At the Mushroom Party last week, I met someone who said
to me – “I know you. You take Japanese
lessons where my sister-in-law teaches and I often see you walk by my house in
Higashiyama.” Even though this kind of thing often happens, I was still
surprised. The sister-in-law was my
teacher last year and Higashiyama is a section of town near the section I live
in and I do walk in that area!
Sapporo is the largest city in Hokkaido and the fifth
largest in Japan and many foreigners live there. Last week I went to a post
office in Sapporo that I used to go to frequently, but I hadn’t been there in a few
months. When I walked in the door, there
were two men clerks at the counter, but a woman ran from the back, saying osashaburi desu (something like - long
time no see). She knew my packages were airmail, small packet, to Amerika. I was amazed.
She must see a lot of foreigners and she remembered me.
Sugoi desu ne!
2 comments:
Everyone knows you! You're friendly and cheerful, people do remember that!
Well, I don't know you, but if you ARE friendly and cheerful they certainly would remember you. Just the other day Terry and I stopped at Subway for lunch. I recognized the server as someone who had waited on us at Wendy's many times. I mentioned to him that I missed seeing him at Wendy's and that he was my favorite server. He was so flattered that I remembered him but of course his friendly and cheerful personality was the reason I did. It's pretty cool that so many strangers recognize you!!
xx, Carol
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