Culture

 

Western VS Asian

 

  Went to Burger King this afternoon for my lunch… Well, complain a bit first… For the first time, after having the whole set of meal, I still able to take my dinner… Normally, I wont able to take my dinner after I had my LARGE meal at Burger King…… Strange, just now after my meeting, I still can finish a “Wantan Ho” and it’s consider a big meal also… Until now i still felt very full……..

 

  Back to today’s topic~~~~ I taking my lunch alone as usual, and which sometimes I enjoyed it… Because, without someone talking to me, I able to see around (this is one of the thing that i like to do)… I mean, sometimes, I love to have a look around and “observing” what normally people did during thier lunch time, taking lunch, hang with friends, shopping……..

 

  Today, besides me there is one foreign, at that moment, don’t know why, suddenly recall something… I can’t remember who say that to me…. It’s about the western and the asian… The interesting thing is about when western take their meal at fast food restaurant, after they finished, they will and they need to clean up, not really clean up but need to send thier tray to the dispose place….. But asian, sorry~~ They will leave it at the table, and someone (the staff/worker) will clean it up…..

 

  When this turns as a habit for the asian, there is one asian, I think is Sabahan, if not mistake, is he….. He went to Australia, study oversea, and went for fast food restaurant, and naturally he left after his meal…… And he actually felt strange why everyone clean up before they leave……. When this story is shared to me, I know that’s the difference between western and asian…. And I think this is caused by calture……

 

  This noon, after the foreign finish his meal, he stood up and take the tray and put the burger’s paper, fries’ paper into the tray and bring it to throw…… I don’t felt strange, but I wondering….. The reaction of the worker/staff there~~~~ I think very soon, the staff there take over everything.. and do the clean up…. After when my turn is finished, I start wondering…… Should I leave it there or I need to take to the disposal place?? Unfortunalely I am an asian, I choose to leave it at the table……