Wednesday, November 11, 2009
I'll have to admit that I've never been a big fan of online shopping, but I think ebay is that foot in the door for me. I've been ebaying quite a bit, and I got quite a bargain on a desk from Ikea. It's original price was $45 plus plus, but I got it for $12.50!
So the desk was delivered today by this very nice ang moh family. I came out to collect it from their car with a trolley, and the father placed the table on the trolley and kept asking if I could manage, and I said that I could handle it, and after it was all loaded, he said I didn't have to be shy to ask for help, of course I said I could manage, but it got me thinking, what did I do that made him think I was shy to ask for help?
Was it because there is a stereotyping that Asians are generally quiet, traditional, cultural, not-very-liberal, keep-to-yourself people? I can't blame the ang moh's for thinking that way, because I guess generally ang moh's tend to be more open about a lot of stuff. Maybe it is because I am small, a fact which I cannot run away from. If I were bigger, would he still say I didn't have to be shy to ask for help? Maybe I looked like I was struggling.
I'd like to think that even if I dropped the table once, or twice, I could pick it up myself and complete the job without having to depend on others.
Maybe I'm just paranoid. I'm sure the very nice man didn't mean anything in asking the "innocent" question.
Dan
12:13 am
