October 23, 2006: Chinese waiters shave heads for business
 

http://cellar.org/2006/chinesewaiterhair.jpg

To counter the old Chinese guy who didn't wash his hair for 26 years, xoB suggests this item from Spluch which comes from a Chinese page. In a practice enforced by the restaurant own,er all the waiters have either a roman "h", the letters "ok", or the chinese symbol for noodles, shaved into their heads. The idea is to encourage business, of course.

http://cellar.org/2006/chinesewaiterhair2.jpg

haha

That one head of hair looks like it spells. 'ok'

so what does roman H, ok, and noodle have in common?

According to the Chinese webpage, the letter H is supposed to represent the Chinese word for "good" (hao). OK just stands for OK, I think.

Wow I think I will run out and shave my emploeyer's name onto my head

They probably know what ok means, more than the thousands of westerners understand the oriental letters they get tattooed all over themselves.:lol:

My friend Nogg got one of those Chinese "lucky kitties" tattooed on him, and instead of the character he had them just put a question mark.

That's asking a bit much of your employees, no? I can imagine the job interview. "So. We like what we see, you seem like a team player, you've already got the Mission Statement memorized, you'll be a good fit! Now, shave a roman 'h' or the letters 'OK' on your head; your choice!-and, we're good! Can you start Monday?"

Hey, why are you asking me? Ask mrnoodle, ok?!

Hmmm...
 

Does this mean that if an employee is naturally bald, he is considered a handicapped employee?

Nope, he not considered an employee at all.
Welcome to the Cellar, Sheldonrs. :D

Thanks xoxoxoBruce. :-D

I hope you don't work for the government in <i>The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations</i>.;)

No. Then he gets to use the fuzzy side of velcro tape to spell the letters on his head. But then he can take it off at night! Unless the Chinese version of Big Brother watches him when he sleeps...

When the Mr.Show guys were still doing a two-man stage act, they would use electrical tape to add facial hair. Their reasoning: the audience is not being "fooled" regardless of how flawless your wardrobe magic is. Plus, you can quickly duck off-stage and slap an electrical-tape-beard on.

They fired this guy. :rolleyes:

sh*thead

Is it just my imagination, or is what little hair they have left also dyed green?

It's not an 'H', it's this word:

mian (4)

it's a simplified character for noodles. the actual character is 麵, for those who have chinese language pack installed.

That's just traditional chinese, which they don't use in China anymore...

i'd visit their restaurant.

I wouldn't if they shaved their heads near the soup.

It seems when the novelty wears off, business drops off too, so they've started changing the style every two months. :nuts: