Chapter 34 chapter Five

It was about the first three months when I was stationed in Hong Kong. At that time, I was afraid of being tricked by people when I went to the street to buy vegetables. I didn’t know my way when I went out for interviews. He invited me to his seat like an "object", and then took me around the world?But then I gradually discovered that the society in Hong Kong is really not what I and many mainlanders feared—taxi drivers generally don’t take strangers around on purpose, and merchants generally don’t look at people’s asking prices. On the contrary, the "friendliness" of this society to the outside world is not due to the kindness of the heart in many cases, but professional habits.For example, I often call in Hong Kong because of work needs or who I want to ask for. These things can only cause trouble for the other party, but the other party not only does not bother them, but always tells me patiently that I should do so , Please don’t do anything, in the end, they will rush ahead of me and send a series of “thank you”, which makes me, a mainlander, with a microphone in my hand, stand in the same place again and again, and the whole person becomes a A giant exclamation mark - "excuse me" from head to toe, and "inexplicable".

The civilization of Hong Kong, a civilized Hong Kong, is characterized by "queuing": At the bus station, no matter what time it is, no matter how many people are waiting at the bus station, everyone will line up obediently. I have never seen a bus come into the station, men, women and children, no matter what happens, they rush to the bus door. Whoever is big and strong will be able to get there first.It seems natural for Hong Kong people to queue up for everything. Isn't it like this everywhere in the world?Ticket offices, fast food restaurants, elevators, and even public toilets, the lineup in Hong Kong can be described as spectacular.

Once I took a double bus (as I said, the buses in Hong Kong are basically double-decker), it was a line 1 bus from the starting point "Happy Valley" to the ending point "Kennedy Town".I sat in the front seat on the upper deck of the car, and the bus entered the "Shan Guang Road". It was the rush hour for work at 8:30 in the morning. I looked down from the "upstairs", and the queue at the station was long and long. Long, while waiting for them to get on the bus, I started counting: 10, 20, 30, and finally counted to the 47th. People, regardless of men, women, old or young, white-collar or blue-collar, all got on the bus in order . 47 people, until the bus was full, the driver refused to get on, and those who didn’t get on started to queue again. No one opened their mouths to curse, and no one insisted on pushing up. Only me, sitting In the car, it was like watching a "Western view", and I couldn't help thinking of the past in the mainland. Sometimes the bus had already started, and there were still a bunch of people crowded in front of the door, some with schoolbags, handbags, and even The heels, arms, and thighs are still hanging out of the car...

The landscape of "queuing" in Hong Kong constitutes a window of civilization in this society. "Queuing" is not only on the ground, but also into the water. The "water" I am talking about here is the swimming pool. On many sultry days, someone asked me to "swim" many times, but I always refused to go.Why?Because I imagine that there are so many people on the ground in Hong Kong that they are crowded with each other, and the swimming pool is not full of pots of "cooking dumplings"?But in September 2006, a friend made an appointment again and said: "You have been in Hong Kong for almost two years, and you haven't touched the water here. Go, go for a swim, and feel Hong Kong in the water." This time I was told Firstly, this friend's "mobilization" was wonderful; secondly, I suddenly "fat" at that time, and I was anxious to find a way to lose weight quickly, so one night I came to the "Morrison Hill Swimming Pool" near the resident , a very standard indoor swimming venue that can be used to hold official competitions.

I have never been in a swimming pool in Hong Kong. I imagined that the scene of a pot of dumplings must be very disturbing, but when I came in, I found that they were actually very orderly. How should I say it?Swimmers also "queue" in the water!How do people "line up" in the water?Hey, listen to me: there are several swimming ropes in the swimming pool. There are not only "fast swimming pool", "slow swimming pool" and "circulation pool". All Hong Kong swimmers, regardless of adults or children, They are all required to go left and right along the edge of the rope, connecting end to end, and reciprocating. This makes people think that cars driving on the road must move forward uniformly on one side, and "retrograde" is not allowed, and they are not allowed to cross the swimming rope "tyrannical". .In this way, no matter how many people are in the swimming pool, everyone will not easily collide head-on. Generally speaking, you don't have to worry about being knocked over your action plan by swimming from the beginning to the end in one breath.

Some people say that there are so many people in Hong Kong, and everything is orderly, otherwise this society would not be full of "hand-to-hand combat fields" where people constantly fight with each other? !This remark makes sense. In November 2005, I used a credit card to buy medicine for my mother in Hong Kong. Before I got home, the credit card company called me and asked me, and the salesman checked with me: "Excuse me, you Did you just spend money in Hong Kong? Chang? Chang? Chang? Hong Kong dollars?” I said yes, and the other side of the phone said politely: “Oh, then ‘It’s done’ (that’s enough), ‘Nothing It's all right." I was flattered by this incident, and when I got home, I learned from my husband that the banks in Hong Kong are really responsible!The husband was not moved at all, saying that this was not a responsibility, but a "rule".After half a year, I spent a large amount of money again, and the credit card company called again, but this time I didn't hear the phone ring, and I saw a "missed call" afterwards, so I knew what was going on. , I was very relieved that the money was spent by myself, so I didn't call back. As a result, the next time I used my credit card to buy cosmetics at the "Sasa" store, my card suddenly couldn't be used, and it didn't work. I didn't realize it at the time Is the credit card company implementing routine protection for me, because there has been no response to the inquiry call, people are worried that I have lost the card, or been stolen?The next day I went to the bank and asked the staff pretending to be a gentleman: "Oh, I'm sorry, my card can't be used suddenly, what's going on?" Hmph, a few months ago I praised you for being responsible, and there are rules, but "the spoon will leak if you don't praise it".However, the staff quickly connected me to the credit card consultation center. The person in charge of the "center" explained that I had just awakened.