When cleaner auntie says: Leave me some work to do

When cleaner auntie says: Leave me some work to do

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"Leave it. Leave it."

I had slurped up my yong tau foo, and was picking up my bowl to take it to the foodcourt tray-return area when a cleaner auntie told me to put it back on the table.When I hesitated, wanting to help her, she said sharply in Mandarin: "Leave it. Leave […]

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