Comments on: Irish people just don’t get it… http://blog.daniel.ie/2007/06/17/irish-people-just-dont-get-it/ Wed, 18 May 2011 11:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lob http://blog.daniel.ie/2007/06/17/irish-people-just-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-155 lob Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:22:06 +0000 http://xn--ick4b7a7i.net/wordpress/?p=22#comment-155 <p>i think that if they stopped serving and turned the lights off on me id get the point</p> i think that if they stopped serving and turned the lights off on me id get the point

]]> By: irish?? http://blog.daniel.ie/2007/06/17/irish-people-just-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-140 irish?? Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:05:18 +0000 http://xn--ick4b7a7i.net/wordpress/?p=22#comment-140 <p>I think it is up to the the individual to understand that if your a tourist in japan, there is going to be a different way of traditional drinking or pub'ing in their own country,,no matter how much japan wants to be in the western eyes...its still japan. As for me, being a hapa(half) i can see this both ways...The japanese here in Hawaii have made their embarrassing moments too , not only Hawaii, but many other places of interest..Im a film director and have a keen eye for things and culture. so this all boils down to just learning .....</p> I think it is up to the the individual to understand that if your a tourist in japan, there is going to be a different way of traditional drinking or pub’ing in their own country,,no matter how much japan wants to be in the western eyes…its still japan. As for me, being a hapa(half) i can see this both ways…The japanese here in Hawaii have made their embarrassing moments too , not only Hawaii, but many other places of interest..Im a film director and have a keen eye for things and culture. so this all boils down to just learning …..

]]> By: ダニエル氏 http://blog.daniel.ie/2007/06/17/irish-people-just-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-25 ダニエル氏 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:10:45 +0000 http://xn--ick4b7a7i.net/wordpress/?p=22#comment-25 <p>It's a Japanese bar in Japan! It's not the owner's fault for not understanding how foreign bars work! Granted the Irish can't be expected to understand how it all works, but that doesn't put any blame onto the Japanese.</p> <p>Other stupid things Irish people did here: When leaving a temple, lots of people took their shoes from the "genkan" (which they had taken off when entereing) and put them on inside. Then walked outside. It was pretty clear that this was wrong as there were ladies telling everyone not to put the shoes down inside. When one lady got it wrong and was told she had to put on her shoes outside, she literally laughed in the face of the lady telling her off.</p> <p>One lady started idly walking into a zen garden (those raked rock gardens). I'm not surprised that they see foreigners as big clumsy barbarians at all now.</p> It’s a Japanese bar in Japan! It’s not the owner’s fault for not understanding how foreign bars work! Granted the Irish can’t be expected to understand how it all works, but that doesn’t put any blame onto the Japanese.

Other stupid things Irish people did here: When leaving a temple, lots of people took their shoes from the “genkan” (which they had taken off when entereing) and put them on inside. Then walked outside. It was pretty clear that this was wrong as there were ladies telling everyone not to put the shoes down inside. When one lady got it wrong and was told she had to put on her shoes outside, she literally laughed in the face of the lady telling her off.

One lady started idly walking into a zen garden (those raked rock gardens). I’m not surprised that they see foreigners as big clumsy barbarians at all now.

]]> By: Liv http://blog.daniel.ie/2007/06/17/irish-people-just-dont-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Liv Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:52:18 +0000 http://xn--ick4b7a7i.net/wordpress/?p=22#comment-22 <p>Well, i'm afraid that's not the irish tourists fault, and in case you had forgotten, you <em>are</em> irish. You, of all people should know that most tourists most certainly will have <em>not</em> read up on as much common etiquette in Japan as you. In fact for most of them this is probably their first time talking to a Japanese person. I certainly wouldn't have known that. They most likely would have left if they had known that that was the case. Here you're told quite literally to get out. There they probably thought oh great, they've stopped serving but we're allowed to stay here as long as we want. I've finally found a flaw in the over-politeness of the Japanese, you can't deal with tourists this way. It is most certainly not our fault if the bar tender hasn't the common sense to say he has to close up. I certainly feel no pity for him if none of this was explained to the irish tourists. Its not lacking common sense on their behalf, its lacking it on the Japanese side of things. Common sense is <em>not</em> staying up all night because you're too nice to tell some foreign customers you have to close for the night.</p> Well, i’m afraid that’s not the irish tourists fault, and in case you had forgotten, you are irish. You, of all people should know that most tourists most certainly will have not read up on as much common etiquette in Japan as you. In fact for most of them this is probably their first time talking to a Japanese person. I certainly wouldn’t have known that. They most likely would have left if they had known that that was the case. Here you’re told quite literally to get out. There they probably thought oh great, they’ve stopped serving but we’re allowed to stay here as long as we want. I’ve finally found a flaw in the over-politeness of the Japanese, you can’t deal with tourists this way. It is most certainly not our fault if the bar tender hasn’t the common sense to say he has to close up. I certainly feel no pity for him if none of this was explained to the irish tourists. Its not lacking common sense on their behalf, its lacking it on the Japanese side of things. Common sense is not staying up all night because you’re too nice to tell some foreign customers you have to close for the night.

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