Reach and Flap

So the first two days I went to work this week, I took a cab because clearly I'm in China so clearly I'm lost and clearly I can't ask for directions because clearly I'm a mute (as previously established) = cabs are awesome (and did I mention it costs only $1.60?). At any rate, the other day I went to hail a cab to go to work and I discovered that the Chinese have their own unique method of hailing cabs. It's not all that different here, Taxis, much like in Manhattan, have a number that when illuminated indicates their availability. The only problem is that one cannot see through the pollution haze to tell if the light is actually on. So everyone stands there hailing every cab that comes in their direction. Here's the thing, New York is a very serious place. It has a serious grid with serious buildings that serious people in serious attire occupy. And when these serious people go to their serious jobs in the serious buildings, they do so by reaching their arm straight out and looking quite serious. As a result, they get their cab and go about their serious day. In Chiiiiiina, people are not so serious. They are humble in their humble homes and humble clothes and their circular humble streets. Hailing a cab here is therefore not such a serious task. So I stopped on the corner, arm out looking serious and waited as cab after cab passed me by. Then as I looked around I noticed how the Chinese do it. Their method of cab hailing is much more engaging and noticeable. While I was just sticking my arm out (boooooring) they were reaching out and flapping their hands. No no, not waving, flapping. Sooooo I tried the reach and flap and woudln't ya know it, I got a cab and got to work. How 'bout it!