WTF?? FG Alert!!!

[GomiGirl]

Have just had the wierdest experience..

Was on the Yamanote line and talking (quietly) in English to another FG and showing him something neat on my keitai.. a site, Tabemo, to which I was introduced the other day.

There we were, standing in the aisle of a fairly crowded train where there were many other people also quietly chatting, and a very strange woman, who was standing behind me with her back facing my back, starting speaking loudly in English..

"This is Japan, you should be speaking in Japanese!!!"

Taken somewhat aback, I turned around and she repeated herself to no-body in particular as she hadn't bothered to turn around. I asked the back of her head quietly in Japanese, "Excuse me. What is the problem?"

She refused to talk directly to me, but then started saying something about a political national party (missed the name) and then there was lots of "Tut, tutting". Again I asked her what her the nature of her outburst, and she again refused to look at me or reply to my rather polite inquiry.

Then it was obvious that this xenophobe had a few kangaroos loose in the top paddock, so my friend and I turned back to our conversation with a few nervous, "Right then, well, as I was saying..."

I looked around at a few of the other passengers who rolled their eyes and smiled sympathetically at us so we were not the only ones who thought her a tad loopy.

Somebody a few people away started to snicker..

This wierdo started up again with "Tut Tut"s and "Go ahead, laugh..."

WTF???

What is one supposed to do in such situations???

[Caustic Saint]

Just tell me you got her picture with your keitai and will be postng her in RGSotD!

[tidbits]

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3796&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Remember this? that guy who was talking to himself actually started to talk in (& about) English when he heard me speaking English to the waiter.

Quote from Kamome:

we UFG are all psycho-magnets

yeah, just make sure these people don't follow you.

[DJEB]

"This is Japan, you should be speaking in Japanese!!!"

She's a hypocrite.

What is one supposed to do in such situations???

Ask her the following questions: "Snargledorfen? Fnah leb tip glabah?"

[Taro Toporific]

"This is Japan, you should be speaking in Japanese!!!"

I had a 10 year Japanese girl run up to me walking home alone in the park and start in yowling in English about, " "This is Japan, you should be speaking in Japanese."

I gave her my best, Nandaroooooooo.

So then she contined bitching to me in Japanese.

Rest-of-the-Story: It turns out she's Chinese-German and is forced to translate day and night for her parents ... EVEN on her keitai at school. She getting picked on about that and I happen to look a lot like her father.

Bottom Line: There's always a Rest-of-the-Story.

[DJEB]

"This is Japan, you should be speaking in Japanese!!!"

I had a 10 year Japanese girl run up to me walking home alone in the park and start in yowling in English about, " "This is Japan, you should be speaking in Japanese."

Ok, I personally am willing to pay more in taxes if the government will include mental health care visits as part of national health care.

[kurohinge1]

... a very strange woman, who was standing behind me with her back facing my back, starting speaking loudly in English..

"This is Japan, you should be speaking in Japanese!!!"

... What is one supposed to do in such situations???

If you're not in danger of serious physical danger, it's sometimes fun to torment these lost souls. For example, you could have leaned over to her and said with a smile, "make me!", then go back to your private conversation.

Otherwise I try to just ignore crazies (and quietly wonder what their FG usernames are ).

[Taro Toporific]

Otherwise I try to just ignore crazies (and quietly wonder what their FG usernames are ).

Damn, I was looking at the Real World meshi of kurohinge and discovered that resume-wise, the ex-FG nutter "Shibuya Me" and "kurohinge" could be twins.

[Big Booger]

This is why I try to avoid trains.. that and germs and stuff.. well terroists too.. and well you know the occassional train derailment LMAO.

[emperor]

When first here a few months ago, while at the checkouts shopping in a local supermarket with 3 other Irish FGs... a Crazy Man happened to grace us with an encounter >>

beginning with "Stay Away From Me!!" (first - in a low rumbling voice and building up to a SHOUT - AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS)
and moving on to "Go Home!!"
next came the hard hitting accusations "American Spies!!"
and finally he was piecing it all together "Go Home American Spies!! Stay Away From Me!!!"
... by this stage we are walking down the street carrying our shopping while he paces around in the middle of traffic shouting down the street at us as loud as he could with everyone alternating stares between him and us.

the next time I ran into him, about a month later i was alone, but it wasnt a stones throw further than where we had met him last time:
pulled up to a crossing on my bike carrying a dominos pizza as people waited for the light to go bluey-green:
I pull up next to this guy and quickly glance at him and then while glancing in the opposite direction something clicks and i think "oh shit, this guy looks familiar .. but in a bad way"
i turn to look again and at that moment he turns top look at me
his eyes open wide with shock and he suddenly jolts back stepping away from me and the road - he was beginning to walk around behind me and chatter, but just then the lights changed and cycled off to the chanting about "american spies" and the like.

Weve only seen him once since and it was the same deal.

I share no love for the CIA either but my theory is that he didnt enjoy the "Mission Impossible" movies or perhaps "Spy Kids" ... "1 and 2"

[yellowlightman]

I hear people say that kidn of thing about immigrants from time to time, but I've never seen anyone say to it someone's face.

[kurohinge1]

... Damn, I was looking at the Real World meshi of kurohinge and discovered that resume-wise, the ex-FG nutter "Shibuya Me" and "kurohinge" could be twins.

[kurohinge1]

If you're not in danger of serious physical danger, it's sometimes fun to torment these lost souls...

