Weird things that happen to you at work...

ZenGum · 10-05-2007, 04:49 AM

Teaching conversational English in Japan occasionally leaves one trying to make conversation with wierdos who aren't really into learning English, they're just so desperate for someone to talk to because everyone who isn't being paid has already run away ...

There was the chap who could leave for work within two minutes of the alarm going off. What? No breakfast, no toothcare. Dressing? Nope, he sleeps in his work clothes! Full suit and tie. Apparently they have a "special architecture" so they don't get rumpled. Was this why the wife had left him? Or was it his pet snake roaming about the house? I didn't ask.

Or the trend for shirts with English text on them, normally so garbled as to be meaningless. But there was one beginner student whose T-shirt clearly stated "ALL YOU YOUNG C**TS" but who had no idea what it meant. Now, I cannot speak Japanese, and explaining new words usually involves mime or drawing pictures... not this time. "Number one bad word!" seemed to cover it.

10-05-2007, 04:49 AM	#37
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Teaching conversational English in Japan occasionally leaves one trying to make conversation with wierdos who aren't really into learning English, they're just so desperate for someone to talk to because everyone who isn't being paid has already run away ... There was the chap who could leave for work within two minutes of the alarm going off. What? No breakfast, no toothcare. Dressing? Nope, he sleeps in his work clothes! Full suit and tie. Apparently they have a "special architecture" so they don't get rumpled. Was this why the wife had left him? Or was it his pet snake roaming about the house? I didn't ask. Or the trend for shirts with English text on them, normally so garbled as to be meaningless. But there was one beginner student whose T-shirt clearly stated "ALL YOU YOUNG C**TS" but who had no idea what it meant. Now, I cannot speak Japanese, and explaining new words usually involves mime or drawing pictures... not this time. "Number one bad word!" seemed to cover it.

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