しょこさんは、アメリカのほうが好きです！アメリカ人は、とてもポジティブでいつもわらっていると言っていました。。アメリカのパーティはとてもクレイジーから、アメリカのせいかつの中で、パーティがいちばん好きです。日本せいかつの中で、ファッションが好きです！日本のふくはとてもかわいいと言っていました。
しょこさんは、今年のお正月は、ふるさとに帰って、かぞくと会います！楽しみといっています。日本人はお正月にたいてい、ふるさとに帰ってかぞくと会って、そのときに、”おせち”という、でんとうのたべものを食べると言っています。
I was surprised that Shoko said she liked the personalities of Americans more than Japanese. She said Americans are very positive and always laughing. My experience of Japan was that the people there are nicer than America. One day my friend Devon and I were walking around town trying to figure out how to get to a place on a map. We stopped inside a car dealership and they let us use their internet, tried to help us as best they could speaking only Japanese, and even bought us soda from the vending machine. I heard several similar stories from the other American councilors. When coming back to the states is when I really noticed. Landing at an airport in San Fransisco I immediately noticed that the airport staff were all frowning, would speak harshly and generally appeared unhappy compared to the airport staff when leaving Japan. The same was true of the store venders and other people at the airport. So it was interesting that we have different perspectives about this.
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I was also surprised by Shoko's comment! I think Japanese people are more helpful and ALWAYS happy. I don't think I've ever met an unhappy Japanese person. I know they hide their feelings where Americans are open about them.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it is always nice going back to Japan and get that kind of great "services"! Because they are extremely nice to me, I'd like to be really nice to them, too.
ReplyDeleteSo why do you think staff at the SF airport were all frowning, would speak harshly and generally appeared unhappy compared to the airport staff when leaving Japan!? Because they ar working at a low wage or they don't like their jobs?
I'm not really sure. I would say that most people in America don't like their jobs because of low wages, or they find their job boring, or their job is very stressful, or they feel unappreciated for the work they do. I'm not sure why this would be different in Japan since the economy and types of jobs are very similar to the US. There would be some cases of this in Japan too but it seemed much more rare. My impression was that Japanese people take more pride in their work and in doing a good job. So maybe this gives them a more friendly attitude towards others when they are working?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think they take pride in their work, but then, why these Jpn people can take pride in a job like cleaning a bathroom whereas American people cannot take pride in such as job...
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