Auntie is a moniker commonly used here to address women that are friends of your parents or your parents friends, or generally women older than oneself.
Here's the story:
My son,N and I were going to pick my duaghter, S from her music lesson, when this lady approached us. "Ai buay lew lian my? Chin pee" (Want to buy durians, very cheap.)
I politely declined as we had just had durians the day before from our regular supplier. While we were waiting for S's class to finish, N said: Mummy, can you buy durians? I want to eat. But I told him, that we could buy from our regular durian seller as the quality was guaranteed to be good.
After picking S, and when we were walking to the car, we noticed that the van selling the durians had moved to a spot very near to our car. N asked again: Can we try his durians? Please, mum, please?
I was about to say "ok, we will try some" when suddenly, the driver of the durian van came rushing towards me, saying: "Auntie, durians very cheap! Only $5! We got mountain cat, wild cat, sultan durians - all cheap cheap. Auntie, try la. Auntie, I promise you my durians very good one!"
What! A 50+ year old man calling me "auntie"!! I have many people complimenting me on my youthful looks and telling me I dont look a day over 35, and here was this old man calling me "auntie". Sorry, man, eh, uncle - you just lost my custom. I smiled and said "no, thank you", got into my car and drove away. I would rather buy from my regular supplier. He looks 40ish, and he calls me "sister".
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
8 comments:
Yeah! I agree.
Hahaha....*rofl*. So, next time when I want to sell something to you, I know how to make a sale lah.....'Tau kei soh' or 'Siew Cheh' or 'Leng lui' or 'Ah Moi'.
I am thinking what I will do if I were in your shoes. Mmmm, because I am tham chiak, I think I will buy anyway just so that I can eat durian lah. :)
If I am not tham chiak then I will probably react like you did.
Know what you mean... sister is more appropriate, and "xiao jie" even better... altho probably a term more suitable for unmarried women, I've heard being used too as it sounds a lot more courteous than Aunty!
I hope he did not get your business.
He should have called you 妹妹.
hahaha.... I get that all the time. sigh..... Why are these people so dense?
LOL, but sometimes all the 'lengjai' and 'lenglui' thrown around so freely makes it sound so insincere.
No, no. I am not expecting to be called "leng lui"..But to be called auntie by someone older than you does nothing for ones self esteem....
Post a Comment