So there's a rumor going around that
When you visit Hong Kong
You ought to speak English
Because if you speak Mandarin Chinese
They'd be rude to you
Today we are going to test it out
See if the theory was true
*Lady selling mops in Cantonese*
*Restaurant server speaking Cantonese*
Me: Sorry?
Server: Come here
Me: oh ok
*Restaurant server speaking Cantonese*
Hi can we have 6 pineapple buns?
Uh sorry 3 pineapple buns
Server: butter no butter?
Me: uh *didn't understand what she said*
Me: Sorry 3
Server: NO BUTTER, BUTTER
Me: Ohhhh
Me: Yea with butter
Me: Anddd
Me: We are going to have a
Me: Fried rice noodles with
Me: One
Server: One? *Mandarin*
Me: Chicken Fried Rice *Mandarin*
Server: You know Chinese? Should have said it sooner!
Server: One chicken fried rice? *Mandarin*
Me: Yes *Mandarin*
Server: Anything else? *Mandarin*
Me: And 3 lemon ice teas *Mandarin*
Server: 3 lemon ice teas, anything else? *Mandarin*
Me: Nah that's all *Mandarin*
Server: You want or not? *Mandarin* *Pointing at the menu my Korean friend was holding*
Me: No we good *Mandarin*
Me: Sorry excuse me
Me: um she just walked away
Me: um sorry excuse me
Me: Do you know where the metro MTR is?
Guy: Umm
Actually you are in the middle of
Mong Kok MTR
and Yau Ma Tei MTR
Actually you can go both ways is the same
My friend: Do you know where the MTR is? *Mandarin*
Man: Head this way *Mandarin*
Man: Turn left at the intersection and you will see it *Mandarin*
Me: Hi
*Female staff walked away*
Me: Hi sorry excuse me
*Male staff jumped in to help*
My friend: Do you speak Mandarin? *Mandarin *
Female staff: I can speak Mandarin, what are you trying to say? *Mandarin*
My friend: What is the function of this product? *Mandarin*
Female staff: For your face
Female staff: Cream cream
My friend: For moisturizing?
Female staff: ya
Me: Sorry excuse me
Me: Sorry umm
Me: So we are looking for the peak
Police: This is the peak
Me: Yea but we want to get to the lookout
Police: Lookout? All the way up
Me: All the way up?
Me: So this road or?
Police: All the way up this road
Me: Alright thank you so much
Police: You're welcome
Police: But be careful, it slippery
Me: Thank you
Me: Sorry but we are catching flights *Mandarin *
Me: Could you hurry the dishes up? *Mandarin*
Me: We are catching flights could you bring them out faster? *Mandarin *
Server: Um about 10 minutes *Mandarin*
Server: They all freshly made *Mandarin*
So in the end we found
That actually speaking Chinese in Hong Kong
Gets you things a lot faster done
Than English
And people are actually really nice
Right? Nice nice?
Yes so come to Hong Kong
And experience this
This
On your own