Jack baiting - asking for directions in Japanese (Split)

[kusai Jijii]

Three books in fact!

You forgot about this...

[Phantom]

Three books in fact!

You forgot about this...

And this:


http://www.amazon.com/Colt-Anal-Douche/dp/B001B6FY6W

[Iraira]

We are just a little too net savvy.

[omae mona]

[Iraira]

[omae mona]

Dude, she totally wanted to sit on your face and gyrate like a RodeoBoy Deluxe Superturbocharged Limited Edition with GI Joe Kung Fu Grip....and you cut her off at the kneecaps and then tried to extort money from her company. No, seriously, if she was half-way decent, please turn in your YBF card at the front desk.

You know, I thought she was just struggling with pronunciation trying to say "would you like dessert?" when it came out sounding like "would you like that sucked?" Now I realize she meant might have really meant it. Crap. I will go over to the ward office to hand in the card tomorrow.

[Yokohammer]

... A new waitress probably thought she was being helpful by trying to speak English to me. She didn't notice or care that I was reading a Japanese newspaper and was answering her in Japanese. ...

Ha! Nice one ... got a good morning chuckle out of that.

I haven't had an encounter like this in years, but it's "reassuring" to know that it still happens. Sort of.

I remember speaking to people who would NOT respond in Japanese even though I was speaking Japanese to them (I've been here since around '67, when I was 12 years old, so I'm not overrating my language abilities). Others have simply stared at me open-mouthed and refused to respond at all. Obviously in their mind I could not possibly have been speaking their language and they were hearing "something" coming out of my mouth but were so confused trying to figure out what language it was that they missed the obvious one. Some have even waved their arms saying "No Engrish! No Engrish!" while I am speaking to them in Japanese.

The mind plays funny tricks on the believer, especially when he or she is in a state of panic.

[kusai Jijii]

The mind plays funny tricks on the believer, especially when he or she is in a state of panic.

And even more so when the mind belongs to an idiotic Japanese waitress;)

[GomiGirl]

The mind plays funny tricks on the believer, especially when he or she is in a state of panic.

Gomichild put in a really good post on her blog about this a while back. She calls this, THE PANIC.

It is that knee-knocking fear some Japanese people get in the presence of a foreigner. Yes I know it's 2006, and - although the figures for the 2005 Census haven't been released yet - it's been estimated that there are at about 2.5 million of us gaijin running around the place - so chances are your average Japanese person has run into at least a couple in their lifetime.

Symptons of "The Panic" include:


* eyes opening very wide
* not being able to focus on the person causing "The Panic"
* "flight" response
* stuttering
* shaky hands
* calling for back-up
* selective hearing loss

Read the full article - it is a good chuckle.

[canman]

We are getting pounded again today with tons of snow, and I was out in my front parking area getting it cleared for students. Had on my big ski jacket with the hood up and a touque on, so basically my face was completely covered. This old couple in a k-truck pulled up and asked for directions to the local hospital. I clearly gave them the directions and sent them on their way. Now I'm sure they wouldn't have stopped if it was summer and I was out cutting the grass wearing shorts and a t-shirt, but they had no idea I wasn't Japanese and asked. But to their credit they didn't bat an eye when I started to answer in Japanese, or maybe they couldn't tell the difference in the driving snow storm.

[Takechanpoo]

We are getting pounded again today with tons of snow, and I was out in my front parking area getting it cleared for students. Had on my big ski jacket with the hood up and a touque on, so basically my face was completely covered. This old couple in a k-truck pulled up and asked for directions to the local hospital. I clearly gave them the directions and sent them on their way. Now I'm sure they wouldn't have stopped if it was summer and I was out cutting the grass wearing shorts and a t-shirt, but they had no idea I wasn't Japanese and asked. But to their credit they didn't bat an eye when I started to answer in Japanese, or maybe they couldn't tell the difference in the driving snow storm.

Hey canman,
I assume you lack sense of humor.
Unlike me(I never become nervous in front of gaijins, regardless of whites, blacks or blawns.) or J-weirdos raised in eccentric environment, normal Japanese have a extreme dislike of nervousness and try escaping from it(So Japs often laugh meaninglessly to evaporate nervousness), as you know. It is even the same among only Japanese fellows. So if you want to make friends with normal Japs, you need to be an idiot to some extent. Don't be cool.


From my personal experiences,
conversely I have ever been neglected by gaijins about three times. Probably they are all Americans in Yokota Air Base. One of them even escaped from me.

[GuyJean]

.. So if you want to make friends with normal Japs, you need to be an idiot to some extent. Don't be cool..

:D

'.. and you may ask yourself, 'how did I get here?''

GJ

[Behan]