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2009-11-21
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Good discipline - never imagined seeing a cold face and hearing cold words like from your school discipline master in a Japanese restaurant in Hong Kong.There was no sign telling the customers that no shoes are allowed, though there was a shoe rack. Fine. No one told entering customers that the slippers were for people going out of the restaurant (e.g. to the washroom, customers or staff). I asked if slippers were required and was told no, so I went in with my socks on. My friend then arrive
There was no sign telling the customers that no shoes are allowed, though there was a shoe rack. Fine. No one told entering customers that the slippers were for people going out of the restaurant (e.g. to the washroom, customers or staff). I asked if slippers were required and was told no, so I went in with my socks on. My friend then arrived the table in slippers, preceded by a waitress helping her with her bags - why didn't the waitress told my friend that the slippers were not for inside the restaurant?
My friend left the slippers at the table, only to be followed by a waitress saying, with a pair of slippers in her hand (in a relatively cold voice which is not too common in Hong Kong, as far as I am concerned) "下次唔好著拖鞋, 我哋個地下乾淨架" Cutting the story short, my friend told this lady that the slippers were there and no one told her about the no-shoe policy inside the restaurant and said that her attitude was not good, the lady responded, "你話咋". She looked as cold as her words, couldn't care less too.
Well, very interesting for the two ignorant first-timers. Sorry, there will be no "下次" for us.
The set lunch was pretty value for money, other waitresses appeared to be fine, but this particular encounter is more than enough in putting us off. Thank you for the etiquette lesson.
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