Weird things that happen to you at work... - Page 10

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.

Ibby · 10-05-2007, 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

But there was one beginner student whose T-shirt clearly stated "ALL YOU YOUNG C**TS" but who had no idea what it meant.

All the young cunts
Live it now, Cos there ain't much to die for!

wolf · 10-05-2007, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

Once when I was working at Publix, in HS, a lady that never bathed came in.
Most people left, several threw-up, some from several aisles away as soon as the smell hit them. I am not kidding.

I had no idea that normal people would puke when exposed to that.

I deal with it at least couple times a week, so I've not got the same level of sensitivity.

10-05-2007, 01:39 PM

I have been around people who did not/could not bathe as well... this was different. I think she was sick, or had sores or something. It was bad, very bad, from far away. It was like nothing I have ever come across since. I have worked with the homeless, been hospitalized many times, etc.
I can't explain it.

10-05-2007, 04:49 AM	#1
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.

10-05-2007, 01:39 PM	#4
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I have been around people who did not/could not bathe as well... this was different. I think she was sick, or had sores or something. It was bad, very bad, from far away. It was like nothing I have ever come across since. I have worked with the homeless, been hospitalized many times, etc. I can't explain it.

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