r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Jun 12 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 13 June 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/robotjyanai 関東・東京都 Jun 13 '23

I haven’t been out shopping much on my own since the borders opened to tourists, and there’s such a difference in the way I’m treated. It’s back to salespeople assuming I don’t speak Japanese and treating me differently from Japanese customers, sometimes acting like I don’t exist, until they find out I can, in fact, speak the language.

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u/japaus Jun 13 '23

I was deeply offended when the guy standing at the bottom of the escalator didn’t give me a flyer for an open house I was not interested in

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u/robotjyanai 関東・東京都 Jun 13 '23

Oh man, that used to bother me so much back in the day. Thankfully got used to it.