Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Spitting is Not Rude

Everybody spits in China. I notice this most on my walk to and from work. It's one of the reasons that having my music playing too loud is dangerous. When the music is blaring, I can't hear the 8-year-old in front of me scraping all the goo in his throat and sinuses, preparing to unleash. Nobody checks behind them before they let it all go either -- its apparently your job as a vigilant pedestrian to dance when a spitter sends one flying for your shoes. Pedestrians have a hard job in this country between the cars, motorcycles, and loogies.

Its not just little kids though. Everybody spits. Old, young, men, women. And I'm serious, its not just a little saliva -- they're weighty, snotty, big-boy projectiles. Kind of gross, really.