My bf’s company just had their annual NY dinner and my bf ended up at the same table as the company’s Chinese HR manager (a guy). After a few beers, the HR manager started pouring admiration over my bf that became more tremendous the more beers the HR manager had. At the end of the dinner he told my bf:
-You know, M, sometimes we all think that you look like a king when you walk in!! You really look like the way we picture a western king!
(Guess who’s having fun with this?! I keep asking my bf where he’s put his cape!)
My bf tried to laugh it away, but it didn’t really work.
After dinner they went to a nightclub and the HR manager, now even more intoxicated than earlier on, continued throwing around king-compliments. He stuck to my bf’s side, convinced that he was right about the fact that everybody in the club also saw him as a king:
-I swear to you, M. If you just walk up to that dance floor it won’t take even 5 minutes before a girl joins you!
-No way! My bf said, and went up to prove him wrong.
However, as soon as he came to the dance floor he noticed that one of the girls dancing there was a reception girl from the gym.
-Oh hello!!! She said and went up to him.
As I’m sure you can all imagine, the HR manager, who watched everything from his seat (not knowing that my bf and the girl already knew each other), was amazed.
-Wow! He later told my bf. I thought you would be popular, but not that popular. You really ARE a king.
And that’s my friends, is the story of how my very normal bf became a China King.
(Man, when we eventually move back to Europe, life for him is going to be dull!)
Yes, my huspand is called "the model boy" at work. He's so lucky to have a wife who puts him back to his place when he gets home =D
ReplyDeleteYour bf is lucky that he's white. If he's an Indian/Asian decent that will be a totally different matter. There are a lot of white-ass worshipers in this world. Regardless of how good your english is, east asians will pay a premium over your Europea/white-ness. I wouldn't be surprised if his white skin played a factor in his employment.
ReplyDeleteSadly, that's how the world works. :P
I have heard from a canadian guy that taiwanese girls will walk up to white guys without having a single penny in his pocket.
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Ahh, not fair...
ReplyDeleteDear Queen Jonna- We bow to you!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL - what a great story. I love when situations happen like that it must have made you laugh out loud when the girl came up to him!! Oh yeah what "ChrisB" says!!!
ReplyDeleteTarja -Finnish men sure are popular over here! :)
ReplyDeleteAnonymous -that's a lot of harsh words coming from u, especially since u haven't even seen my bf. The time when u could get a good job in China because of your skin colour is simply gone.
macerickml -I know. Life's not fair.
Chris B -please. Over here I would qualify as his servant. Or maybe not.. I don't worship him enough, haha!
Pete -yeah he did actually! :)
I find it hilarious that this guy is a "HR Relation Manager", despite being REALLY, REALLY, socially awkward...
ReplyDeleteWe need Pictures of your bf Jonna.
ReplyDeletesorry but refering to anonymous's comment, it is more true than others would like it to be and skin tone is always a factor upon being hired whether in china or even japan where I live. just because the west is improving doesn't mean that the east has caught up 100%. does this mean that nonwhite people won't be hired? absolutely not but it does determine your popularity in the company as well as who is deemed a representative or fit to be in advertising, etc.
ReplyDeleteLong live the king and his servant !!!! :P
ReplyDeleteHa! That's called white privilege. As you have blogged before, Jona, a Korean family hired you to teach their children English even though you are not a native English speaker. An Asian American and African American who are native English spearkers would have a harder time to be hired in this case.
ReplyDeleteif in Shanghai, this is very popular...
ReplyDeleteChinese living in ShangHi have long been brain washed to Worship White people. It is SAD but TRUE. In my hometown Chendu. Things are different. In Northern China, things are different too.
ReplyDeletePeople in ShangHi discriminate against their own countrymen but worship White people like Kings.
Jiang :-(