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kusai Jijii wrote:If his suggestions are "delivery driver, gas station, and convenience store", then it going home is sooooooo overdue it aint funny.
kusai Jijii wrote:I'd say that if you have family, you've got serious responsibilities. I'd say that if you were looking at working as a delivery driver, gas station attendant, or convenience store clerk, then you ain't in a position to adequately meet those responsabilities.
kusai Jijii wrote:the safety net back home
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Fucking sucks.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Anyway, I might be one of these guys who has to make the jump back to teaching.
kusai Jijii wrote:I'd say that if you have family, you've got serious responsibilities. I'd say that if you were looking at working as a delivery driver, gas station attendant, or convenience store clerk, then you ain't in a position to adequately meet those responsabilities.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:I might be one of these guys who has to make the jump back to teaching.
Behan wrote:I want to escape Engrish but with the economy the way it is now prospects aren't good.
Visitor K wrote:you do realize that people raise perfectly adjusted children while working as convenience store clerks and gas station attendants, right?
kusai Jijii wrote:Yes of course I realize that. You are missing the point. Do I have to draw you a map?
Visitor K wrote:well, you also have to realize that a lot of english teachers dont necessarily have the credentials to find much more glamorous work in their home countries and would be looking at convenient store work and such anyway. if they have to work a shit job somewhere, they shouldnt feel guilty about choosing to stay in japan.
kusai Jijii wrote:Are you for real?
Visitor K wrote:
you do realize that people raise perfectly adjusted children while working as convenience store clerks and gas station attendants, right?
kusai Jijii wrote:Are you for real?
I can quite understand why non-native English speaking FG work in certain industries (Iranians in construction, filipinos in bars, Brazilians in factories etc). All the power to them.
But I can not for the life of me understand why ANYONE would think that the advice posted at the start of this thread (i.e. for native English speakers in Japan is to consider working as convenience store clerks or gas station attendants) is sound advice. I wonder if the person who posted that on that wackjob Dabito's website wasn't high on crack cocaine. But then again, most FG who log onto Debito's site suffer from a 'victim complex' and are under the illusion that Japan owes them a living and that Japan is the only country in the world where they can survive. But then again, maybe for many of these tragics, it is.
I feel genuinely for people who lose their jobs. We can all fall on hard times, and sometimes we just have to do what we have to do to survive. But come on, do you REALLY think working as a FG gas station attendant is the best option available under the circumstances?... I mean, fuck me senseless...
omae mona wrote:Slightly off topic, but I think new types of jobs have opened up to foreigners very recently. Off the top of my head, I've seen over the last 2 months:
- An English speaking waitress with a katakana name at a family restaurant (I believe she was Filipina)
- A waiter of middle eastern descent at a washoku chain restaurant
- A caucasian, English-speaking floor salesperson at Bic Camera.
I very rarely saw anything like this before 2008. So I think something is changing. Still, I hate to say it, but I have a hunch only a small percentage of English language teachers could get these jobs, or a convenience store, gas station, or truck driving job, due to their level of Japanese. But for teachers who are fluent enough to use Japanese in a work environment and avoid major miscommunications with colleagues and customers (and I think there are plenty), I think the number of options for alternative employment may be on the rise.
wuchan wrote:A while ago I saw a nigerian working at an AMPM in ebuisu. I don't think he spoke very much japanese, I had to explain to him what chu-hi was.
The medical care is about 15 years behind the care I received back home. When the doctors here see my surgery scars they call a fuckin conference...... the topic is usually about how clean my scars are and how well my reconstructive surgery worked. They are totally in awe. It scares me. In most cases I demand what drugs I want and threaten to take my business to another clinic and then get what ever drugs I want. "My Dr back home have me........ and it worked!" !!!!! The mediacal professionals here know that they are light years behind the US, if you can prove that you know that, you get top treatment.Samurai_Jerk wrote:..... Americans who have a shitty safety net and no health insurance back home, staying in Japan and working at 7-11 may indeed be the better option. This American would probably rather go home than do that though.
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