I got “shirty” today.
I got really mad about something today. Here’s a letter I sent to someone about it, with a few strategic words removed:
Subject: Behavior of _________ ________ (foreign cultural organization I work for part-time) workers, ECNU, Saturday.
Dear ______,
I wish you would have a talk with the people who came to ECNU to administer/invigilate the _____ test this Saturday, and remind them that their behavior reflects on both the _______ _______ and on other foreigners in general. As you know, it was VERY hot today, and I was standing in front of ECNU, waiting for a taxi when two people I recognized from the _______ _______ approached. They seemed to think because they were foreign they didn’t have to wait and could grab a cab ahead of people who had already been there waiting for some time. There wasn’t a line, but it’s easy to take a look around, notice who came ahead of you, and let that person take a cab first. I had been waiting for about twenty-five minutes, and there was a young girl who had been there before me. The young man tried to take that girl’s cab. I told him he had no right to do it, and then he tried to take the next taxi, which should have been mine. Needless to say I stopped him from that too. He was angry, but I feel I was in the right. I don’t have any patience with this “foreigners go first” mentality, and I’m sure it’s something the _______ _______ doesn’t condone either. I might also add that if the people had just come from administering the test, some of the people they were jumping in front of may have been students fresh from the exam, who could recognize them as _______ _______ representatives.
I just wanted to let you know about this.
MF