http://blackandwhitecat.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/98-year-old-woman-sues-schoolchildren/ Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:27:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha http://blackandwhitecat.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/98-year-old-woman-sues-schoolchildren/#comment-27 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:25:06 +0100 http://blackandwhitecat.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/98-year-old-woman-sues-schoolchildren/#comment-27 I can believe the kids. We once went out of our way to help an elderly mainland Chinese woman who arrived on the same late night flight as us in HK. Her daughter didn't show up to pick her up so [against my better wishes] we helped her get a taxi to the same cheap hotel we were staying at. She then demanded that we pay for it and called the cops when we refused. Extremely manipulative and eager to repay kindness with contempt. Never again - we learned our lesson - never try help Chinese people in distress. I can believe the kids. We once went out of our way to help an elderly mainland Chinese woman who arrived on the same late night flight as us in HK. Her daughter didn’t show up to pick her up so [against my better wishes] we helped her get a taxi to the same cheap hotel we were staying at. She then demanded that we pay for it and called the cops when we refused. Extremely manipulative and eager to repay kindness with contempt. Never again - we learned our lesson - never try help Chinese people in distress.

]]> http://blackandwhitecat.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/98-year-old-woman-sues-schoolchildren/#comment-26 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:49:11 +0100 http://blackandwhitecat.blogsome.com/2007/09/20/98-year-old-woman-sues-schoolchildren/#comment-26 If it were the United States, Good Samaritans getting sued would seem more plausible, because people are both more helpful and more litigious. In China, I have a pretty hard time seeing not only the kids helping a stranger, but the parents helping with medical costs if their kids were totally guiltless. Does that sound like the China you know? If it were the United States, Good Samaritans getting sued would seem more plausible, because people are both more helpful and more litigious. In China, I have a pretty hard time seeing not only the kids helping a stranger, but the parents helping with medical costs if their kids were totally guiltless. Does that sound like the China you know?

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