Don’t You Speak Asian? – Part 4
(It is Tuesday evening after work. I went out to eat at a Japanese restaurant last night, but I forgot my credit card there, so I return to retrieve the card. I pull on the door handle, but the door does not open. I look down at their hours sign and realize that Tuesday is the one day they are closed. I groan in frustration but resign myself for having to wait another day to retrieve my card. A woman sitting in her truck nearby notices and calls out to me.)
Woman: “I saw someone go in there.”
(She points to the Chinese bakery two doors down from the restaurant.)
Me: “Okay… so…?”
Woman: “They might be connected.”
Me: “Why? Because they’re both Asian?”
Woman: “Uh…”
Me: “This is a Japanese restaurant, that is a Chinese bakery. Why the heck would they be connected and not completely separate entities?”
(She had no response to that, so I just walked away. I came back Wednesday and the Japanese restaurant happily returned my card.)
Related:
Don’t You Speak Asian? – Part 3
Don’t You Speak Asian? – Part 2
Don’t You Speak Asian?
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