When I returned my guitar case on Monday, the store manager told me that a larger case would be arriving on Thursday or Friday of this week. Since I didn't want to make a futile run downtown with a guitar on my shoulder, I got my Chinese teacher to call the music shop for me today to see if the cases had indeed arrived, but the guy she talked to said they haven't arrived. She gave them my, her and our head office's phone numbers and indicated that the store would call when the case came in. I guess I'll just assume that if I get a phone call from a Chinese speaker, that means I should head down to the shop.
The problem is that it isn't very polite to tell someone a straight "no" in Chinese culture, so I don't know if the store is actually getting the case or if they're just trying to be polite, stringing me along in the process. If they're not actually going to be getting the case in, I need to go to the other guitar store in town to see if they can order a case for me before I leave for America.
Time, always the enemy, and always in limited supply.
Posted by at May 28, 2004 3:16 PM