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Originally Posted by mnredfox (Post 17516513)

And some of the most warm people I have ever met come from China .

Very warm, when the wire transfer is confirmed.

Next time you are in China, take some elevator rides in a wide variety of buildings and use a stopwatch or something with sweep second hand to time the lags. By the end of your stay in China, you'll be pushing emphatically on that "door close" button also.[/QUOTE]

Made a recent study. Close time seemed actually rather short. Avg ~2 seconds.
However found it common that close button is always used as if its a requirement.
More like a conditioned act.

Sampling 12 buildings from 20 to +100 floors.

Karma can be a Bee-ee-yi-i-itch

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Originally Posted by jiejie (Post 17473652)

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..I figure he's assuming by my luggage that he's about to get a fat fare to the airport. Not wanting to mislead him, I told him I was only going to Dongzhimen. He grinned and popped the trunk for the luggage and said yes, he'd take me. I didn't dare look at Chinese women #1 and #2. I wouldn't blame them for fuming, but I'm not about to turn down a lucky break!...
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Originally Posted by anacapamalibu (Post 17474334)

Taxi TIP@:-)

During rush hour carry a couple empty suitcases.
Foreigner+suitcases= airport run. No waiting.^

Per my original post, had an interesting experience in reverse yesterday. At 16:45 pm at the back of The Place (usually impossible for empty taxis at this hour), lucked out with an empty so I hopped in and told him my destination. He looked at me, looked out the window ahead of him, then shook his head and refused to take me to my destination (which wasn't that far away, maybe 2 km). So I got out, only to have him lunge the taxi ahead about 20 m ahead to a Chinese woman with....a suitcase! :mad:

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Originally Posted by jiejie (Post 18077485)

So I got out, only to have him lunge the taxi ahead about 20 m ahead to a Chinese woman with....a suitcase! :mad:

Need to carry a inflatable suitcase in your purse. Pull out blow it up..good to go to fake out taxi.

Where else would you find such a thing..alibaba.com.;)

http://m.alibaba.com/product-gs/4911..._suitcase.html

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Originally Posted by anacapamalibu (Post 18077679)

ROTFLMAO! :D Actually, what I really need is an inflatable taxi or better yet, an inflatable balloon I can ride over the traffic jams in. :p

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Originally Posted by jiejie (Post 18077711)

ROTFLMAO! :D Actually, what I really need is an inflatable taxi or better yet, an inflatable balloon I can ride over the traffic jams in. :p

What other purpose is there for an inflatable suitcase?
Defies logic.