Visited a preschool with wife and daughter to interview. A police officer, teacher, and two students all asked if I was new English teacher.
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This is the default guess for occupation for any Westerner who looks older than college and it gets a weeeeeee bit trying.
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One reason is that while teacher is a respectable occupation in Japan Western teachers of English are "human tape recorders." This is known.
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So if I get McKenzie-sensei'd by virtually anyone that is generally bad news because I've presented as semiskilled migrant labor.
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Replying to @patio11
are there some I'm a local business man visible shibboleths besides just wearing a suit everywhere?
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I sometimes ask questions I already know the answer to just so I can demonstrate that I can formulate sophisticated questions in Japanese.
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"Excuse me, are you still accepting account applications for... oh what was it... the financial product you have which allows tax-advantaged
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investment in mutual funds and similar securities?" "You mean the NISA?" "Yes, that's what I mean. I'd like to open a NISA for my daughter."
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This gets me much better results than "Good day; I'd like to open a Junior NISA account for my daughter."
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