My new friend Hunter is a down ass bitch. We met up this morning at the BSC and did a great chest workout and 30 mins of cardio. At some point about midway through my cardio routine I glanced over at him admiring Beyonce performing "Single Ladies". Afterward I was hungry and had Dim Sum on the brain. I'm finding out that Hunter is pretty adventurous because when I asked him about going to Chinatown with me he seemed pretty eager to join. Most of my friends would have said "Good luck with that". It's cool though, I'm pretty good about doing things on my own. We took the Silverline downtown to Chao Chow City, my favorite place for Dim Sum. The servers there are so nice to me and for some reason they remember who I am. When I come into the dining room everybody says hello. No joke, It surprises me every time. I ordered the regular. A hot bowl of tripe and an order of chicken feet. Hunter didn't sample any, but he didn't seem too put off by it either. He ordered taro shrimp, hargao, and some xiu mai. He hadn't ever had any of the three, but did pretty well before finding the fried tofu.
Not far from our table sat two Chinese women with two small children. One boy child and one girl. I usually pay no attention to children because I find them to be sticky and endlessly irritating. These two children didn't appear to be sticky at all, but they were being very loud in the dinning room and running from table to table asking for attention. Usually this sort of thing makes me angry because I don't think parents should indulge their children, but I said to Hunter that these children were not bothering me and my theory was that it was because the noise was in Chinese. It added an authentic quality to my lunch. I think Hunter even agreed with me when I said I felt that we were in an exotic country and not at all in downtown Boston. Is it possible that my theory holds any water? Are children hollering in a language that is not understood any less irritating? Discuss!
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i have 3 children , and any language yelling children is annoying. i always have and always will remove myself and my children if they become unruly as not only does it drive me crazy , it drives everyone around you crazy and it is just easier to go. that is why when we do do dinner it is usually a child themed resturant as to avoid that situation.
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ReplyDeleteAlthough I agree that this atmosphere may have added to the authenticity of the experience, I still find the chilling shriek of a child to be crippling. It would have taken restraint for me to not "accidentally" tipped over a small cup of scalding hot tea as one approached. I am not sure that language mitigates the irritation I feel from children's indulges screeches, particularly when I hear it, in chineese while already suffering on the Silver Line. It makes me wish that the back segment of the bus could be like a "quiet car" on a train.
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ReplyDeleteAlmost pissing my pants in laughter and certainly agree that children bitching in other languages not understood by me, is some how easy to twist into an exotic experience. I can eat my lunch in a cafe which holds a few squeaking non american chldren. While listening to their shoni-shi-sho-show,I pretend I am far away from the strife that america can press upon americans.