A Kuala Lumpur-bound AirAsia flight
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirAsia
AirAsia X Berhad (MYX: 5238), operating as AirAsia, is a Malaysian multinational low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
I mean, you’re on a budget Malaysian airline flying to Malaysia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia
National language (official): Malay[a][b][c]
Recognised languages: English[c]Don’t get me wrong, this woman is a Karen and actually quite typical of the mainland China entitlement and behavior. BUT there’s a massive amount of mandarin speaking people in Malaysia to the point where it’s a destination for mainland Chinese. Not excusing her ridiculous behavior but providing context here.
The ‘everyone should adapt to my needs’ shit needs to end for all countries
Si, me tienen las pelotas re contra llenas
Lo siento. Toma esta pelota.
Havent seem the video, but in dpanair they do speak spainidh and i do not accept they cant.
I wonder what the Chinese equivalent of a Karen is…
It’s delightful to see this phenomenon happening in another country.
Interesting read but not the same as a Karen in my mind.
Teng Wei, a professor at South China Normal University wrote, “When we use dama as an insult, what we’re really doing is suggesting that there’s something inherently wrong with being a middle-aged woman. It’s ageist, classist — and it’s time to stop.”
Of course it’s not the same. It’s a completely different culture and history.
But Teng Wei’s criticism applies to the “Karen” insult as well.Let’s be honest - that exact same subtle misogyny follows “Karen” as well.
People being surprised that bad people can come from other countries is a weird take on US exceptionalism that I didn’t expect.
Really? I see it every time. Bad thing happens in US: “Of course it did. Where else could it?” Bad thing happens outside of US: “Wow. [Other Place] really acting like the US here.” Apparently racism, violence, and most other human sins only exist in the US to some people. It’s weird.
Lots of countries have their own exceptionalism going on. Especially in the demographics that can afford to travel.
I’m not saying she was right, but I will say, if I was flying from the United States to Mexico, I would be very confused if the flight crew only spoke Chinese.
Yes, but, that’s not what happened here. It was an international flight, and there were employees who spoke Chinese, and did so to try to calm her down. She was mad at one employee for not speaking Chinese.
How do you say Karen in Mandarin?
Didn’t expect a Chinese Karen on my timeline this morning.
This makes me wonder: what is the Mandarin-language equivalent of the American “Karen?”
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British thing as well. Fuck you if you’re from Derby.
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Found the guy from Derby!
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You’ve already experienced the highlight, so domt waste your time going back.
Because its derby
Is this Henry Paker’s account?
It seems fair to assume that if someone on a flight continues to use their phone after being told not to that they are a dumbass American. 😉
Rise of the Mandarin-elite?
Rise of the Mandarolians
New world order on its way. I wonder how long it will take Western countries to start offering Mandarin in school.
Edit to add: To clarify: I don’t mean offered as an optional language but as mandatory, the way English is right now in, for example, Switzerland.
Learning Mandarin in public west europe school has been possible for literal decades.
Possible but not required. I meant as a replacement for how English is currently a mandatory foreign language in many European countries.
…Pretty sure it was offered 20 years ago in Scotland, a friend’s son was doing it.
I knew of a lot of racist types in my youth (so, 25+ years ago) who would encourage kids to learn Mandarin because “in a few years we’ll all be working for them.”
I don’t think that will ever happen, China is not imperialist enough for that.
Won’t require that as much as a demand from local business to produce a workforce that can do business with China.