When first here a few months ago, while at the checkouts shopping in a local supermarket with 3 other Irish FGs... a Crazy Man ... was [shoulting] "Go Home American Spies!! Stay Away From Me!!!"...

Why not pretend to note his details and take his photo with your minature spy-camera next time you see him. This may either cause him to avoid you like the plague or excite him to the point where mother nature will take its course and he'll pop a valve ... or, should I say, pop another valve

[DJEB]

"Go Home American Spies!! Stay Away From Me!!!"...

Good advice kurohinge 1


I was in the Oizumigakuen Kaldi Coffe Farm one evening and there was an old guy walking around the rather small mall there in circles. Everytime he got in front of Kaldi he would say in Japanese, "People should only eat Japanese food."

I'll say it again, I am willing to pay higher taxes if mental health care is covered under national health insurance.

[Alcazar]

OK, Question:
Say a J-salaryman drunk/sober started abusing you on the street or train, just for being a gaijin. Instead of ignoring it like usual, how about saying to yourself 'I'm taxing you for that' and just take his briefcase from him. Would he be too scared to do anything? It could all be pretty easy.

Would the people around do anything at all?

Maybe not....

You could end up with a large collection of briefcases and laptops etc that you don't really need--dump the things you don't need off a boat to build-up an artificial reef for the local fish to breed in or something.

I think the whole plan would work better if you carried a mobile phone jammer in your backpack/carrybag too. Slow down localised reaction times a bit..... Hmmm.......

[GomiGirl]

Ok Alcazar.. you are begining to grow on me .. underneath that chambray shirt is the makings of a dry wit.. keep it up.

But anyway back to your question.. as a libertarian, I am for smaller government with lower taxation.. can I just bash him over the head with his briefcase and call it vigilantism?

[emperor]

Why not pretend to note his details and take his photo with your minature spy-camera next time you see him. This may either cause him to avoid you like the plague or excite him to the point where mother nature will take its course and he'll pop a valve ... or, should I say, pop another valve

I`ll keep that in mind for next time!
Maybe keeping some menacing suit-attired gaijin around me with telescopic lense equipped cameras might work too?
I`d love have some footage of me bundling him into the back of a taxi with my finger-gun pointed out through my jacket pocket - he looks like the type that would totally flip out

...how about saying to yourself 'I'm taxing you for that' and just take his briefcase from him. Would he be too scared to do anything? It could all be pretty easy.

I love it! ..but why wait for a reason?
WALLET-INSPECTORS NEEDED
RECRUITING NOW!!

[Alcazar]

[Kanchou]

"This is Japan, you should be speaking in Japanese!!!"

HAH! Tell that to all the Japanese foreign exchange students in my dorm.

Never hear a word out of them in English, because they rarely talk to us Americans (unless they know your personally) and they basically keep to themselves.

[Ghost]

Just tell them to fuck off

[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

Act more crazy.
While on the train find an ad in english and repeat it in your best katakanaeigo and mumbling in Japanese that you don't understand the meaning.

I raiku gumu berri macchi

[BuddhaRhubarb]

i had a train loon experience of my own a few months ago. I was riding the short ride home on the express from my school to my stn on the Keio line...

This middle aged Japanese guy in a pink alligator shirt and golf pants, and a bit of a red face... was staring at me...

I had this vibe like i used to get when walking in big cities in North America: "The this guy wants to fight me for some testosterone based reasons all his own vibe". But then thought, "hey this is Japan, I don't have to worry about that shit, I am being paranoid."

So as I get off the train with my co-worker the old guy jumps up behind me and pushes his fist into my back saying "Dame, Dame (nanataka nantaka blah blah) Dame!!... I was shocked but, backed up saying "Gomen Nasai", maybe i had made some inadvertant eye contact, or something, "sumimasen" i said...

then he got in my face...with the "Dames"...

so I said in my best english: "hey Fuck you asshole" and walked away... getting a bit pissed,at his grousing at me as i left... I gave him the finger as i left for the turnstile... The dude follows after me and my friend, but more smiley now, he jumps through without paying, and my co-worker who's Japanese is much better than mine is saying "daijobu daijobu", but I can see ready to back me up...

I just walk quickly up the street... the old guy lights my co-worker's smoke and says to him in English: "I'll call you sometime..." Not that he had anyone's number.
Then the dude sneaks off into the bushes.
Chotto Strange, ne?

[DJEB]

[khusam]

I just bought a guitar today. After leaving the shop, a guy started following me.

He kept saying `ore no guita`. I ignored him for a few blocks... then turned to talk to him. He was a pretty interesting dude. He said he used to play in `The Tigers`. Apparantly they were a pretty famous group in the 60`s/70`s...

Maybe he was telling the truth, too...

(except about the guitar... it`s never been played)

[emperor]

wrong category? maybe?

..but last night i was on my way home on the metro, as i was sending an email from my keitai:
a highschool girl wearing half her uniform (maybe about 15 years old?) walks up to the end of the carraige wearing only her knickers and carrying her skirt - she stops at the top of the carriage to put on the skirt...nobody bats an eyelid

my guess was one or more chikan/pervs (then again she could have been a flasher?) - but nobody seemed shocked at all!!

have you ever seen such a thing?

[kidrock12xp]

DAMNIT I ALWAYS MISS THE GOOD STUFF. LoL

But then again I don't live in Japan so it makes since hey look I got my first bottle wo-ot. hehe

[emperor]

Don't try to pretend your keitai doesn't have a camera

I swear *I was sending an email!* ...

but then again if only the keitais didnt have that damned shutter noise!

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