I haven't had much to do with Edwina recently, but have just started sitting close enough to make a few observations. Today's topic is racism.
Edwina equates poor English with being stupid. Last Wednesday she went out of her way to intercept R as he was leaving the office. It was quite abrupt, in the manner of “have you booked the training room for tomorrow?”. If only. Edwina wanted to share a few insights on the local culture:
“They’re really quite clueless, aren’t they?”
-- “Who are?”
“The local Vietnamese. They have no idea. They really have no idea.”
-- “No. What do you mean? What are you talking about?”
“I have to tell them everything. They need my help with everything.”
-- “Huh? I don’t understand.”
“They just don’t get it. They’re really cute though. They’re just like little puppies.”
-- “Sorry. Can’t talk. Must run. Busy busy.”
Another tip with Edwina: never have a conversation with her while standing up. Because this gives her the space to act out some anecdote, usually involving a local person. As she comes to the point where she says “so then X came up to me to ask …” she will start running on the spot with eyes wide, mouth open in a dumb smile and hands at shoulder length waving. It’s like a toddler pretending to be a bunny pretending to be your devoted friend. It's patronising and inaccurate.
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now i understand better!
Edwing is my favourite character. Love to hate! A bit like Deacn on the "The B and the B".
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By the way, am I the only one that thinks this URL suggests that Sony has moved into a whole other area of entertainment?
perdon. pero no comprendo nada, senorita nancy.
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