The other night I had dinner at the Dongbei Ren on Shanxi Road, and while there I happened to notice this waitress stop at the mirror on her way back to the kitchen. I also happened to have a camera with me.
As she stood there, preening before the customers, her supervisor walked by and – without missing a beat – snapped, “Don’t be stuck up.”
[In other news: I’m tied up with my “other” writing job today … back tomorrow with deeper thoughts.]

Adam – This is the second time in three weeks that you’ve posted a photo of a Chinese girl preening in front of a mirror. I thought that I should point that out.
If I had an yi kuai for every time I’ve seen this scene play out on any given day–I mean, can they resist any reflective surface? My favorite are my friends that work in “small bars” who watch themselves dance in the mirrors while they are waiting for customers.