why hawkers like to call people 'lao ban'?
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they normally address all middle aged man as 'lao ban'.... eg. 'lao ban, yao chi she me?'
how come? the customer is not the hawker's boss what.... and maybe the the customer himself may not be a boss...maybe he's merely a worker or staff in a company -
your boss pays your salary rite?...
if customer dun pay... u get money or not?
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so u feel happy.....song bo
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A boss calls you boss. You like or not?
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sometimes they call me "xiao di, yao chi se me?"
i feel young again
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it's everywhere la.
Not only hawkers, not only singapore. You go HK/China, almost all service line ppl call you "lao ban". -
esp msia
"lai, xin jia po lao ban, yao mai vcd mah?" -
xiao di = little boys
lao ban = older guys
uncle = old liao -
everyone looks like a plank to them.. and old ones at that..
so they refer to people as "old plank" -
Huh! Call you lao ban very respect you already, so what, you want them to call you Ah Siao or lao la...Originally posted by phew_i_am_still_alive:they normally address all middle aged man as 'lao ban'.... eg. 'lao ban, yao chi she me?'
how come? the customer is not the hawker's boss what.... and maybe the the customer himself may not be a boss...maybe he's merely a worker or staff in a company
oops!
Woei! Siao a! what you want? -
They ish rike it what.
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Do you know "old plank" made from teakwood is very expensive?Originally posted by the Bear:everyone looks like a plank to them.. and old ones at that..
so they refer to people as "old plank"
So if they address you as "old plank" you are full of value. -
coz you song song kao Jurong you will go back again mah...
He call you lao ban you very happy go buy more next time mah... -
dunno...
but they always call me mei nu....... -
to make the other party feel happy.
sometimes i call my customers that, they look happy.
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Originally posted by FireIce:dunno...
but they always call me mei nu.......
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what line are u in????Originally posted by Cool-gal:to make the other party feel happy.
sometimes i call my customers that, they look happy. 
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no....the hawker call me ah boy....
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the hawker call me xiao mei........
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This is from an old man:Originally posted by FireIce:dunno...
but they always call me mei nu.......
You are a pretty dancing queen - so "mei nu" -
sometime she also call her customers, suai ge! yao bu yao lai shuang yi xia?Originally posted by phew_i_am_still_alive:what line are u in???? -
i very honest so usually i call my customers, cai tao ai simi?
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But old plank made from jelutong dont worth much.Originally posted by richong 3216:Do you know "old plank" made from teakwood is very expensive?
So if they address you as "old plank" you are full of value. -
If they call us 'lao ban' why do we still need to pay for the food? Since you are the boss, you eat thing from your own shop should be free what....
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mei nu is pronouce as mei noo in hypy...Originally posted by FireIce:dunno...
but they always call me mei nu.......
it should be mei nv