Something is seriously wrong with this country
Yesterday, I had another great experience of Japanese hospitality. The background of the story is a little complex. A simplified version is: I might have to move to a new apartment within 5 days. This is logistically almost impossible. The only instance that can change this bad situation is the rental agency of my current apartment. Yesterday, I have asked a co-worker to call the rental agency for me. here is the dialog:
my co-worker: ... explaining the situation for about 3 minutes ....
my co-worker: Chris would like to come to your agency and speak with you about it.
agency: sorry, we do not talk to foreigners.
my co-worker: well, he would come with a japanese friend who could translate.
agency: that doesn't matter. we do not negotiate with foreigners.
I am still totally shocked about this. I will report this incident to the german embassy. however, i have little hope that i can change anything about my situation. there are no laws against racial discrimination in japan.
my co-worker: ... explaining the situation for about 3 minutes ....
my co-worker: Chris would like to come to your agency and speak with you about it.
agency: sorry, we do not talk to foreigners.
my co-worker: well, he would come with a japanese friend who could translate.
agency: that doesn't matter. we do not negotiate with foreigners.
I am still totally shocked about this. I will report this incident to the german embassy. however, i have little hope that i can change anything about my situation. there are no laws against racial discrimination in japan.
5 Comments:
wtf - as bad as it gets; hast du aber kommen sehen, nur nicht in der Härte, oder?
das hast du schoen beschrieben. ich bin inzwischen in kontakt mit der deutschen botschaft. ich bin gespannt, wie's weitergeht!
wieso sind die da so krass zu ausländern??
lg simon
scheiss auf den "japanischen traum". lebe einen anderen. ich lebe den deutschen ;-)
@blakkkout: bitte keine faekalsprache!
@simon: erklaer ich dir genauer im august
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