Dirty old man spoiled my day.
As I was walking the dog today,¬†I was approached by this old man with a flattop haircut.¬† I see him all the time, and he’s always friendly.¬† He speaks like two words of English, and we usually wave at each other, or sometimes chat in Chinese.¬† Anyway, today after he greeted me, I saw him walking quickly, trying to catch up with me as I walked the dog.¬† He grabbed my nose and his nose, and I think started making some sort of comments about how mine pokes out more than his.¬† Then he apparently made the same comment about my butt, and patted it, and then patted me on the right boob.¬† I acted uncomfortable, and then he grabbed my butt, put his arm around me and fondled my boob.¬† I told him not to do it (in Chinese), and took off.¬† I was really embarrassed!¬† I took my dog back to the dog people quickly, and then told the dog man what had happened.¬† He was indignant and probably embarrassed too.¬† I pointed out the perpetrator, who was standing around looking at me from down the street.¬† After that, I went home, moped, and went to bed for a while.¬† It wasn’t the way I wanted to start my May Day holiday.
 
May 2nd, 2006 at 2:10 am
hey,that is really gross.Next time you are “greeted” like this,just call the cop.This oldie might be some pervert,and he thought you were just a foreigner and you were always friendly to him,and thus was emboldened to ,well,harrass……
shame on him.It’s really such a disgrace for all Chinese.
May 3rd, 2006 at 9:05 pm
Yes, it’s gross.
I’ve been around enough not to take it as an indication of anything wrong with Chinese people — the same thing happened to a friend of mine when we were in Germany. It also happened to me in New York. Everyone’s heard the stories about Japanese men on trains doing it. It’s all over the world.
Once I told one of my students in Shenzhen that there was a famous American expression, “Nothing is certain except death and taxes,” but that it should be amended for women into, “Nothing is certain except death, taxes, and being fondled by a liu mang on public transportation.” (I also met one on a minibus in Shenzhen, and told my students about it. Some of them said they had the same experience too.)