When you visit Hong Kong

You ought to speak English

Because if you speak Mandarin Chinese

They'd be rude to you

Today we are going to test it out

See if the theory was true

*Lady selling mops in Cantonese*

*Restaurant server speaking Cantonese*

Me: Sorry?

Server: Come here

Me: oh ok

*Restaurant server speaking Cantonese*

Hi can we have 6 pineapple buns?

Uh sorry 3 pineapple buns

Server: butter no butter?

Me: uh *didn't understand what she said*

Me: Sorry 3

Server: NO BUTTER, BUTTER

Me: Ohhhh

Me: Yea with butter

Me: Anddd

Me: We are going to have a

Me: Fried rice noodles with

Me: One

Server: One? *Mandarin*

Me: Chicken Fried Rice *Mandarin*

Server: You know Chinese? Should have said it sooner!

Server: One chicken fried rice? *Mandarin*

Me: Yes *Mandarin*

Server: Anything else? *Mandarin*

Me: And 3 lemon ice teas *Mandarin*

Server: 3 lemon ice teas, anything else? *Mandarin*

Me: Nah that's all *Mandarin*

Server: You want or not? *Mandarin* *Pointing at the menu my Korean friend was holding*

Me: No we good *Mandarin*

Me: Sorry excuse me

Me: um she just walked away

Me: um sorry excuse me

Me: Do you know where the metro MTR is?

Guy: Umm

Actually you are in the middle of

Mong Kok MTR

and Yau Ma Tei MTR

Actually you can go both ways is the same

My friend: Do you know where the MTR is? *Mandarin*

Man: Head this way *Mandarin*

Man: Turn left at the intersection and you will see it *Mandarin*

Me: Hi

*Female staff walked away*

Me: Hi sorry excuse me

*Male staff jumped in to help*

My friend: Do you speak Mandarin? *Mandarin *

Female staff: I can speak Mandarin, what are you trying to say? *Mandarin*

My friend: What is the function of this product? *Mandarin*

Female staff: For your face

Female staff: Cream cream

My friend: For moisturizing?

Female staff: ya

Me: Sorry excuse me

Me: Sorry umm

Me: So we are looking for the peak

Police: This is the peak

Me: Yea but we want to get to the lookout

Police: Lookout? All the way up

Me: All the way up?

Me: So this road or?

Police: All the way up this road

Me: Alright thank you so much

Police: You're welcome

Police: But be careful, it slippery

Me: Thank you

Me: Sorry but we are catching flights *Mandarin *

Me: Could you hurry the dishes up? *Mandarin*

Me: We are catching flights could you bring them out faster? *Mandarin *

Server: Um about 10 minutes *Mandarin*

Server: They all freshly made *Mandarin*

So in the end we found

That actually speaking Chinese in Hong Kong

Gets you things a lot faster done

Than English

And people are actually really nice

Right? Nice nice?

Yes so come to Hong Kong

And experience this

This

On your own