Chinese Kasi... Part 1
I had heard this phrase "Chinese kasi" in an LBC outlet, wherein a Filipino (a local of the Philippines) answered that to the LBC personnel.
LBC personnel: Hindi kumpleto yung address nito. (This address is not complete.)
Filipino guy: Chinese kasi (Because they are Chinese.)
LBC personnel: Bakit, tinatanong ko ba kung anong lahi ng amo mo? (Why, am I asking for the nationality of your employer?)
LBC personnel: Wala akong pakialam kung anong lahi ng boss mo! Bumalik ka sa boss mo at hingin yung kumpletong address. Sabihin mo sa kanya na hindi kumpleto yung address na binigay nya. (I don't care about the nationality of your boss! Go back to your boss and ask for the complete address. Tell them the address they supplied is not complete.)
Filipino guy: Iwan ko dito yung papadala. (I'll just leave the package here.)
LBC personnel: Dalin mo yan! (Bring it with you!)
The LBC personnel is friendly to me. We're kind of friends, sharing about what's happening on our lives. I met her in LBC branch :) Although she's super friendly to some of her customers including me, she's easily irritated to the low-level and close-minded customers (those terms came from her).
I was there when she and the "Chinese kasi" Filipino guy was on their heated conversation. When the Filipino guy left the LBC to get the complete address from his "Chinese" boss, the LBC personnel and I talked about it. She said she and his co-LBC staff had a checklist before of a "Chinese kasi" chart. If there's anyone who said that phrase, they would put a check mark for the day on the chart! By the way, she's a Filipina.
The Chinese boss is a Chinese from China... someone who can talk Fookien Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, can understand Taiwan Chinese, can converse in Tagalog but not really good in that language, and may know a little super simple English or may not know English at all.
When I leave the LBC branch after I sent my package, there were lots of customers inside, both Filipino and Chinese of the Philippines. As I left, the Filipino guy walked in. When it's his turn to send the package, the LBC personnel told him...
LBC personnel: Next time wag kang magdadahilan sa akin ng "Chinese kasi". Kumpletong address lang naman ang hinihingi ko. Nakakahiya dun sa isang customer. Chinese yun. Regular yun dito. (Next time don't reason on that "Because they are Chinese." I'm just asking for a complete address. I was embarassed to the other customer. She's a Chinese. She's a regular here."
Filipino guy: Sapakin ko pa sya eh. (I can punch him.)
LBC personnel: Anung klasing tao ka! Sinasabi sa iyong hindi kumpleto ang address tapos ang sagot mo eh "Chinese kasi." Namamasukan ka lang dun sa amo mo, tao ka lang nya, ganyan ka umasta. Sinusueduhan ka ng amo mo. Eh kung Chinese sya, eh ano ngayon. Buti pa yung Chinese may business, ikaw namamasukan ka lang sa kanya! (What kind of a person are you. I just told you that the address is not complete, then you answered me with a "Because they are Chinese." You're working for your boss, you're his employee, then you are like that? They give you salary. If they are Chinese, so what. The Chinese are better, they have a business, and you're just working for them!)
LBC personnel: Sa susunod na magpapadala ka ng package, wag kang babalik dito sa branch na ito kung ganyan pa ren ang ugali mo! Alam mo, wala akong pakialam. Nakabukas yung video camera na yan. Gusto mo ipakita ko sa iyo yung video ngayon? (The next time you'll send a package, don't you ever come back here on this branch if you're still like that. You know, I actually don't care. That video camera is open. You want me to play it for you?)
After the conversation, after the Filipino guy's transaction, after he left the premisses, an old Chinese of the Philippines (considered as Tsinoy... not a half Filipino half Chinese, but a real Chinese) told the LBC personnel...
old Chinese guy: Alam mo, bait ka. (You know, you're a good person)
LBC personnel: Ay thank you. Pero hindi ako bait, sungit ako. (Aw thanks. But I'm not good, I'm short-tempered.)
old Chinese guy: Hindi. Bait ka. (No, you're a good person.)
LBC personnel: Sige na nga. (Fine.)
Then they both laugh.
