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Let’s never stop talking about China. It’s the most exciting thing I’ve done in a while and I will not have it taken away from me. Michelle sent me this article. Although my lack of understanding of Chinese language doesn’t allow me to gauge the swearing, spitting and not waiting in lines is definitely a problem there.

My family has never been one to take off its shoes when entering our own home. We only taken them off when we get tired of wearing our shoes or step onto carpet. I know almost all other Asian families take their shoes off in the house, and I never really understood why. I now get it. They take off their shoes, because they are covered with spit. It’s not just that there is spit everywhere that is gross. It’s the sound they make before they spit. They really hork up the phlegm.

Lines are definitely another issue. The locals just crowd around entrances and push like there is a fire behind them. They don’t even wait in line for bathrooms. The girls in our tour group would tell each other in English when they were getting ready to exit the bathroom stalls so they could beat the locals that were ready to pounce on any open stall, ignoring the line. I think this is less of a problem with guys as there are generally more urinals and guys can pee faster. If someone cut in front of me, I’d probably just pee on his leg.

China needs to stop rewarding its people to line up and stop spitting if they want these mannerisms to stick. As soon as the rewards stop, they will just revert to their old habits. People will notice when the positive reenforcement disappears. Instead China should do what it does best and use capital punishment. No one ever forgets negative reenforcement. Bamboo shoots under the finger nails and Chinese water torture are forever.

As far as removing the Engrish signs. That makes me a little sad to see them go. I guess I’ll just have to go to Japan to get my fix of these funny public postings if I want to see them in person.