A westerner touring Hong Kong was told by his folks back home that one can really get good bargains on shirts but one have to be wary. This gentleman while bargain hunting chance upon well established shop n was rubbing his hand in glee when he saw the price of a branded shirt that cost half the price of what being sold back home.
Being warned of "cheap" shirts to scrutinized the shirt carefully n he smiled when he saw a label sewed on the shirt. The label read "Guaranteed No Shrink". Convinced that he has indeed found a great bargain he went ahead n bought himself half-a-dozen shirts.
Back at the hotel, he took out the shirts n send them to laundry. He was eager to put them on n see some envious faces in his tour group. When the shirts returned fr the hotel laundry he was shocked that all of them have shrinked by at least one size. He looked at the label again to assure himself that he did not read the label wrongly. Yes, the label clearly stated :
"Guaranteed No Shrink".
Angrily he took the shirts, went to the shop n asked to see the manager. The manager came out, listened to his complain n then calmly point to the label n said:
"You Westerner read fr left to right. We Chinese read fr right to left."
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