One fine cloudy afternoon on Orchard Road. An elderly Chinese couple (I assume) selling ice cream on bread. "Do you have chocolate?" I asked. They started to argue about something. In rapid Chinese of course. Pretty quick it escalated into yelling at each other. "EXCUSE ME, BUT DO YOU HAVE CHOCOLATE?" I asked again, a bit louder, hoping they would stop. I was shocked when the woman threw a dirty rag cloth at him. More yelling. Then he threw it back at her! More screaming. They didn't even notice I walked away. Was it something I said? Maybe I should ask for vanilla instead.
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