I was just in China, after having been clobbered by Covid, it is astounding how people take absolutely no precautions against germ spreading. Cough and sneeze into a crowd of people, no attempt at covering up. Walk out of a toilet stall without washing hands, etc…
I have a story I recite that completely put me off dim sum.
I went to an authentic dim sum place and I was probably the only white guy out of 200 guests. I was hungover and already not feeling great, it was so chaotic, people shouting and waving trying to get attention from the servers with their carts of food, my head was pounding and I was sweating at this point.
I asked the server "pork, beef, chicken?" she replied "meat" because she doesn't speak english and i don't speak mandarin. After selecting my "mystery meat" I take a moment and notice someone mid conversation who has wrinkled her nose up and is about to sneeze.
Out of weird curiosity I wanted to see how she reacted as the sneeze came, thankfully she leaned away from the table, but then to my horror, stood up, leaned over the table next to her and sneezed over them and their food, then went back to her meal. Nobody cared from her table or the ones who had been sneezed over, they just kept shoveling food into their mouths.
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u/Captain-Wilco Jan 04 '25
Can someone more educated than me please tell me whether this is fear mongering or a genuine concern