny. Glad I wasn't about to step into a meeting. Computer is fine, thanks. Too bad I wasn't drinking a tall Starbuck's Frappuccino. Now that would have been funny.

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