"no waist!"

Went to new hospital today.  was told again how fucked up our chinese survey is.  Stupid fucking piece of shit Shen who didn't do fucking jack to help us translate!!  fucking retard!!!!!

anyway, one bus home - yay!  it was air conditioned too, thank god.  it dropped me off in front of the supermarket, so i said why not and went in.  I was in the mood for some mangos... so i picked a mango, smelled it, and put it in the baggy.  I then roamed around some and picked up a carton of refrigerated milk (rare find in China since most milk comes in a baggy in a box and kept at room temperature.  and yes, it does taste like plastic).  When i got to the check-out, she scanned my milk and then picked up the mango and said "mei2 yao1 ah?!?!?!" in a bitchy tone of voice.  i was very confused.  "yao1" means "waist"... so i was racking my brain trying to think of different varieties of mangos - is there a type that has a "waist"???  anyway, i just said "mei2" (no) out of habit and so she asked if the milk was it, and i told her no, i want the mango too.  and again, she yelled "MEI4 YAO1!", and again, i was confused....

Finally, she yelled "没 yao 你要我怎么算啊？？？？" ... which is when i finally figured out that "yao" also means to "measure the weight and price it", but its a slang term [only?] used in Beijing.  Cashier retards in China don't memorize codes for fruits and veggies, they depend on the veggie/fruits ppl to put a sticker on it - waste of man power, paper, and glue!!!!  So i paid for my milk, said "下次,你的态度好一点哦!" and she replied that her 态度 (attitude) was very good, again in her bitchy tone of voice, to which a "FUCK YOU" was issued.

then i got me a popsicle... which promptly melted in the 39C weather.

Going to Shanghai tomorrow.  Sick of these Beijing-ners who think their slang language is king and everyone who doesn't know it are retarded and therefore yelling at them will work.