Christmas Conversations
This following conversation, I'd guess, is fairly common among China-residing Westerners coming home for the holidays:
"Do you eat street food in China?"
"Oh sure- all the time. A lot of it is really good,"
"But aren't you worried about getting sick?"
"I do get sick sometimes"
"How often?"
"Oh- maybe once a month I get diarrhea"
"Once a month!"
"Yeah...I'd say that's about right"
"I couldn't go there"
(snip)
"Do you have a Western toilet in your apartment?"
"Sure"
"What about public toilets?"
"Most of those are squatters"
(looks of disgust)
"Do you use them?"
"Yeah, you have to if you have to go when you're out in public"
"That's disgusting"
"Actually, I don't mind them much. I even prefer using them in public. They're more hygenic"
(everyone looks at me as if I had two heads)
