[Gothmog]

An old girlfriend of mine's parents fled China. She was born in Autralia and when she was five they immigrated to the US. Her parents are very successful and she's well-educated, hard-working, etc.

She went on an internship to work for a company in China for 6 months. When she got back she was happy to have had the experience but in no way wanted to return.

One time we were talking about something (some slackers at work or whatever) and she said, 'They're not as bad as the damned lazy Chinese!' I looked at her and said, 'Uhm, honey, you're kind of Chinese.' She just fired right back -- 'I was there, I had to work with 'those people,' their lazy, ignorant, etc, etc... they do nothing all day but sit in their offices reading the paper, etc., etc.'

I thought it was pretty funny.

[Chemist_Geek]

One time we were talking about something (some slackers at work or whatever) and she said, 'They're not as bad as the damned lazy Chinese!' I looked at her and said, 'Uhm, honey, you're kind of Chinese.' She just fired right back -- 'I was there, I had to work with 'those people,' their lazy, ignorant, etc, etc... they do nothing all day but sit in their offices reading the paper, etc., etc.'

Whoa! Must have been different Chinese than the ones with whom I went to grad school! Those people were in the lab or library around the clock...