Have I been here too long ?

[rubirosa]

I braved the wind and rain and headed out to Costco today.

While shopping I saw a military guy, you know the type, crew cut, PX garb and a mean scowl premanently etched onto his face, the type of guy who wouldn't smile if John Belushi started doing summersaults over the rotteserie chicken and cheese cake samples.

Anyway the guy had a baby in his shopping cart. The baby was holding a bottle, it looked like tea. The baby dropped the bottle and it rolled under the cart a little. The grunt then extended his left foot under the cart and proceded to roll the bottle out from under the cart with his foot, picked it up and gave it back to the kid. Right after that his Japanese ol' lady came up with three older kids and put a daikon in the cart.

It reminded me of a time long ago when I pointed to something in a supermarket with my foot and the chick I was with nearly bitchslapped me. I then recalled a time, also in the distant past, when I picked up a pen at home between my toes and my ol' lady at the time had a fit.

Anyway, I know that it is a capital offense, nearly on par with walking into the house to fetch something you forgot with your shoes on, to point or touch things with your feet here in this heathen land.

Was I wrong to freak out on that guy touching that baby bottle with his feet? Have I been here too long?

[Thebunnyhauntsme]

Yes you have. You need to head back home and get a good ol' dose of 'normality', before you wind up mukokuseki...

[zilch]

Seeing as John Belushi has been dead for about 20 years I wouldn't smile either, I mean bits of him would be dropping off everywhere.

If you shop in Costco you have been here too long.

[donpaulo]

samurai night fever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5IqDWEtdHA

[Koenji]

he used his foot to roll the bottle out of a tight spot, which seems normal to me. using your foot to point or pick things up seems a lot more crude.

[electric_japan]

There goes my appetite for lunch. My stomach just turned over.

[Travlrsong]

I don't think being disgusted about that's only a japanese thing. Did the dude even wipe it off or clean it? I mean, the bottle was going into his kid's mouth, and into the hands that would be going into the kid's mouth, right? Dude was just a slug. That's all.

I made plenty of foot mistakes early on too, and still catch flack from the wife for moving things across a tatami with my feet. But a shoe on a baby bottle on the floor at Costco? That's just gross.

[rubirosa]

I don't think being disgusted about that's only a japanese thing. Did the dude even wipe it off or clean it? I mean, the bottle was going into his kid's mouth, and into the hands that would be going into the kid's mouth, right? Dude was just a slug. That's all.

I made plenty of foot mistakes early on too, and still catch flack from the wife for moving things across a tatami with my feet. But a shoe on a baby bottle on the floor at Costco? That's just gross.

No, he did not wipe it off or clean it, just gave it straight back to the baby. And it wasn't his first kid, he had three older ones. And it was in the meat seciton, in front of a case of raw beef.

[JBS3009]

Have I been here too long?

Yes. Next - clad in kimono, straw sandals, and tending to goldfish - you'll be calling us "round-eyed barbarians" and demanding our immediate expulsion.

Wake the fcuk up!

[~Murasaki~]

hmmm...you went to costco, what do you expect, that's just nasty...I believe you should take a vacation though. If you are asking that question in a forum.You need a break.

[Super Grover]

If you have been here more than 3 years, you -- ALL OF YOU -- have been here too long. I lost it years ago. Next time you're in Costoco could you pick me up some chicken finger/nuggets?

[Guru]

If you have been here more than 3 years, you -- ALL OF YOU -- have been here too long. I lost it years ago. Next time you're in Costoco could you pick me up some chicken finger/nuggets?

When would be the cut off date?

[-英雄-]

Yes. Next - clad in kimono, straw sandals, and tending to goldfish - you'll be calling us "round-eyed barbarians" and demanding our immediate expulsion.

Wake the fcuk up!

indeed. don't forget butterstinkers

[ひさしぶり]

I braved the wind and rain and headed out to Costco today.

While shopping I saw a military guy, you know the type, crew cut, PX garb and a mean scowl premanently etched onto his face, the type of guy who wouldn't smile if John Belushi started doing summersaults over the rotteserie chicken and cheese cake samples.

