Originally Posted by GaijinPunch
re; Punctual/ Work ethic -
Small issues aside, I've been hugely impressed by how seriously take their jobs, since I've been working for NHK in London (It is nearly all Japanese people). My technical dealings with Tokyo have nearly always gone smoothly.
If someone says they will do something, they do it.
When I deal with English people I have to chase them and pester them a lot to do their job (even though they are making money from the situation).
E.G - Sony UK had one of my machines in for repair for well over a month, during which I had to keep calling them to start the job (because of lost information, bad communication and general slackness)
Eventually I had to send a second purchase order to start the repair job again. What they don't realise is I have people at NHK chasing me about the machine and wondering if it is my fault...
...Kind and unsympathetic is a strange juxtaposition, and I'm still making my mind up.
My (ex?)G/F(?) whatever she is/was is not very sympathetic.
I read something here about needing a 'thick skin in Japan', maybe mine is not thick enough to have a Japanese girlfriend.
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