The "Panic"

[GomiGirl]

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Taxing matters and tempers the Japanese way
via Digital World Tokyo

If you've never experienced the classic "fear of the other," then lucky you. You've obviously never lived in the wonderful fantasy land that is Japan.

Our web designer, MJ, knows all too well about "The Panic" us outsiders can cause. ...more

Full Article at The Foreigner-Japan






Note from GG to GC.. that digital world site is fantastic!!! Great job babe!! When was it launched again?

[gomichild]

Heh blogging turned into journalism!

(site went live in a mad panic on Friday - still tweaking with it a bit)

[Charles]

He mumbles at me "What country are you from?" Which throws me into confusion - what the hell does it matter? We all gotta fill in the same forms. To humour him I say "[SIZE="7"]Australia[/SIZE]", which prompts him to gesticulate and shout wildly for a stack of forms and English instructions to a little man zipping behind towers of paper.

Ah, well that explains it.

[plaid_knight]

Maybe you could answer "Japan".

[JML]

site went live in a mad panic on Friday

Dunno about this gomichild person but MJ did a fantastic job with nary a trace of panic!

[Pencilslave]

Man.....! From the way the guy described their reaction's it was like he was saying to them"Kora! Ore ga kaiju de antatachi o taberu yo!!
My Japanese is still crappy, (the class I was going to take got canceled,) but I think I said "HEY! I'm a monster and I'm going to eat all of you!"
Damn! Are we really that fucking scary?

[gomichild]

Well apparently we are Pencilslave. And seeing as the person who wrote the article was me - you can be scary even when you are a girl!

[gomichild]

[quote="JML"]Dunno about this gomichild person but MJ did a fantastic job with nary a trace of panic! ]

Awwww ta mate. What a nice thing to say.

[cliffy]

Well apparently we are Pencilslave. And seeing as the person who wrote the article was me - you can be scary even when you are a girl!

So are we to refer to you as a "Scary nude romping girl"?
If so we will need pictorial evidence

[Pencilslave]

Well apparently we are Pencilslave. And seeing as the person who wrote the article was me - you can be scary even when you are a girl!

Oh dear... this is worrisome. If they're petrified of a cute Australian girl, I shudder to think what reaction they might have seeing my ugly mug. I'm just hoping when I come visit Japan, I'm not met at Narita by the JSDF and a couple of Mazer support cannons.(Grin)

[Greji]

".....of a cute Australian girl...."

According to Charles, nothing in Australia is cute!

[cliffy]

According to Charles, nothing in Australia is cute!

Yes but Chucky is an ass

[amdg]

I hate the panic moment as much as any gaijin -- train seat panic, restaurant panic, banking panic, etc. But there is one regular panic event that I have fun with.

My local supermarket has a point card system (like most shops these days) and the check out chicks need to ask every customer whether they have a point card before processing their purchases. While the old hands know me, the new check out chicks never seem to ask me if I have a point card. When I first approach the register they look up to see my face and then freeze for a split second in indecision and then go about ringing through my items without saying a word. But I’ve been standing in line behind 3 or 4 people and I heard her ask everyone else whether they had a point card. But she didn’t ask me.

So when she’s finally rung through all my items, usually some 20 or 30 goods, I place my point card on the tray and savor the look on her face when she realizes that she will have to re-process all of my items much to the annoyance of the customers standing in line behind me. Fuck them. And fuck you check out chick.

My supermarket has a high staff turnover rate - - I hope that I am partially responsible for that.