Wasei Eigo Fuck Off

[matsuki]

I really wish the locals would stop pointing and saying 「サイン」when they really want you to print your name. Wasei eigo?? WTF is that?!! That shit still catches me off guard....cost me 30mins last week when they had to reprint, re-hanko, and call in a new form ID# on a bunch of insurance forms for me. Fuuuuuuu!!!

Post/vent the most annoying wasei eigo you encounter here...

[Mike Oxlong]

I really wish the locals would stop pointing and saying 「サイン」when they really want you to print your name. Wasei eigo?? WTF is that?!! That shit still catches me off guard....cost me 30mins last week when they had to reprint, re-hanko, and call in a new form ID# on a bunch of insurance forms for me. Fuuuuuuu!!!

Post/vent the most annoying wasei eigo you encounter here...

I had a public servant spend 30 minutes sweating over deciphering my sig when submitting some forms for the family that the rice cooker had filled out and asked me to drop off at city hall. He finally came back after having not processed anything due to being unable to read my name after asking me to "sign" upon submission. He then sheepishly asked me to print it out.

[Russell]

I have the reverse problem.

They often ask me to write my フルネーム when paying by CC, to which I always reply サインでいいですか.

Those people need to be educated after all...

[kagemusha]

I have the reverse problem.

They often ask me to write my フルネーム when paying by CC, to which I always reply サインでいいですか.

Those people need to be educated after all...

I leave all over Japan CC slips signed by infamous historical leaders, never had anyone asking me to prove I'm Genghis Khan.

[IparryU]

I have the reverse problem.

They often ask me to write my フルネーム when paying by CC, to which I always reply サインでいいですか.

Those people need to be educated after all...

I leave all over Japan CC slips signed by infamous historical leaders, never had anyone asking me to prove I'm Genghis Khan.

so out of curiosity, who have you signed as?

[matsuki]

I had a public servant spend 30 minutes sweating over deciphering my sig when submitting some forms for the family that the rice cooker had filled out and asked me to drop off at city hall. He finally came back after having not processed anything due to being unable to read my name after asking me to "sign" upon submission. He then sheepishly asked me to print it out.

Usually I do that confirmation signature motion with my hand and ask 「名前を書くじゃなくｔれ、サインですか？」 but there are those times where I missed my morning coffee or just came back from the US and just sign without a second thought.

I have the reverse problem.

They often ask me to write my フルネーム when paying by CC, to which I always reply サインでいいですか.

Those people need to be educated after all...

I leave all over Japan CC slips signed by infamous historical leaders, never had anyone asking me to prove I'm Genghis Khan.

[kagemusha]

so out of curiosity, who have you signed as?

Khan, Edgar Hoover, Moses, Charlie Chaplin, Blue beard...

[matsuki]

I wonder what would would happen if you signed "void" or something similar?

I remember my boss coming here back in 2005 and being extremely angry with a hotel charging him for late checkout (think he was 30 mins past checkout time....slept in??) so he signed the receipt "BULLSHIT!!!" I never asked if he disputed the charge or not.

[matsuki]

slave or neet
its an ultimate choice for J-young generation.

This is another one I've heard quite a bit...where the hell did ニート come from?

[Samurai_Jerk]

slave or neet
its an ultimate choice for J-young generation.

This is another one I've heard quite a bit...where the hell did ニート come from?

Not in Education, Employment or Training

[matsuki]

Is this a dream? N.E.E.T. and it's not even pronounced as ネート？？？

Thanks SJ, none of the lemurs that said it had any clue about the origins/meaning behind it.

[wagyl]

And as a warning to all, NEET only goes up to 35. Older than that, and you are just a bum.

[matsuki]

And as a warning to all, NEET only goes up to 35. Older than that, and you are just a bum.

A NEET or neet is a young person who is "Not in Education, Employment, or Training". The acronym NEET was first used in the United Kingdom but its use has spread to other countries including Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.

In the United Kingdom, the classification comprises people aged between 16 and 24 (some 16-year-olds are still of compulsory school age); the subgroup of NEETs aged 16–18 is frequently of particular focus. In Japan, the classification comprises people aged between 15 and 34 who are unemployed, not engaged in housework, not enrolled in school or work-related training, and not seeking work.

NEET is to be distinguished from the newly coined NLEET rate used in the 2013 report on Global Employment Trends for Youth by the International Labour Organization. The NLEET rate stands for "neither in the labour force nor in education, employment or training". It is similar to NEET but excludes the unemployed since they are still included in the labor force.

So I guess it's sorta wasei-eigo in that the meaning is extended to losers as old as 34 and future chinpiras and whores of the 15yo variety??