Show Off? My Friend Just Ordered in Chinese at the Hot Pot Place

Ass kissing loser!

April 1, 2022

By: Julia Zhen

I don’t get why every single time we go out with Jeremy to the hot pot restaurant he feels the need to speak Chinese. Sure, he’s fluent and it’s also the waitstaff’s native language, but does he not realize he’s acting like such a kiss ass? It’s so cringey. 

I know sometimes when he speaks Chinese we’re able to get seated faster and also get access to the special Chinese menu, but it’s just so embarrassing to be out with a try hard like him. So what if we get a discount on the whole bill because Jeremy thanked the owner and the waitstaff for their hard work in Mandarin? He’s being such a GT student about it, and we’re like 28 so he should just grow the fuck up. 

Just because Jeremy speaks another language that makes other people more comfortable does not mean that I should have to go about the rest of my evening with a suck up loser. How the hell am I supposed to act elusive and cool with my friends on a night out on the town when Jeremy keeps being so friendly to all the Chinese bar owners in Chinatown so they give us free drinks? I’m going to get way too drunk in order to act like a standoff-ish asshole who looks cool from afar. 

I pretty much now only let Jeremy come with me to non-Chinese places, but he said he can’t come anymore because he has a new job where he has to record himself going into Chinese establishments and talking to the employees there. The employees always look surprised but I guess it’s kind of cute? I hope he doesn’t end up exploiting the people there for clickbait views on Youtube.