Besmirching Squirrels: China: feeling like an idiot

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

China: feeling like an idiot

Like many other hotels with Western tourists, this hotel has a card to help us communicate with the cabbies so we can get home. I didn't really pay attention to the card, until tonight. It has the English translation which reads:

"Hi! My address in Shanghai is Renaissance Yangtze Shanghai Hotel 2099 Yan An Xi Road Shanghai. Please take me there immediately"

I feel like I should have my mittens pinned to my sweater when I read this.

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Last time I was carded:

July 27, 2013

Fulton Brewery

Minneapolis, MN

I was meeting friends out. I cam in with one younger friend, who got carded, then me. I asked if they carded everyone. He said no, "only people I think could be in their 20's". Oh happy day!

May 17, 2012

Smoky Mountain Brewery
Knoville, TN

I was traveling for work, and I was told this was a good brewpub. The food was okay, the beer was good, but the highlight was getting carded and getting a "I thought you could be close enough to check, hon." Yep, sometimes I miss living in the South.

September 3, 2011
Minnesota State Fair
St. Paul, MN

I was carded getting beer before the Weezer show. I didn't ask, but I thought they were carding everyone, until my friend Anne (who is younger than me) didn't get carded. It's a bit grey (like me), but I am going to say this one counts.

December 17, 2010
Tavern on France
Edina, MN

Was carded by the waitress before going to see "Tron: Legacy" on opening night (judge me if you must; I don't care). I checked to see if she carded everyone; she said she thought I could have been close. The streak continues....

July 24, 2009
Block E
Minneapolis, MN

I asked and I was told that she was not checking everyone. She thought I could be close to 21, but I think she was being nice. It was Friday and I think she read the stress, and I think she was doing this to be nice.