"What is so hard about being punctual?! We have been taught at school since young, haven't we? That's something we Japanese can never understand about foreigners. It is such an obvious and reasonable thing, being punctual, that is."
「当たり前じゃないの?遅刻なっとくできないっていうこと。だって、子供から学校でもそういうんじゃない?それだけ、日本人はまったくわからない。」
Quoted from a conversation I had with a fine Japanese young man...
Somehow, there was no way i could argue with him. I don't intend to, anyway. =)
Although I don't usually end up late for dates, it's still not for sure that I will end up punctual either.
The Japanese holds their principles of life tight to their mind and soul. They would be expected to follow every single virtue which reflects good personality. For example, keeping promises, not lying, and...being punctual.
One of my Japanese friends can be totally mindless about certain things, totally reckless when doing things, and have totally crazy habits that one can never imagine. But she......is punctual. Once she say she'll do something, she WILL do it.
Once she starts doing something, she WILL continue doing it.
There is this invisible hand. A hand that guides the Japanese's way of life. A hand which holds rules that the Japanese MUST follow. I think this is something we outsiders can never understand.
Say...but I am impressed. More amazed than impressed, i think. There is no other people that is more "unique" than Japanese people.
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