Hopefully everyone can forgive the long winded post, and I strived to keep myself from speaking out of line, if anyone is offended by this, I'm sorry, but it is my own opinion.
Hm..
Where do I begin with this?
I've met a great deal of Chinese people in this city, but I do notice
something that might explain a possible motive.
I am a Caucasian who works in the supermarket retail industry as a Service
Clerk, this particular chain tends to tout itself as being lower in price and
all that stuff(I know that sounds off topic, but here me out)
A lot of our customer demographic tends to be Chinese, which is true for the
neighborhood overall, it's even reflected on signage in some businesses close
by.
Given the circumstances a lot of us are in right now, it's no surprise that
there's the occasional haggling over the price of items, often due to a
misunderstanding over the display price.
Most of the time people behave themselves reasonably well, even if they were
pretty set on getting a desirable deal, but fairly frequently, some decide not
to behave so well, and I hate to say that the majority who misbehave, I notice,
are the Chinese, even if there's quite an influx of people from other ethnic
backgrounds in the business that day. They walk up to our customer
service counter, they start ranting at the clerk behind the counter, insisting
that the price gets overridden because "They're right" (even if the
signage has been thoroughly checked out[and a lot of our signs are digital, and
are changed accordingly, so there's seldom issues with the wrong price being
displayed], and matched to the system, and even if there are obvious signs[such
as a toiletry product haphazardly misplaced among snack products], that the
price is not what it is on the sign). Even if the clerk behind the
counter can do nothing, they shout, insist everyone else is at fault, they tie
up the line, and the topper is that on more than a few occasions, they do this over items that are quite unimportant
to daily survival.
And it doesn't end there, when some first immigrate to this country, they're
given pretty extensive assistance in finding a home, money, and other
essentials required to start in a new town or city, basically welcomed with
open arms, when we moved here from the Okanagan, we were on our own, even
though the city was just as alien and unfamiliar to us as it would be to any
immigrant.
I remember watching my dad apply for welfare, it wasn't nearly as easy for
him, not even when he was a widowed guy with four minors, and in a poor working
situation, and it wasn't long before they decided to cut him off, even though
little changed about our circumstances.
And yet, it seems that with the Chinese, they can stay on these benefits
indefinitely, even when there are people in dire need of assistance in other
matters(such as housing or child care). But they hardly seem to use the
money and benefits they get for anything practical, instead using it to further
their self-image, to buy things to show "How important" they are(Perhaps
because circumstances didn't permit them to do so back in their former country,
and a lot of hardship stemmed from that, so they feel a need to do it here),
mistreating others in the process and belittling those who don't share this
view, I feel this way because I've gone through it myself, in once instance,
the daughter of an individual who seemed to showcase this attitude thought he
was being ridiculous, and she wasn't a person from another ethnic background,
she was 100% Chinese, spoke both that and English fluently(on that note, the
ones who act this way seem to be between the ages of 30 to 50-60, the young and
elderly tend to be much nicer a lot friendlier).
And if problems(Economic or Psychological) arise due to this pattern of
thinking, or due to things not working out as they hoped, they start resenting
us, those who are of the ethnic background(s) That started this country, and
treating us worse than before, as if we were the cause of the trouble, and
possibly in retaliation of any hardship that happened in their old country(Like
corrupt rulers, economic strife, war).
While I, and many others agree that threatening them with physical harm(even through graffiti) is clearly crossing the line, a number of us do, unfortunately, feel mistreated by them at times.
写得复杂，还挺费解。我研究一下。
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但不确定是口红。如果真是口红写的，看来就好办了。
