On the first day of work [tuesday]
I gots a job! Started Tuesday!
I was happy to meet another coworker, D, who is also Chinese. I asked if she would mind if we occasionally chatted in Chinese since I was concerned that my Mandarin skills might get rusty. Manager P overheard, laughed, and told me not to worry.
During my interview with Manager P, I asked if they were going to test my Chinese skills, as he had asked about it. This was because other places I’ve interviewed with had done so. He said no, because 1) they trusted my resume was truthful, and 2) they’d find out pretty quickly if it wasn’t.
Welp. On day 1, I was all but kidnapped by a pair of Chinese customers. The whole time this was going on, Manager P was standing behind me [supposedly to supervise, help answer questions about products, and help me locate items].
The pair ended up spending over 5000USD. Manager P was grinning like a fiend after this.