http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/how-to-feel-special/ Living and writing in rural Japan Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:04:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/how-to-feel-special/#comment-933 Liz S. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:34:33 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/?p=358#comment-933 Most days at Macy's it's difficult to even FIND a sales associate much less find someone who will serve you tea while you wait until the store opens. Japan definitely has the edge on the US in terms of department stores Most days at Macy’s it’s difficult to even FIND a sales associate much less find someone who will serve you tea while you wait until the store opens. Japan definitely has the edge on the US in terms of department stores

]]> http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/how-to-feel-special/#comment-932 Deborah Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:08:44 +0000 http://gaijinmama.wordpress.com/?p=358#comment-932 Ha! I'm in California right now, and I went to Macy's TODAY. The woman who rang me up, who was definitely a good deal younger than me, called me "Honey." She called my mom "Honey." Bet that wouldn't happen to you at Sogo Department Store, eh? (I found the "Honey" highly irritating, but she was very nice once you got to know her which I feel I did within the 3 minutes it took to ring me up. At times like those I really feel like I'm in a foreign country. Ha! I’m in California right now, and I went to Macy’s TODAY. The woman who rang me up, who was definitely a good deal younger than me, called me “Honey.” She called my mom “Honey.” Bet that wouldn’t happen to you at Sogo Department Store, eh? (I found the “Honey” highly irritating, but she was very nice once you got to know her which I feel I did within the 3 minutes it took to ring me up. At times like those I really feel like I’m in a foreign country.

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