Moron The Pepsi CEOLotta focus on the middle-finger comment (which to be honest with you, was stupid and I'm sure made some people uncomfortable). But get
this part where she talks about an experience with "The Ugly American".
A U.S. businesswoman was recently in Beijing, China, on an international training assignment for a luxury hotel chain. The chain was rebranding an older Beijing hotel. As such, the toilets in the hotel had yet to be upgraded. There were no porcelain commodes, just holes in the floor. Until recently this was the standard procedure in China.
In the hotel's bar, the woman overheard a group of five American businessmen loudly making fun of the hotel's lavatory facilities. As the drinks flowed, the crass and vulgar comments grew louder and actually took on an angry, jingoistic tone. While these Americans couldn't speak a word of Chinese, their Chinese hosts spoke English very well... and understood every word the men were saying.
And we wonder why the world views many Americans as boorish and culturally insensitive.Now I'm sorry, but if I were a businessman staying at a hotel in Beijing, I would be quite upset if the bathroom facilities were that, err, crappy, and I wouldn't hesitate to let my displeasure be known. Yeah, maybe it's a little classless to be making jokes about it over drinks in the bar, but still, there's no sense pretending that those kinds of accomodations are fine, we'll just learn how to squat like you folks do. Sheesh!
