home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!hri.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!carson.u.washington.edu!yoichi
- From: yoichi@carson.u.washington.edu (Yoichi Ii)
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
- Subject: Re: Not a Myth at All
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.174408.5320@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 17:44:08 GMT
- References: <33964@twics.co.jp> <2569@usna.NAVY.MIL>
- Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
- Lines: 12
-
- In article <2569@usna.NAVY.MIL> wdw@math3.sma.usna.navy.MIL (Wm. Douglas Withers -- math FACULTY <wdw@sma.usna.navy.mil>) writes:
- >[about drunk in Chinese restaurant in Gotanda] The
- >restaurant personnel and my Japanese friends were all trying to persuade him
- >to leave, with zero effect. I went over to talk to him, thinking that I was
- >in for a REAL test of my Japanese ability. Hah! I bowed and said just one
- >word: "Hajimemashite..." Immediately he stood up and moved to another
- >table! You could almost hear the wheels turning (rather mushily) in his head.
- >"Gaijin datte...shiyoo ga nai nee...."
-
- English teaching positions in Japan has become somewhat saturated in
- recent years. Perhaps this could bring new opportunities to foreigners
- seeking a quick buck in Japan ... being a bouncer! :-)
-