Monday, April 25, 2005

Top 10 Signs That You are in Japan:

1) You can't locate a garbage can, but also can't find a piece of litter.
2) You choose a restaurant based on plastic food models in the window (see photo; I always get the bottom left meal for $8.85).
3) Trucks talk or bark when backing up.
4) Subway workers wield hockey sticks to herd commuters into carriages stuffed with sweating "salarymen."
5) Taxi drivers don suits and white gloves, not turbans. Doors open and close automatically.
6) Construction crews look like a living Lego set.
7) Gas station attendants bow upon filling up your cube-sized car.
8) Lap dogs are outfitted in barrettes and jump suits.
9) People, without exception, wait for the walk signal.
10) Your car, cell phone, refrigerator, television, and bank are Mitsubishi.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi there Jeff. Sounds like you are adjusting pretty well. I just got caught up on all your adventures today! Good luck with the jobs, maybe you can propel yorself to Super Model status;)

Anonymous said...

hey jeffrey!! in an effort to procrastinate a "fascinating" paper i'm writing about the limitations on corporations' charitable donations (15 pages to go, due tomorrow at 6, so i'll start writing again, just as soon as i rearrange my sock drawer and double check my tax return) i decided to get up to speed on your blog. corporate jobs suck! being a schoolteacher sounds like alot more fun. good to hear about expensive beer, tasty food, crazy restaurants, and small living quarters (is that so different from nyc after all...maybe the talking trucks and the waiting for the walk signs)

keep up the blogs =)
heather