Gong An? Gong An??

Anyone call for a Gong An?
公安
That's one word people should know in China. Especially foreigners.

I only came upon that word as the police car was parked outside my dorm for the past 2 days, and came to recognize it from- gong as in public, and an (which i learned in japanese first)- to be at east. So translates to public ease. Finally got that into my vocab and well put at use on my way to Bennett's apartment.

We head into a cab and the cabbie decides to take a left turn out of ximen (rather than the right, which is fastest), and somehow takes the highway. Usually, to Bennett's place its towards Wudaokou on the main road and turn a left before we hit the train station. So that wasn't even a long way, it was probably the longest way possible some sly cheat can conjure up. So, I ask him why he was taking such a long road. In Chinese of course. He ignores me. I call him driver in Chinese. He ignores me. I finally tap on his shoulder and he responds, and I asked him the former question again. He does the Ting Bu Dong (can't understand), and fails to even try the slightest bit to try and understand. So...he wants to play it that way eh??

I whip out my vocabulary, finally well put into use. If he thinks I suck at Chinese, why not? I say in the most innocently high pitched or retarded sounding (wrong tones and all) Mandarin- "Gong Ahn? Gong Ahn?" That got his attention since he was startled. I decided to see how far I could play since I was in the mood to push buttons. Almost an eye for an eye. "Gong Ahn? Gong An? Da den wa gei gong an?" --aka give a call to police? LoL. I decided to play around with that phrase a little more like I was practicing my chinese.

Finally he was about several turns away when I get back to sounding serious and just told him in Mandarin- We know what you're doing, we're not stupid. Loud enough for him to listen if he wants, enough to pretend i was having conversation with my two poorly spoken foreign friends in chinese, though they definitely did not know what i would be saying lol. cab moves along a little faster. Finally there. Bennett takes the reciept this time around, to back up his threat. Karma man, Karma. It'll find him. It's all about honesty.