Posted on 03/10/2008 2:08:45 AM PDT by KungFuBrad
In Batangas Province, Philippines . . .
The difference between Filipino-run business and Chinese-run business.....
I enter a Filipino-run hardware store and tell the sales-person, “I am looking for a copper lightning rod.” Answer? “Out of stock.” The sales-person sits there and just stares at me until I just leave the store.
So I enter a Chinese-run hardware store and tell the sales-person, “I am looking for a copper lightning rod.” Answer? “How many do you need? I say, “Well, I was only hoping to get one, but I can actually use two.” Sales-person: “We don’t have any here, but if you can wait five minutes, we’ll have them for you.” Sure enough, one of their runners returns pretty quick with two copper lightning rods.
That was an actual occurance.
One other time, I went to a Filipino-run hardware store, and told the sales people that we have a camp ground and need twenty Petro-Max Lanterns. Answer: “Out of Stock.”
I go to THE TIMES BAZZAR (Lipa City, Batangas), operated by “Peter,” a Chinese businessman. Peter had only two Petro-Max Lanterns. But Peter asks, “When do you need all twenty?” “By Monday, four days away,” I answer. Peter promised to have them the following afternoon from their warehouse in Manila.
By that same afternoon, however, one of Peter’s runners came looking for me. So, within 4 hours of my initial order, Peter had gathered up all twenty brand-new Petro-Max Lanterns. And he gave me a very nice discount for the volume sale.
This is another actual occurance.
These are not simply isolated events. There is a real difference in the attitude between Chinese and filipino business people. Chinese will pay attention to the customers.
It’s actually true. I’m generally a very accepting person, and I’ve lived in different parts of the world because my father is a diplomat. But in every country, Chinese people ALWAYS have come off as selfish individuals who only seek their own survival and only do things “for others” if there is a beneficial account for themselves. You’ve written that they have disregard for everyone besides their family and friends? No, make that JUST family, because I’m known a lot of Chinese people in my life and they DO NOT care for others unless they carry their own blood. I’ve had too many friends that had Chinese best friends for some reason, and even when the friend needed a favour from that Chinese person, the Chinese person refused, saying, and I quote, “Oh, well im not interested in that, so I don’t think I will go” when the person was asking for a FAVOUR...NOT IF HE/SHE WANTED TO!
I can’t tolerate this absurd selfishness that Chinese people have in their blood, it disgusts me.
I understand that it may be their “custom” but nevertheless, its something they should fix when they’re immigrating into another country.
WOW, you replied to a post I did 2 years ago. Still holds true though. Drives me crazy with my wife. I will say something like “Hey, lets go do this for this person or that person.” and she will say verbatum “I dont know them I dont care to do it.” She is getting much better though. She has lived in the U.S. for almost 3 years now and has adapted a lot. It is intersting to see how she developes her new stereotypes for diffrent groups who live in the U.S. and how those stereotypes are exactly the stereotypes we have developed over there years.
Thanks for the post.
I m traveling to Sheijiazhuang next February. Could you tell me how Chinese bosses relate to subordinates? I m not talking in a factory but in Public universities. I’ll be teaching Business English.
You obviously have not been to China for an extended period of time.
Yeah, I see what you’re saying. Sometimes, like now, when you see that’s it’s 11:30 at night and they’re still doing construction INSIDE your apartment building, you just can’t help but typing “I hate Chinese people” into Google and seeing what turns up.
"They only come up to your knees"
Compare and contrast how they responded to the earthquake/tsunami, and how the feral animals responded to Katrina.
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