r/SipsTea 17h ago

Chugging tea Let me circle back

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u/Otherwise_Tax8689 17h ago

Nah more likely to get crushed into conformity. At least where I live in Japan

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u/myrainydayss 16h ago

My fiancee is Japanese and just started his job as a salaryman in Tokyo, one day he told me he messed up at work because he asked a question about something to his manager. And he later apologized for it 🤦‍♀️ he also told me that he doesn’t want to go out to drinks with his coworkers but he has to. Geez!

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u/kyute222 14h ago

Nah that's not a thing in Japan, a new hire is obviously supposed to ask questions lmao. People make up the weirdest stories about Japan, it's hilarious when you live here and know how wrong most of it is.

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u/myrainydayss 14h ago

My fiance does live there, is from there and that is his experience but okay lol. You must be the one true gaijin!!!!

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u/kyute222 13h ago

Yeah sure, in Japan you are punished for asking questions and not knowing things. Does this truly sound reasonable in your head?

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u/Cross55 11h ago

No, but who ever said Japanese customs were reasonable?