The "Chinese kasi" phrase becomes our regular joke. And we're adding the "Pilipino kasi" for the Filipino version :)
LBC personnel: Hindi kumpleto yung address nito. (This address is not complete.)
Filipino guy: Chinese kasi (Because they are Chinese.)
LBC personnel: Bakit, tinatanong ko ba kung anong lahi ng amo mo? (Why, am I asking for the nationality of your employer?)
LBC personnel: Wala akong pakialam kung anong lahi ng boss mo! Bumalik ka sa boss mo at hingin yung kumpletong address. Sabihin mo sa kanya na hindi kumpleto yung address na binigay nya. (I don't care about the nationality of your boss! Go back to your boss and ask for the complete address. Tell them the address they supplied is not complete.)
Filipino guy: Iwan ko dito yung papadala. (I'll just leave the package here.)
LBC personnel: Dalin mo yan! (Bring it with you!)
The LBC personnel is friendly to me. We're kind of friends, sharing about what's happening on our lives. I met her in LBC branch :) Although she's super friendly to some of her customers including me, she's easily irritated to the low-level and close-minded customers (those terms came from her).
I was there when she and the "Chinese kasi" Filipino guy was on their heated conversation. When the Filipino guy left the LBC to get the complete address from his "Chinese" boss, the LBC personnel and I talked about it. She said she and his co-LBC staff had a checklist before of a "Chinese kasi" chart. If there's anyone who said that phrase, they would put a check mark for the day on the chart! By the way, she's a Filipina.
The Chinese boss is a Chinese from China... someone who can talk Fookien Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, can understand Taiwan Chinese, can converse in Tagalog but not really good in that language, and may know a little super simple English or may not know English at all.
When I leave the LBC branch after I sent my package, there were lots of customers inside, both Filipino and Chinese of the Philippines. As I left, the Filipino guy walked in. When it's his turn to send the package, the LBC personnel told him...
LBC personnel: Next time wag kang magdadahilan sa akin ng "Chinese kasi". Kumpletong address lang naman ang hinihingi ko. Nakakahiya dun sa isang customer. Chinese yun. Regular yun dito. (Next time don't reason on that "Because they are Chinese." I'm just asking for a complete address. I was embarassed to the other customer. She's a Chinese. She's a regular here."
Filipino guy: Sapakin ko pa sya eh. (I can punch him.)
LBC personnel: Anung klasing tao ka! Sinasabi sa iyong hindi kumpleto ang address tapos ang sagot mo eh "Chinese kasi." Namamasukan ka lang dun sa amo mo, tao ka lang nya, ganyan ka umasta. Sinusueduhan ka ng amo mo. Eh kung Chinese sya, eh ano ngayon. Buti pa yung Chinese may business, ikaw namamasukan ka lang sa kanya! (What kind of a person are you. I just told you that the address is not complete, then you answered me with a "Because they are Chinese." You're working for your boss, you're his employee, then you are like that? They give you salary. If they are Chinese, so what. The Chinese are better, they have a business, and you're just working for them!)
LBC personnel: Sa susunod na magpapadala ka ng package, wag kang babalik dito sa branch na ito kung ganyan pa ren ang ugali mo! Alam mo, wala akong pakialam. Nakabukas yung video camera na yan. Gusto mo ipakita ko sa iyo yung video ngayon? (The next time you'll send a package, don't you ever come back here on this branch if you're still like that. You know, I actually don't care. That video camera is open. You want me to play it for you?)
After the conversation, after the Filipino guy's transaction, after he left the premisses, an old Chinese of the Philippines (considered as Tsinoy... not a half Filipino half Chinese, but a real Chinese) told the LBC personnel...
old Chinese guy: Alam mo, bait ka. (You know, you're a good person)
LBC personnel: Ay thank you. Pero hindi ako bait, sungit ako. (Aw thanks. But I'm not good, I'm short-tempered.)
old Chinese guy: Hindi. Bait ka. (No, you're a good person.)
LBC personnel: Sige na nga. (Fine.)
Then they both laugh.
The "Chinese kasi" phrase becomes our regular joke. And we're adding the "Pilipino kasi" for the Filipino version :)
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