"Musashi" > wrote in message
om...

- Asking for something in Japanese, the server IS Japanese and still doesn't
know what I'm talking about because he/she doesn't know sushi terminology.
This is far more infuriating than the former.


At least in Tokyo and Yokohama, they aren't weirded out any more when a
henna gaijin like me speaks to them in perfect Japanese. It used to be a
problem, especially when they hear you, look at you, then conclude that they
didn't understand what you said.

(Of course, when I was much younger, there was a gaijin speaking impeccable
Japanese at a record store. I approached him and said, "Nihongo ojouzu
desune.")