Laowais Behaving Badly, Episode 621: Foreigner Berates Peking University Security Guard

Steven Schwankert | Jun 12, 2014 1:00 pm | 20 comments | 6523 reads

It must really be getting hot in Beijing. Just days after an alleged video of a foreigner inappropriately touching a woman surfaced, now we have Shoutgate.

In a video that appeared on the front page of video site Youku, a middle-aged white male foreigner with a North American accent yells at a security guard. "I will tell them that you did not let come in," the man says to the guard in less than amazing Mandarin. The guard keeps his cool and explains that if he'll just go down the street 50 meters and turn left, he'll be at the building he's looking for.

The man says to an unseen English speaker who asked why he would get so upset, "They tell me to go to Guanghua, and then they give me this sh%t. Who the fuck do they think I am? I'm not going to put up with this crap. Let's go." 

Folks, we all have bad China days. Don't do this kind of thing. You made a mistake, someone else made a mistake, walk it off. It happens. Just be cool. Here's the video if you want to see it:

Thanks @niubi for the tip.

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The Beijing Deva's picture The Beijing Deva Submitted by Guest on Fri, 06/13/2014 - 11:38

This is news? Behave. I act like this on average at least 4 times a day.

As for the guy's nationality it's hard to tell. His intonation aims for a 'Sloaney' West London/thespian pompousness, but he lets it slip a couple of times.

When he say's 'What am I supposed to do?' there is definitely a South African lilt there.So yeah, I think he is probably a South African 'soutie' (look it up) who has spent a lot of time in London. Or wishes that he had.

Safe to say he probably follows Stephen Fry on Twitter

lynxlynx's picture lynxlynx Submitted by Guest on Fri, 06/13/2014 - 01:57

Bloody smart phones, taking away the last piece of privacy in open space there once was. Bloody people, using them thinking they shoot a documentary. Bloody ignorance, as if people didn't have arguments before the last 10.000 years. Bloody internet, for showing each piece of crap as if it's important. Bloody media, for making a show of each minor incident as if it's Watergate. Bloody racists, for accusing a whole gang of people just because two or three of white or yellow or whatever colour have a dispute. Bloody people, believing what they see on screen or the internet is always true. Bloody inability of people just to... Think.

admin's picture admin Submitted by Guest on Thu, 06/12/2014 - 14:45

squid wrote:
Do you have a column of Chinese people behaving poorly?  Do you need me to help you start one, because I can find plenty of video for you, if you are lacking?

No help needed thanks:

The Weather's Warm and the Pervs are Out: Chaoyang Busts 15 for Upskirt Photos

Watch Your Ass: Police Raid Fake Toilet Paper Factory

Lactating Mom Sex Ring Uncovered in Beijing

 

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Buggermesideways's picture Buggermesideways Submitted by Guest on Thu, 06/12/2014 - 14:22

By the way, I think it's pretty irresponsible of you to have the other vide titled as "creepy foreigner touches Chinese woman inappropriately." They're obviously together, she adjusts his bag as it's falling off his shoulder at the end of the video. Imagine if it were you getting called a sex pervert when you touch the hand of the woman your with. Jeez

Steven Schwankert's picture Steven Schwankert Submitted by Guest on Thu, 06/12/2014 - 13:59

Squid,

I don't agree that it's a British accent. 

We post this so-called "nonsense" because it affects our relationship with the community in which we live. I wish these things didn't happen. I wish foreigners wouldn't misbehave in public occasioanlly, and I wish we wouldn't occasionally be mistreated by our hosts. It's a reminder that while we may get frustrated or upset, there are larger issues at stake. Take a deep breath, ask for directions, make a rational choice. That's the point.

It's also on the front page of the largest video site in the country. That means that a lot of people will form opinions about foreigners based on this, and therefore, people should be aware of it. 

squid's picture squid Submitted by Guest on Thu, 06/12/2014 - 13:51

First off its not a "North American: accent, the guy is British! That part is not even obvious? Who writes this? Plus it seems the British! guy is discussing with his friend, not some bystander, because he keeps saying let's go. (Let's go usually means "you and me go" as if the speaker knows the person, in case the writer doesn't know what this means in British or North American speak).

Secondly, why does this site just relish in posting this nonsense. Do you have a column of Chinese people behaving poorly? Do you need me to help you start one, because I can find plenty of video for you, if you are lacking?

This site more and more seems to do very little to help the relations of people in this country, but instead prefers to highlight that it is "us vs them." And even then you don't get the facts straight.

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