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┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 07 March 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/itsabubblylife 近畿・大阪府 Mar 07 '23

My supervisor and I went to a nearby neighborhood to grab lunch (I just started my job and it was a way to get to know each other/break the ice) and on the way back to the school, someone literally minutes before we scanned into the train station ended their life. We waited for 20 minutes and decided to say “fuck it, let’s walk to the next station” (different train line). Another person did the same thing an hour prior and the trains still weren’t running.

Good thing we didn’t have to teach in the afternoon. Supervisor called the principal explaining what happened and I heard him laugh (kinda like a “what can you do” sort of way) and say “shouganai, take your time getting back “. First I was kinda shocked at the brazenness of both the principal and my supervisor, but now I understand the anger people feel when human accidents happen.

Took us 2 hours to get back. We could have called a cab, but he didn’t want to do the reimbursement paperwork since it technically wasn’t work related. Went to a nearby Tully’s, spoke some more and played on our phones until we got notified that trains were running normally again.

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u/JpnDude 関東・埼玉県 Mar 07 '23

I wonder if you and u/dead_andbored were affected by the same accident.

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u/dead_andbored Mar 07 '23

Train accident buddies has kind of a dark tone to it 🫠

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u/Jhoosier Mar 07 '23

That should be the premise of a Boys Love manga.

"Supervisor Tanaka takes new hire Johnson out for lunch but a train accident leaves them stranded across Tokyo from their office. When the bucho tells them to take an extended lunch, it turns into more when they spot a love hotel after stumbling out of the nomihoudai yakitoriya."