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Malsol
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joesgonnago
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Location: Yueqing, China
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| Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:33 am Post subject: Re: school lunches |
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sorry leon - I know this overcharging thing is something to do with principle - but your post just begs the question - how much did they overcharge - was it more or less than the proverbial 3/4RMB a day- after all a meal in one of these joints usually only costs 3/4RMB  |
Does this mean you think it's okay for the Chinese to overcharge us foreigners? I know they perceive us to be all rich, but it's not kosher. Wait until the Olympics. China will pass on a golden opportunity if it allows it's citizens to use this idealogy.
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| after all a meal in one of these joints usually only costs 3/4RMB |
3/4 RMB....so that is about 40 to 50 cents U.S. for a meal?[/i] |
Sorry Ghost, do you make U.S. dollars here in China? People who always are converting are foolish. You make RMB. The same RMB it takes 30 of to buy shampoo. The same RMB it takes 12 of to buy a "chicken burger" at KFC. Shampoo costs $4-8 in the U.S. A burger no more that $5
I made good money in the U.S., more than RMB I make here. Think of your RMB as $$ unless you save every jiao and spend only your U.S. dollars here.
AND, my school provides meals for free. The give the native teachers 100rmb a month and they have to pay for anything above that. |
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vikdk
Joined: 25 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| Does this mean you think it's okay for the Chinese to overcharge us foreigners? |
no not at all - just Mr Purvis conjoured up a rather amusing picture of the Lao Wai being given the cold sholder by the cafteria staff - over that errant 1 or 2 RMB.
But this kind of stuff I read in another thread (I do believe written by the same athor of this posts first quote)-
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| I teach for the students - not the money- not the school, |
now I'm not sure if I find that okay, but I really do think it's rather quaint and amusing - after all education - as in teaching English - surely would - by most normal thinking folk - only be considered a worthy charity if meted out to the very poor and needy in circumstances which have a direct bearing on their basic well-being. But then again the author may be teaching about AIDS prevention - or progressive agricultural methods to poor farming communities - so I should be able to understand the logic in his statement - which I hope those folk who don't have the luxury of using the profession of China FT as a hobby, but as a way of making a living will also think. By the way I have good idea what chinese bosses think when they catch wind of that kind of sentiment  |
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Leon Purvis
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
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Location: Nowhere Near Beijing
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| Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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| vikdk wrote: |
| sorry leon - I know this overcharging thing is something to do with principle - but your post just begs the question - how much did they overcharge - was it more or less than the proverbial 3/4RMB a day- after all a meal in one of these joints usually only costs 3/4RMB |
Sometimes it was an overcharge of 400%, sometimes only 100%. I never made a stink about it. I acted like I didn't even notice.
Meals aren't that cheap in my school. A bowl of dumplings normally cost 3RMB. Roundeyes paid 12RMB last time.
What frosted me was the deliberate discourtesy. Once, a Chinese teacher watched and chewed out the guy at the counter as well as the students behind me. That didn't seem to stop the misbehavior, though. |
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vikdk
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| yeah Leon that kind of thing gets my goat as well. One of my hobbies is collecting antique furniture - I do the buying through my chinese wife who often uses scrap lumber collecters who spy out pieces for us in the second hand furniture markets. If I show my face to a dealer who doesn't know me the price is always about 10X going rate - if they know me 2X. And the amount of fake stuff is quite astounding - for which they will also ask the round eye a crazy price. |
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cj750
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Then you must be at Jilin Hua Qiao Foreign Language Institute
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Malsol
You should have seen the crap they served before they move to new campus....they use to give an allowance...which you could use in cafeteria or at that time they had an American Cafe...with expensive (for Chinese standards) fare...but everyone was charged the same price...
It wasn't so bad for the independent foreign teachers as they made more money than the ELIC (Christians) Group who could not afford to go off campus for a meal due to the low pay rate they received... |
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Gregor
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Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
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| Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 10:01 am Post subject: |
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We get free lunch daily. The "Aunties" have a little kitchen from which they produce a huge amount of food. It's astounding. Everyone who works there eats for free.
Unfortunately, it's dongbei food, which tends to be a bit too greasy and bland. Maybe WAY too salty. (I prefer spicy southern food.) But it's a nice touch. And get this - I work for an EF! |
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cj750
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But you have a large amount of small cafes to eat at right around the corner....
and your close to Perfect English (off topic)..whose owner is making a motorcycle trip around the world... |
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vikdk
Joined: 25 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2006 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| In some circumstances teachers are required to be in the school premises during lunch breaks - hence the necessity of the canteen. But whatever the reasons for eating lunch at the workplace - free lunches do sound like just another fantastic perk for the ex-pat worker - surely another reason for chosing China |
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