Telemarketers who don't try very hard

[ilai]

The phone rings.

Ian: Hello?
Caller: (loudly) 喂，王先生啊！ [Hello, Mr. Wang!]
Ian: (backs away from the receiver) ... hello?!
Caller: Do you speak Chinese?
Ian: (thinks for a minute) No.
Caller: *click*

Curses, Roommmate! You and your being profiled by Asian telemarketers! ;-)

Comments

[boonleong.livejournal.com]

The correct response is, of course, "Nei5 sik1-m1-sik1 gwong2 dung1 wa2?"

[ilai]

See, if they actually speak Cantonese them I'd be screwed :-) I would prefer to ask "Li2 kam2 e7-hiau2 kong2 ban5-lam5-gu2?" and then have at least a shot of responding.

[boonleong.livejournal.com]

“你識唔識廣東話？”
“識。。。”
“好，我唔識講。拜拜！”

偌簡單!

[arrowedumbrella.livejournal.com]

Hey ... I also got a confused call from someone with an Asian accent asking "Do you speak Chinese?"

What's up with this?

[arrowedumbrella.livejournal.com]

Also, it annoys me when people assume that I understand mandarin.