An Embarrassing Experience

An Embarrassing Experience Feng Ming I have not experienced many embarrassing things in my life, but one time is unforgettable. Looking back to this day, I still can’t let it go. It’s not that I can’t forgive...

An Embarrassing Experience Feng Ming I have not experienced many embarrassing things in my life, but one incident is unforgettable. Looking back to this day, I still can't let it go. It's not that I can't forgive, but I can't understand why she treated us so rudely and rudely! It happened more than ten years ago. At that time, China was not long after the reform and opening up. Everything was undergoing rapid reform and change, and things were handled and operated closer to the world. That year I came to the United States for the second time to visit relatives. My children bought me a ticket in the United States. If it was before, I would have to send it back to China by express mail. This time, it could be sent directly from Beijing, China to my home through an intermediary company. This was originally a good thing, but I didn’t expect to get the ticket and trouble came! Because it was a company living in the United States, I informed the company's office in China over the phone that the Chinese pinyin of my name was wrong. After they contacted the Beijing office, they asked me to go to the Beijing office to change my ticket. According to the address they informed me, my friend accompanied me. My friend graduated from the Philosophy Department of Peking University. She is very serious in dealing with people. We are the best classmates in junior high school. She is very familiar with her in Beijing. We happily chatted on the streets of Beijing while looking for the company to go to. Soon we found the company's office in an office building. After negotiation, a gentleman went to the airport to change our tickets and asked us to sit in the office and wait. When I sat down to wait, I took a closer look. In this small office of more than ten square meters, there were two young ladies sitting in front of the computer busy. At this time, I suddenly felt thirsty and found that next to the sofa where the customers were sitting, there was a very fashionable water dispenser at that time, as well as disposable paper cups. I think this was prepared for customers! I said to my friend: "I really want a glass of water!" (I never drink water outside, and that day was the first time in my life that I wanted to ask for a glass of water outside! Unexpectedly, I hit a snag.) When my friend heard that I wanted to drink water, he stood up and prepared to pour me some water! At this time, a lady's stern voice suddenly came to my ears: "You can't drink this water! If you want to drink water, go to the corridor outside to drink!" I was confused at that time! I felt rejected and humiliated, and almost shed tears. I thought to myself, this water is not allowed to be drunk, what are you doing here? My friend had a bad temper and immediately got angry and asked her: "Why are you not allowed to drink water from the water dispenser? Do you classify people into three, six, and nine? There is water here and we are not allowed to drink it. We are allowed to drink in the corridor. Is this how you treat customers? Find your manager and I will complain to you! Pang" My friend's words were like a machine gun and he made a lot of sense and said a lot of unpleasant things. At this time, another lady sitting in the back hurriedly came to the rescue and said: "You can drink if you want! Stop arguing!" I was very embarrassed to be in this situation. I had never experienced such a rude and disrespectful thing before. I wanted to drink water and was so cruelly humiliated. If there was a crack in the ground, I would not hesitate to get in. I had no intention of drinking water. I just dragged my friend to it. When I go out, my friends are the ones who don't want to be ignored. Before leaving, my friend said harshly: "You are so uneducated! Go home and ask your parents. Is this too rude?" On the way home, I said to my friend: "You said she was uneducated. This is too strong. If it were me, I would find it difficult to accept it, but that lady didn't seem to have as strong a reaction as me!" The matter has passed, and we have not complained against her. We always think that one more thing would be better than one less thing. It is not worth getting angry with such a person. Afterwards I thought: Why did that young lady do this? Someone must have explained it like this. If you think about it in her position, she is just performing a task. Not long after the reform and opening up, some people were formally studying the layout of foreign offices, just to show off, but they didn't expect to meet a serious person like me. I wonder how this lady will reflect on this matter in the days to come? The situation is very different now. No matter where I go to do errands, it is normal to deliver bottled water or receive water from the water dispenser to entertain customers. Things like the embarrassing things I encountered back then will never happen again!