Guarantee

An ang moh(Foreigner) touring Hong Kong had been told
by his friends back home that one could get really
good bargains on cloths but that one would
have to be careful.
This gentleman went bargain-hunting and chanced upon a
well-established shop.
When he found a branded shirt that cost half the price
of what was being sold back home, he rubbed his hands
in glee.

Having been warned of cheap shirts, he began to
scrutinise the shirt carefully and smiled when he saw
a label that was sewn on the shirt.
It read " Guarantee No Shrink ".

Convinced that he had indeed found a great bargain, he
went ahead and bought half a dozen shirts.

Back at the hotel, he took out the shirts and sent
them to the laundry.
He was eager to put them on and see some envious faces
in his tour group.
When the shirts returned from the hotel laundry, he
was shock that all of them had shrunk by at least
three sizes !
He looked at the label again to assure himself that he
had not read it wrongly.
Yes, it clearly read : " GUARANTEE NO SHRINK ".

He immediately took the shirts back to the shop and
asked to see the manager. The manager came out,
listened to his complaint and then calmly
pointed to the label and said :

" You Westerners read from left to right. We Chinese
read from right to left. "