For me, it's when I eat my first slice of some nice steak (sometimes wagyu!!), and think to myself,
"omg….wasabi is soooo good"
How about you guys?
And just in case you didn't know, wasabi goes really well with steak and beef. Makes sense, given it's a type of horseradish. They sometimes have it in yakiniku restaurants.
by AGPartridge007
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Clothes. Very clearly and distinctly the type of clothes I wear.
Working in Japan has had a major impact on the level of respect and deference that I give in client or customer service type situations. I’ve been trained to be constantly thinking about small details in these kinds of situations and I notice it a lot when I go on business trips outside Japan and have meetings.
I can go shopping in a supermarket and not freak out like a Floridian when there are three or more people in line in front of me
Evidently I say “Gochisousama deshita!!” upon exit without thought. Like, mid-sentence.
When I travel to meet my family and start violently puking on the second day of eating the food I grew up on (fat you cruel bastard)
I don’t giggle when I hear the store name ‘Hard Off’.
I can feel myself getting a bit irritated when people talk loudly on the train or in public
I was born and raised in new york city btw lol
When I bow a little even when speaking to people through the telephone
I saw an empty coffee can in the drug store car park and thought “tsk so unsightly, why haven’t the staff tidied that up it makes the store look bad”.
I have mastered specific moves to get the keys I forgot in the kitchen after putting my shoes on.
I was working in New York in TriBeCa for a Japanese shop, back in 2018 to 2020, and the customers were impressed by my level of politeness. I was totally mimicking Japanese customer service without even realizing it.
When I have no qualms about leaving someone on read waiting for an answer or decision on my part
actually on the negative side of things, feeling bad about taking paid leave and avoiding using it 🙁 need to break out of that mindset
When I pretend to check my mail for the third time instead of riding the elevator with a neighbor.
When they asked me if I was a ハーフ I guess
I act surprised when the conbini guy asks if I need a bag.
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