A westerner touring China had been told by his friends back home
that one could get really good bargains on cloths but need to be
very 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 scrutinize the shirt
carefully and smiled when he saw a label that was sewn on the shirt.

It reads "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."