I...I love World Market...o__o

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OMG GAIZ GAIZ, THE BESTEST COOL THING HAPPENED. I LOVE WORK NOW. BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE GUESS WHAT.

I TALKED TO A JAPANESE LADY THERE TODAY AND OMGOMGOMG IT WAS SO AWESOME. BECAUSE SHE WAS JAPANESE. AND WE SPOKE IN JAPANESE. AND YEAH.

GAAAAAHHHHH. You have no IDEA how exciting that was XDDDD So here's how it went down since I KNOW you're all sitting on the edge of your seats waiting for me to tell the thrilling story. So, I was working the register, like always, and this lady comes up with an exchange, so I'm checking her out, and it's pretty slow, and when I get done with the check out, she has to sign her credit card receipt and fill out some stuff since she exchanged something.

So she's writing and I'm surreptitiously looking at her name, cause now I'm hypersensitive to anyone who even REMOTELY seems to be of Asian descent in that store 8D and I see her first name is Reiko. OMG THAT'S JAPANESE WHAAAAAAAA. So I try to initiate a conversation and not freak her out, and go, "So...you're Japanese huh?" <--so smooth, oh yes. She kind of smiles and nods, because she's a 60-something year old woman and is being spoken to by a weird foreigner (ectually, her license said California, and her last name was Hunter, so I guess we're both citizens XD;;)

When she of course failed to further the conversation, I kind of blurted out, "I'm going to Japan next year :DDDDD" and THAT got her going, so we started talking (in English) about where I was going, why, what I was going to do, how long, then she asked WHEN I was going.

"Umm, I'll go over next July...rainen no shichigatsu kara."

If you can imagine a 60 year old Japanese woman flailing about? That's what happened. Then the entire rest of the conversation took place in Japanese as I finished checking her out XDDDD she started asking questions about where I'd learned it, how long, that kinda good stuff, then as she started to leave, I told her, "Go-raiten arigatou gozaimashita" which is something clerks say in Japan as you leave the store you've just shopped at, literally something along the lines of, "Thank you for honorably visiting our store" and she started getting excited again XDDDD and tossed me a "Ganbatte ne!" before she left~~~~~

MY DAY AT WORK: MADE. At THAT moment. Translating is fun and easy. BUT I GOT TO TALK TO A JAPANESE GRANDMA BITCHES. BAM!

Also: I had something from Starbucks that WASN'T HOT CHOCOLATE :OOOOOOO It was...umm, a "Chai Cream Frapaccino" I think. Anyways, it was GOOD. I've never had any tea outside of typical southern iced tea, but wow XD

OK TIYARD BED NOW.

Comments

[reppu.livejournal.com]

Congrats! I was wondering if you'd get up your nerve. Imagine that...lying to that poor old lady! You're not going to Japan next year (or at least, you didn't know that for sure!). Just had to figure out how to slip that Japanese into the conversation didn't you? Kudos to you man...

Starbucks fraps are DELICIOUS. I had a Banana & Cream this morning. Now I'll have to try the Chai. It was green or something? What a nice treat, after talking to the old Japanese lady. You deserved it. <3

[astronomia]

XD All I ever get at Starbucks is hot chocolate and those massive cookies. Dear god, you could choke on just one of the chocolate chips. Mmmm...

And that's so cool!! ^^ I would have been too nervous to say anything, so it's pretty cool that you actually did. And excellent job giving the poor woman a heartattack with the use of a Japanese store phrase. Too bad you couldn't have greeted her, too.

[ullheins.livejournal.com]

XD You. Are. Uber-cute! I can somewhat understand the excitement you went through. A few months ago my sister and I were at a supermarket when this Japanese family came up on the same aisle and started talking amongst each other in Japanese. My sister (who's a level2? Japanese student btw) was flailing about going "OMGOMGOMG JAPANESE people speaking in JAPANESE!" and we she started evesdropping on them. They seem to be having some problem trying to find some things. Sadly she didn't have enough courage to talk to them. XP Pathetic I know. But yeah, I'm guessing you and my sister are in the same boat when it comes to these things.

[pixxers.livejournal.com]

That's the cutest story in the world. ♥ I bet she was so cute.

Mmm, Chai.

[shaggydizbot101.livejournal.com]

Dork. :P

Granted, I've wanted to try that for a while now. Without knowing their names though, I have to listen to them speak, and it's vary rare to hear a Japanese speaker in the store (more Chinese people than anyone else there). Ah well. :)

[analineblue.livejournal.com]

Yaaaay for random Japanese conversations~! ^_____^ Jeremy got to speak Japanese to a random Starbucks customer the other day, and he was really excited too... I guess she didn't speak much English, and was stumbling over the sizes, and he supplied the names to her in Japanese, and she got really happy and excited. :D Japanese people... ♥

[ashita-wa-ok.livejournal.com]

YAY~ I love those moments of Japanese!

Past experience ~ I tried that with a sushi guy who was blatantly Japanese, but he must've been raised in America. When we started talking (in english), I slipped in a Japanese phrase, & he was like 'what?!?!?' He apparently didn't know any Japanese. . .

I ended the conversation shortly after, & walked quickly away blushing furiously ~