You are new in town, aren't you?

It's a Monday evening and Maggie and I return a broken dehumidifier at Wing On (Americans read Sears).  We meet up with Katy and all head home together.

So I notice across the street a "Taxi Stand" sign.  Great. We head to it. About 10 feet away from the sign(Read no where near the sign), the Hong Kongers have lined up to wait for a taxi. A taxi driver points to the line and says to us,"That is where you line up." Ok without missing a beat we line up with about 7 people in front of us no where near the taxi stand sign.

As the line winds down, a well dressed westerner stands right under the sign and keeps looking at our line annoyed. You can see him getting irritated by this. At some point he comes up to us, yes not the 4 Hong Kongers in front of us, and says "the Taxi line is over there." and walks back to the taxi stand sign.

I tell him, "Well, the sign may be there, but the line is right here" as I look at him and think "Hey Mr. Von RighteousHousen, why don't you explain that in Cantonese to the people in front of us. Oh you can't speak Cantonese? Well let me explain something to you.  Here in Hong Kong, the line is wherever we decide it is.  That is how we roll."

Yes I am becoming a local.......