Anyway the guy had a baby in his shopping cart. The baby was holding a bottle, it looked like tea. The baby dropped the bottle and it rolled under the cart a little. The grunt then extended his left foot under the cart and proceded to roll the bottle out from under the cart with his foot, picked it up and gave it back to the kid. Right after that his Japanese ol' lady came up with three older kids and put a daikon in the cart.

It reminded me of a time long ago when I pointed to something in a supermarket with my foot and the chick I was with nearly bitchslapped me. I then recalled a time, also in the distant past, when I picked up a pen at home between my toes and my ol' lady at the time had a fit.

Anyway, I know that it is a capital offense, nearly on par with walking into the house to fetch something you forgot with your shoes on, to point or touch things with your feet here in this heathen land.

Was I wrong to freak out on that guy touching that baby bottle with his feet? Have I been here too long?

What's up with this sudden quest for knowledge about other people's pay? Some people make a lot, some make a little, some make nothing at all. WTF do you care? Jealous much?

What's up with this sudden quest for knowledge about other people's way of raising their kids? Some people are good at it, some are avarage, some not good at all. WTF do you care? Hypocrite much?

[Call_It_Like_Eye_See_It]

Anyways, along a similar line of thinking, this past week, I have seen two young YANKI j-men put their shoes up on public seats...!

The first loser was in the usual grimy construction gear and had his shoes up on the subway seat.

Then a couple of J-punks wearing that crappy rapper-looking wannabe style were jumping up and down on their Lotte Hamburger seats....

Now, why can't they be good little boys and mind their manners like kindergarten kids are taught to!

Or have I been here too long..?!!?

[speedboat]

...Then a couple of J-punks wearing that crappy rapper-looking wannabe style were jumping up and down on their Lotte Hamburger seats....

Well, what else do you expect in a 'Korean' fast food restaurant?

[Call_It_Like_Eye_See_It]

Fair enough!

But what about the j-loser on the subway?

And this ain't the first I've seen of it of course from our less and less polite J-hosts.... Just that it stands out because it happened on back-to-back days!

Anybody else seeing the emergence of sloppy manners, rude behaviors, etc. like plus size j-chicks wearing skirts that could pass as bath towels who bring on a sense of naseousness?

[twelvedown]

Anyways, along a similar line of thinking, this past week, I have seen two young YANKI j-men put their shoes up on public seats...!

The first loser was in the usual grimy construction gear and had his shoes up on the subway seat.

Then a couple of J-punks wearing that crappy rapper-looking wannabe style were jumping up and down on their Lotte Hamburger seats....

Now, why can't they be good little boys and mind their manners like kindergarten kids are taught to!

Or have I been here too long..?!!?

Well you may have been...but then you'll go home and see teengers all slashing seats and sniffing glue and stuff and then you probably think "Nope, wasn't there long enough...."

As to the guy and the baby bottle. It would't be too manly to get down on your knees for something you can just reach with your foot....I wouldn't care...helps toughen the kid up too....

[speedboat]

Fair enough!

But what about the j-loser on the subway?

Sorry, don't get them out my way. Some benefits of being in the country.

[Mr. Ludd]

As to the guy and the baby bottle. It would't be too manly to get down on your knees for something you can just reach with your foot....I wouldn't care...helps toughen the kid up too....[/QUOTE]

Yes, yes, yes! More germs needed. The fear of germs here has gone overboard. Antiseptic hand wipes, pens, masks and ATMs that sterilize money. Like George Carlin said, immune systems need practice/something to work on. The country that once ran amok in Asia and built a huge empire, now panics whenever a chicken sneezes.
Someday soon there will be another cold/influenza outbreak, and everybody except those of us who played in the dirt or sucked on booted baby bottles, will be wiped out.

[ume]

I think ... whatever.

I personally don't do the over the top "No germs" parenting thing (my parents didn't either - I recall a sibling of mine used to love eating cat food.)

Lets all bare in mind that an average mobile phone has about 25,000 germs on its surface at any given time where as your toilet has only 47. I would imagine a supermarket floor has even less. But no one gets all uppity when they see a kid playing with a mobile phone.

That baby is probably going to be just fine. And ... too long ... I dunno. But you are turning a bit obaachan in your cleaning habits and ability to tut-tut at other people. No offense.