Comments on: The Weird Coffee Shop http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2006/11/07/the-weird-coffee-shop/ Rants/raves + false childhood memories Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:45:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Computex Taipei http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2006/11/07/the-weird-coffee-shop/#comment-14675 Computex Taipei Tue, 26 May 2009 08:48:53 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2006/11/07/the-weird-coffee-shop/#comment-14675 im' going to COMPUTEX2009 in TAIPEI and I'm wondering now where to go for a coffee... im’ going to COMPUTEX2009 in TAIPEI and I’m wondering now where to go for a coffee…

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]]> By: Administrator http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2006/11/07/the-weird-coffee-shop/#comment-53 Administrator Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:49:10 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2006/11/07/the-weird-coffee-shop/#comment-53 I don't know if they have beer or not. I don’t know if they have beer or not.

]]> By: Thoth Harris http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2006/11/07/the-weird-coffee-shop/#comment-51 Thoth Harris Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:21:08 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2006/11/07/the-weird-coffee-shop/#comment-51 Why "idiot"? Most foreigners who are here don't speak or understand even basic Chinese. The guy probably understandably thought that he and his friends' conversation was private. I wouldn't blame him. I speak about private stuff in English like that and get reassured that "no one here speaks English." Great story! No running and screaming kids? At least, a coffee shop that has this singular sensible thing I've been looking for in coffee shops. That's what I hate about Starbucks in Taiwan. Most people haven't adjustted to cafes, or the notion of Western-style cafes as non-fast food playgrounds. Or something. That makes me bitter, ha ha! Give us 24 hour study cafes like the Starbucks, Second Cups, and family-owned ones in Montreal. Homes away from home (or for foreigners in Taiwan, home away from home away from home). I don't know, man. I think maybe the owner wasn't warning you in particular. I have a feeling that a lot of Chinese here like to play mah jong nand such, so even though you're a foreigner, he's sticking to his standard warning. Kind of an unfriendly way to welcome a customer though. You're so lucky to live in Taipei. Why “idiot”? Most foreigners who are here don’t speak or understand even basic Chinese. The guy probably understandably thought that he and his friends’ conversation was private. I wouldn’t blame him. I speak about private stuff in English like that and get reassured that “no one here speaks English.”

Great story!

No running and screaming kids? At least, a coffee shop that has this singular sensible thing I’ve been looking for in coffee shops. That’s what I hate about Starbucks in Taiwan. Most people haven’t adjustted to cafes, or the notion of Western-style cafes as non-fast food playgrounds. Or something. That makes me bitter, ha ha! Give us 24 hour study cafes like the Starbucks, Second Cups, and family-owned ones in Montreal. Homes away from home (or for foreigners in Taiwan, home away from home away from home).

I don’t know, man. I think maybe the owner wasn’t warning you in particular. I have a feeling that a lot of Chinese here like to play mah jong nand such, so even though you’re a foreigner, he’s sticking to his standard warning. Kind of an unfriendly way to welcome a customer though.

You’re so lucky to live in Taipei.

]]> By: TaipeiD http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2006/11/07/the-weird-coffee-shop/#comment-50 TaipeiD Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:51:26 +0000 http://www.wannabemyfriend.com/2006/11/07/the-weird-coffee-shop/#comment-50 Cool, do they have beer? Cool, do they have beer?

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