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Nah, I prefer it to annoying people. Both in the sense that I don't want to annoy people, and other people that are annoying.

Evening_Dragon posted...

Nah, I prefer it to annoying people. Both in the sense that I don't want to annoy people, and other people that are annoying.

Great.

So now you're annoying people and people are annoying you right back and you're both just gonna sit there and take it instead of doing literally anything else.

DrizztLink posted...

Great.

So now you're annoying people and people are annoying you right back and you're both just gonna sit there and take it instead of doing literally anything else.

No, we're both being respectful and not annoying everyone

BakonBitz posted...

Huh, interesting.

I mean if the closed room shot up to 95 degrees...

Evening_Dragon posted...

No, we're both being respectful and not annoying everyone

except yourself

thronedfire2 posted...

except yourself

Seems like a you thing

Evening_Dragon posted...

No, we're both being respectful and not annoying everyone

Durkheim would disagree with your assertion.

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Yes.

It is also seen as a sign of laziness to be the first person to leave the office at the end of the day; so the workplace devolves into this stupid waiting game until the boss leaves amd everybody follows. At which point it is generally expected for you to get dinner with or go out drinking with your coworkers/boss.

You'll notice a severe lack of fathers in Japanese media, anime, etc. This is not due to Disney Parent syndrome where they died offscreen. This is because that's about how often many Japanese kids actually see their father, who leaves for work at 5AM and comes home after 11 6 days a week.

itachi15243 posted...

Man, some of us have serious ADHD and just can't help it though

Not fair.

Fun fact, if you're ADHD it's really hard to bring your meds into Japan. They really do NOT want stimulants here, I've had to go without for the past 3 weeks.

SAlYAN posted...

Yes.

It is also seen as a sign of laziness to be the first person to leave the office at the end of the day; so the workplace devolves into this stupid waiting game until the boss leaves amd everybody follows. At which point it is generally expected for you to get dinner with or go out drinking with your coworkers/boss.

You'll notice a severe lack of fathers in Japanese media, anime, etc. This is not due to Disney Parent syndrome where they died offscreen. This is because that's about how often many Japanese kids actually see their father, who leaves for work at 5AM and comes home after 11 6 days a week.

I live in the US and had a boss at one time who said he would never leave work before the district manager did.

that's cool, but..sometimes the DM doesn't come in until 2pm and just sits there on his laptop until 5pm because he can work from a computer.

but if I'm coming in at 6am I'm going home at 3, the manager can sit there by himself if he wants to

LtZim posted...

You need to respect their culture

noted. don't want to disrespect japan. it would look unfavorable on our host country.
same goes for other country's on what you can/cant do. especially putting locks on a bridge in france. don't do that they say.

Meh, fuck em. If I can't keep my legs still I've got bigger things on my mind than the opinion of random ass strangers. >_>

Evening_Dragon posted...

Nah, I prefer it to annoying people. Both in the sense that I don't want to annoy people, and other people that are annoying.

Do you wear white shoes? Some people might be annoyed by that and just be too polite to say.

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Turducken posted...

Do you wear white shoes? Some people might be annoyed by that and just be too polite to say.

This is exactly why a code of respect is better. Sure, there are idiosyncrasies in what people can find annoying, but acknowledging and respecting a common base shows that basic respect for your neighbor is there, which begets a basic tolerance for idiosyncrasies.

I mean, you do actually believe this, you just take issue with the details of what specifically is found annoying in Japanese culture. Unless you think any given thing people could be annoyed by is equally valid.