Conversation with a shanghai taxi driver part 2
Apr 12th, 2008 | By Chris | Category: News and events, Random Shanghai stuff...
SHE:”Please take me to (x).”
“Ha ha. Your Chinese is very good.”
SHE:“Nope, not at all, its awful.”
“Ha ha, yes.”
SHE:”Your taxi stinks of fish.”
“What?”
SHE: “Your taxi stinks of fish.”
“Fish?”
SHE: “Yes, did your last passenger have a fish in the car?”
Wipes footwell with a bit of newspaper. “Yes, well some people, you are right, I’ll open the window.”
SHE: “Do you mind if I smoke? Then I might not notice the smell so bad.”
“Sure go ahead.”
“The government are all corrupt, not like where you are from. Where are you from? I bet everyone is rich there.”
SHE:”We have poor people too.”
“How much do they earn in your country? The average salary?”
SHE: “Where I live is called the Golden Island, even cigarettes cost RMB 100 a pack.”
“Ooh. But I bet its great there. Why are you here?”
SHE: “I come here to work.”
“Haha, all the Chinese people go to your country to work, and you come here to work, haha.”
SHE:”Yup.”
“You cannot smoke in taxis anymore, very soon you know that?”
SHE: “What?”
“Look see this sticker?” Points to little blue sticker on window. “See- no smoking.” Points to another large sticker in Chinese posted on inside of the cab “No smoking.” Laughs.
SHE: “Well, I can’t read Chinese, and I have no idea what you are saying.”
Laughs, “you will be fined!”
SHE: “Who will fine me?”
“I will! RMB 200!” Laughs.
SHE: “Shanghai is much more developed than the rest of China, you picking up all our bad habits.”
“Ha ha yes. Your Chinese is very good, do you want to meet my daughter,…”
Etc.
