auntie, you shouldn't do that, i murmur to the sweet old lady who has just flung a piece of soiled tissue onto the ground beside me. ohh! my hand slipped! and she smiles conspiratorially. then you should pick it up and throw it in the bin, i say, in my best (and totally accurate) chinese dialect. her smile fades very quickly but she retrieves her trash.
it helps that i am now almost as old as the people i tell off, and i look my age too.
my hot buttons, as previously confessed:
- spitting on public property
- smoking in public
- littering
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