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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:18:26 JST Adrianna Tan

   The old lady at the Chinatown grocer I go to (that carries some stuff I like that other shops don’t), always has a 50 first dates thing with me. Every time I go she forgets who I am, speaks Cantonese to me, I switch to Chiu Chow (her native language), she asks me again and again: how old am I, how long I’ve been here, where do I work

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:24:35 JST Adrianna Tan

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     This has been happening for the last 7 years.

     Things I like at her shop (Sun Kau Shing Co on Stocktown):

     - Doll Lee original and pandan Kaya (brown and green ones)
     - Many types of soy sauce you don’t get elsewhere
     - glutinous rice balls
     - fresh egg noodles at the counter

     And a pretty shop cat

     #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Chinatown #CatsOfChinatown

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     Joyce Park (troutgirl@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:42:38 JST Joyce Park

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     @skinnylatte Pretty but has that no-nonsense set to her mouth ;)

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     Joyce Park (troutgirl@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:46:36 JST Joyce Park

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     @skinnylatte Hahaha, my first husband completely didn't believe me when I said Koreans are all like that to me and hence a reason I don't go to the dry cleaners (this was a while ago when we were first married and living in Chicago). Finally I decided only a live demo could convince him -- so we went to get a skirt hemmed. He looked shellshocked when the lady asked if I loved my mother ("why you live so far away?" must be that I don't love my mother, obvs) and reached his limit when she started criticizing my bangs. Never asked me to go to the dry cleaner again!

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     D J Capelis (djcapelis@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 06:49:47 JST D J Capelis

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     @skinnylatte magnificent shop cat!

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:16:32 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Simon Jaeger

     @simon I think we are both face blind so it is a funny interaction

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     Simon Jaeger (simon@procrastodon.net)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:16:33 JST Simon Jaeger

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     @skinnylatte This is so strange! How often do you shop there? This isn't surprising if it only happens a few times, but this feels like a very specific interaction that should be memorable.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 17-Mar-2025 07:28:31 JST Adrianna Tan

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     • Joyce Park

     @troutgirl autonomy invading cultural questions by people you are not related to in public spaces is something many people won’t understand lol