Remember Fish?

From the The Chinese and Their Names post? Well, here's the entire story behind that name.

Because of unforeseen circumstances, we were forced to ship one of our bags separately from Heathrow as we were checking into our flight to HK. We were told by the shipping company that our bag would arrive in a week for pick up at Hong Kong International Airport, subject to taxes and fees on HK's end. A woman from the receiving company called to inform us of the bag's arrival and that an email would be sent with pickup details. A few hours later, I received an email from a Fish Wu. In an attached invoice, I found charges for a bridge toll and directions to an office in Kowloon.

Well, as you can imagine, we were indignant. On top of handling and unloading fees (fine), we were being charged for an unauthorized move from the airport to a random office . These fees added a whopping 25% to our already steep shipping charge.

I wrote back to Fish's email with questions on the invoice, addressing it to a "Dear Mr. Wu". I was later informed that Mr. Wu was actually a Ms. Fish Wu. I don't know, Fish sounded too informal, especially after I was addressed as Ms. Sandra Hong, and shoot, "Fish" sounds masculine to me!

Stu and I discussed the charges, deciding to schlep over (it's about 15 minutes away by taxi, but it looks far on the map) to this random office and pick up our bag. We also decided to bring up the matter of the aforementioned charges with Fish, or as Stu declared without a hint of jest, "I will tackle Fish while you run off with the bag!"

Be careful what you name your child. It's a great responsibility.