Sarah and I find ourselves today in Interlaken, Switzerland. It’s a beautiful town nestled between soaring mountains and two Great Lakes. When we strolled the town however, we saw something amiss.

All the signs also had Chinese written under them.

As we walked further, we noticed busloads of Chinese tourists meandering about the streets in their fanny packs and general cacophony. We thought it odd for such a pleasant town to have so many Chinese tourists.

My wife and I went into a chocolate store, and I picked out a few mousses for later. While the girl was helping me and wrapping up the box, she pointed for me to go around to the counter. A Chinese woman near us had picked up a bag of assorted sweets. As the girl motioned for me to go to the registered, and followed from the other side to meet me, this Chinese woman ran to the register and plopped down her bag of sweets. The girl was confused- “all together?” She thought this rude woman was with us. I simply said I didn’t know this person and handled the transaction.

Clearly annoyed, this Chinese woman then proceeded to dump out all of her assorted sweets into one bin that had only one kind of sweet in it, put her bag back, and stormed out of the store. All because she couldn’t wait in line like a civilized human being.

You can go to school, but you can’t teach class.