Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Welcome to Beijing

We arrived in Beijing and were treated to some of that East Asian efficiency. At the Immigration Officer's Desk were four electronic buttons labelled:

Comment on my service:

: )) Greatly Satisfied
: ) Satisfied
: ( Unsatisfied
: (( Greatly Unsatisfied

Naturally, under that kind of pressure, the officer stamped my passport with a big smile and passed me through in about three seconds. So I pushed "Greatly satisfied" and moved on.

"Isn't East Asian efficiency great?" I asked M-Rock.

"Yeah, they should try that in India. The Immigration officer will tell you:"

First push that button, then I will look at your passport.

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