I just finished getting a pedicure from a shop by my house. The gal who was working on my feet (brave soul) was chatting in Vietnamese the whole time to the gal next to her, who was working on another lady's feet.
Question: was that rude of her?
She never talked to me. While I don't expect to develop a lasting relationship, "hello" and "how about that weather?" might have been nice. I thought that the point of etiquette was not so much learning a lot of stupid rules of behavior, but to try your best to make the other person feel comfortable. It was mighty awkward listening to the two ladies gossip, giggle, and jabber while I sat there and tried to look busy doing nothing. For all I know, they were talking about me and the sorry shape my feet were in. I know that they both could speak english because they each answered the phone and my gal asked for me to pay her in good english. (Really, that was the only conversation she had with me)
So, was it rude, or am I a fuddy-duddy (Vietnamese for sourpuss)
Posted by Jen at August 27, 2004 2:08 PM