Why are Asian people so in a rush and hurry to get people out their stores and restuarants?

Question

I try to take a look around to see what to buy from them. All a sudden they breathing down my neck? I just don't understand them.

Answer 1

They always thinking that someone is going to steal something.............y do most asian woman come here and take american men? they are also money hungry

Answer 2

don't take it personally. I am asian and raised in the US. When I go into an asian store they always pressure me to buy something and follow me. Its very uncomfortable and rude. I guess the asians that are raised in asian don't trust anyone. They probably had a lot of people steal from them and because if the language barrier, they can only watch you like a hawk.

I used to live in san francisco and witnessed teenagers rob a store owned by koreans and there was an 70 yr old lady who watched them like a hawk.

Don't take it personally, they probably feel frustrated that they can't speak english and if they do get stufff stolen they can't speak correctly and make a police report.

Answer 3

It's a cultural thing. They breath down your neck because they think you might want to steal so they are always watching you. This is not necessarily just Asian culture. It also applies to other cultures thoughout the world. In other countries theft is a common practice.

Answer 4

I'm asian, so they never do that to me. lol

Anyway, its a cultural habit, most likely. Asian & African countries have been invaded and messed around with by so many European nations in history, that the people have become more possessive.

Answer 5

somebody to decrease an extremely Loud & long & Stinking Fart !!! Gross ! My hubby and son are good for tooting in public ! And basically say Whoops ! i'm getting so embarassed ! additionally letting out loud Burps - they're widespread for that besides -- embarassing !

Answer 6

It's funny, I was just in a Chinese restaurant last week. They were trying to get us to stay longer, bringing us more drinks, staying by the table to talk, even after the check was paid. I thought it was so charming.

Answer 7

You're being stereotyped. Just like most white people have trouble telling blacks apart from other blacks they don't know and Asians apart from other Asians and many Asians and Blacks have trouble telling whites apart from other whites. I'm mixed race and grew up in a military family so I have no problem telling Blacks apart and Asians apart and Hispanics apart, and can often pin people down to their exact country of origin, even. Just the other day I correctly guessed that my sister's boyfriend was Punjabi by a description she gave me over the phone of his looks and personal habits without ever having met the man. But, whites think I look white, Native Americans think I look Native American, and the particular combination has lead people to even mistake me for being meditteranian or Middle Eastern. I'm not at all popular with the Hispanic crowd, who tend to find me really ugly for some reason. Shoot, I got profiled going into the American History Museum in DC one day because it was raining and my mom called me right before I went in, so I took her call standing under the eves of the building because I thought it would be rude to take the call inside and disturb other people, and the guards, even though they check everyone's bags and scan you with a hand-held metal detector, gave me the third degree about why I had been standing outside and who I was talking to. I told them to mind their own business-- it's a free country, and continued on my way, hehehe. I've also been profiled at airports, but most whites, Asians and Blacks think I'm white because I have a pale face and curly hair(I stay out of the sun and it is not uncommon for Sioux to have curly hair). I went to the Crazy Horse monument once and a vendor there asked me if I was Ogallala. I asked him how he knew, and he said it was the shape of my nose.

The point I'm trying to get at is that people look for what they know. Whites tend to describe themselves by their hair color and texture, which is the most obvious identifying feature for that race. Other races have different ways of differentiating individuals. So, you look for those identifiers, and if you don't see them, then you lump that person in the "not me, so it must be them" category.

Incidently, the only group of people I have trouble identifying and therefore associating myself with are blondes. I've never had much exposure to them, so they all look the same to me. I'd have to say, if I am prejudice against anyone, it would be blondes. I can't tell them apart, so I have trouble identifying with them on a personal level. Sorry to all you blondes out there. I don't mean to discriminate against you, but it is a personal problem that I have and will eventually have to deal with.

As to your problem with store owners, don't let them rush you. Just ignore them. They're mostly harmless. If they start following you, just duck down another aisle or purposely slow down some more. If they really offend you and don't feel they need your business, then guess what -- you don't need theirs either. Don't buy. It's their loss, not yours. But most of the time, if you just learn a few words in their language like hello and how are you, they'll cheer up real fast. Knee how mah (I'm not spelling that right, I'm spelling it how it sounds) is Chinese for how are you. Shay shay (also not spelled right, and is said really fast) is thank you in Chinese. Go-men nah sigh is Japanese for excuse me or I'm sorry. Of course everyone knows Arigato (ah ree ga to) is Japanese for thank you. I don't know any Vietnamese words, but you get my drift. They won't expect you to know anything else, but they'll just find it so novel that you knew a few words, it'll take them by surprise and they'll relax, maybe even become really talkative and friendly. You do have to know what language the person speaks, and just because it's a Chinese store doesn't mean your not dealing with a Korean or a third generation person who doesn't speak a lick of Mandarin, but they'll still lighten up if you make the attempt.

Answer 8

They think all Americans are crooks. They don't want to be robbed. (why open a store in a foreign country when you think the people are crooks) I whispered that. You didn't hear me.

Answer 9

not all asians are like that. it's our culture to be timed. not a second can be wasted, even if it's a second late. it's one of the things that define us.

Answer 10

I hate when store people do that! I guess they think you're going to steal something!