Dustwun wrote on Jul 16
th, 2016 at 6:35pm:
Lord Herbert wrote on Jul 16
th, 2016 at 6:12pm:
Dustwun wrote on Jul 16
th, 2016 at 4:08pm:
Ru Chinese, I though I was the only slope here. I'm half Thai.
Gotcha!
I only said that to draw you out!
Quick! Up against the wall with your hands up! I'm abducting you to become a slave in my clothing factory where you'll be chained to the loom 24/7 with all the others!
That's not a nice thing to say
My apologies.
I was attempting a little humour, but apparently you haven't yet assimilated sufficiently into Western culture to realise that that was my only intention.
One of the hazards of working with people of foreign background is the matter of assuming that your sense of humour will be universally accepted by all.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
For many years I worked almost exclusively with ethnic immigrants from various parts of the world, and the one thing you learn very quickly is that with all Third World cultures the people take themselves very seriously indeed, and the slightest hint of being taken the piss of will make them very resentful.
Asian 'face' must be preserved at all costs.
Deprecating humour of the good-natured teasing type is totally alien to their way of thinking, with meanwhile it is a staple throughout the English-speaking countries.
"Owyergoin' ya Pommy bastard?!" etc. In Western culture you just suck it up while preparing your equally abusive reply.