Things I like about Japan, Reason #1: People Are Afraid Of Me
Filed Under (Japan) by projecthitchhiker on 09-11-2007
Tagged Under : Japan, Living Abroad, Osaka, People Are Scared of Me, Things I like about Japan
Japanese people are scared of me. On the subway, no one will sit even remotely close to me. People will rather stand up or move to a different car, than sit next to me. Maybe they’re scared I might ask them a question that will test their ten years of elementary and high school English, when all they can remember is “I have a pencil.”
I also love watching the guys and girls that pass out little coupons for new bars/restaurants/etc. because they’re ruthless and unflinching in trying to give them to everyone that passes. Until they notice me walking toward them, about 15 feet away, at which time they calmly turn their heads the other way and pretend they were doing something else. Sometimes they even whistle a little tune like in the cartoons.
