Chinese Speaking White Guys Catch Gossiping Nail Salon Workers Red Handed

The other day we white guys who speak perfect Chinese went out to NYC’s Chinatown to the nail salon. They were “gossiping” about us (in a loving way!), not realizing we spoke Mandarin, and then we totally shocked them by switching to Chinese! We ended up having a really deep and interesting conversation with them in Mandarin and the rare Chinese dialect of Fuzhounese.

So to find out what they are REALLY saying about you at Asian nail salons…just watch the video! It was a funny prank / social experiment but also a really meaningful experience. Plus of course it’s interesting if you’re interested in language learning!

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[allecramtdimhcs]

“I speak only a little to be honest”
*Proceeds to speak so well that actual Chinese woman talks trash about her own daughter and praises him to the heavens*

[neemangaari]

The child of the nail lady will NEVER stop hearing this storyy

[jacobcui]

As I’m Asian, the tone she used when talking about her daughter is where she is super mad and disappointed at her daughter for some random white guys to speak better Chinese. It’s the exact thing I’m told...

[briansmith]

I love how they didn't get snarky when the lady was talking trash, but won her over with good personality and kindness. Show a great maturity and lack of pettiness. Well done really enjoyed watching.

[tarheelcountry]

day 10 of quarantine:

I'm watching white dudes get their nails done in order to catch chinese people gossiping.

[tarubekhan]

The energy immediately shifted as soon as that language barrier dissolved. This is beautiful to watch.

[andreajasyl]

That’s why my mom needs to stop talking trash about people in Spanish in PUBLIC, plus Spanish is a common language to learn 😭

[JoJoshia]

i can't even imagine how many social credits this guy has

[leoniemelodie]

Imagine knowing every language. You'd have delightful discussion with everyone from a different culture. It's so cool.

[mamartinez]

Him: you know we can speak Chinese right
Her: cut the cameras _deadass_

[emilytorres]

We all know the nail lady went home and told her daughter “you know there’s this white guy who can speak better than you”

[justlikejulia]

As someone who’s Chinese, he’s super fluent in the language like holy- Probably better than me in all honesty. The thing is, it’s not even the large fact he knows the whole Chinese dictionary (most likely), but he knows how to bring out the accent as well as the language which makes him sound even more fluent.

[KeyKay]

this woman’s heart dropped to her feet when you said “you know i can speak Chinese right” i just knooowww it

[rickipizana]

I like how he didn’t embarrass her for talking smack 😂 but instead had a conversation about her culture and language. Such a good person

[Thepippinator]

“You speak better than my daughter”

“My daughter to lazy to learn”

Yup that’s an asian mother!

[courtney]

This is one of favorites so far. It was nice to see the nail tech open up to you. You made her feel special by praising her culture in a place where her culture isn’t usually praised.

[nicholas]

“Daughter doesn’t know Chinese cause she’s lazy.”

This embodied Chinese parents so well.

[nancy]

Remember when you could go outside and actually sit down in a restaurant and eat and talk to people, yeah I miss those days

[jamin]

him: *speaks Chinese*
the workers: *wait a damn minute-*

[Megaaleh]

I’m Brazilian, so I speak Portuguese but I’ve studied English since I was a teenager and I’m able to speak in both languages pretty well.
I went to a restaurant with a friend and on the way we decided that we should pretend we were Americans. It was FUN AF because people went OFF on us talking s**t. Calling us many many ugly names because they could bet we didn’t speak Portuguese. I was having the time of my life. At the end of the dinner we said: “Can we have the bill e uma garrafinha de água pra viagem?” The waiter turned RED and said (in Portuguese): “You speak Portuguese? I’m so so sorry! We didn’t meant to offend anyone! I’m so sorry!” I was laughing so much. It was so fun. 😂