Question: how many people to change a, nope not light bulb but, a RMB100 note?
Answer: 4 people. One to take your money to help you make the change, one to refuse to make any change just because, one (customer himself) to tell the one with my money to get change from the restaurant, coming back empty handed with no change but my RMB100. One bellboy to finally getting the job done by going back to the grumpy not helpful receptionist to open the drawer full of 20's and 50's notes. Total episode time spent: 10 minutes.
Question: how many people needed to get some white sugar?
Answer: At least 5! One waiter from the Chinese restaurant as he thought I wanted "ming tong" aka Chinese rock sugar; then 4 more staff discussing how to give me the sugar cubes from the Western restaurant in the hotel. Finally settled in a small ziploc bag. Total episode time spent: 15 minutes.
People are friendly in the service sector as they all tried to help; but if you get them to do things outside of the 'norm', they totally freaked out and cannot accommodate. But in a small town, life is just too simple.
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