Hello!
Well, summer in Japan can be tough, it's too hot!
Thank you very much to everyone who came to visit our pop-up store @ Tokyo Jiyugaoka in such a scorching heat!
It has been 20 years since I opened a store at a school festival when I was a university student.
but I had a good time! It was a pleasure to meet you directly with our wonderful customers! I was even happier when the customer who bought it showed me a cute picture of the child wearing the clothes at a later date! I was overjoyed as if it was my own child.
I'm really thankful to you. 🙇♀️
I was wondering what to write this time, but in fact, the number of views of the previous blog "Surenai Hanashi" was considerably higher than before. In other words, is it okay to say that it has been certified as a "non-slip story"?
Strike while the iron is hot!
So, this time, I would like to write a non-slip story 2.
Embarrassing story due to misunderstanding again this time
Have you ever experienced something like this?
Have you ever had trouble communicating when you can't see your face, that is, talking on the phone when you can't see your face?
I often
If it's face-to-face, you can somehow understand from the other person's expression, and you can also convey what you want to convey with glue. But phone. . .
difficult. especially in foreign languages.
This story also goes back to 2010 .
After staying in New York for over a year, I've come to understand the pace of work. When I was able to relax a little and had fun, I started to feel a little lonely. Alone at the age of 29 in a foreign land. . .
I miss human skin. 29 years old looking for a date.
That day, yes, was it a sunny spring day? No, it might have been an autumn day.
After visiting a customer (financial institution) near Central Park, I picked up a taxi and started driving down Fifth Avenue to my office downtown.
As soon as I got into the taxi, my cell phone suddenly rang.
that? But it's not mine.
A closer look reveals that a mobile phone has been left behind on the seat.
I reflexively picked up the phone and answered the call.
It was the voice of a beautiful woman .
this is! Intuitively, I got out of the taxi for the time being.
It was pretty bad English. It is said that he is in trouble because he forgot his mobile phone in a taxi.
I wanted to deliver it, and intuitively thought that this was destiny!
I was lonely all by myself, and I even thought that someone with an accented English would be just right. If you are a native New Yorker, you will be shy.
I immediately asked him where he was, and he said he was at a hotel in Midtown not far away. I said, "I'm going now, so wait," and hung up the phone.
That Whitney Houston song was playing in my head.
It's like falling in love when you take the same video at the same time at a typical rental video store! I thought so.
Imagine various stories while running. I'm pretty sure he looks like Cameron Diaz . You should get to know each other through this.
I think we arrived at the hotel in about 10 minutes.
At that time, the way she ran was like that of Naoko Takahashi at the Sydney Olympics.
At the corner just before arrival, I took off my sunglasses like Q-chan. This should look good.
Then he searched the lobby for the unknown Cameron , whom he had only heard his voice.
Resting restlessly. Like Andrés Iniesta in a match looking for a pass. (Even if it's hard to understand!)
There are several women, but none of them seem to be different.
Where's Cameron?
Then my cell phone rang again.
"Where are you?" I said, "I'm already in the lobby."
Then a boy approached. . . .
When I was wondering what, what, the boy said, "Thank you."
I still can't comprehend the situation.
yes! The one who was troubled by forgetting his cell phone was a boy who hadn't even changed his voice yet. . .
I was probably around 12 years old. . .
Where is my Cameron?
"Are you looking for this phone?"
I picked myself up for the time being and called out to the boy.
The boy was relieved and seemed very happy. He said that he was traveling from Argentina, but he forgot his mobile phone in the taxi and was in trouble.
I said, "It was good," but my expectations were completely betrayed and I was stunned.
Picking myself up, I thought I had to go back to work, so I said, "I have to run." As I was about to leave, the boy tried to hand me a $20 bill.
When I was in my second year as a working adult, I was selected as one of the four poorest kings (see past blog "Top 5 favorite places in Spain"),
"No, no, I can't have it," he insisted.
Did you really want $20? But if someone who works on Wall Street takes money from a 12-year-old, it's a snail.
The boy was awkward and quiet, so I thought I should say something too.
"Speaking of Argentina, Messi. Messi is amazing, isn't he?"
I've been supporting FC Barcelona since then, and if I'm Argentinian, this topic is an iron plate! I proudly approached him.
Then the unexpected answer was "I don't really like Messi". . .
At that time, Messi was certainly active only in the club, and it was said that he would not be serious in the national team, and it was a time when the Argentine people were an enemy.
It was shallow .
It got a little awkward, so I said, "Okay, let's go."
However, the boy does not back down.
"You are a nice person" and try to give me money.
No, I can't say that I thought you were Cameron Diaz, let alone a nice person.
To a pure boy.
"I didn't come here for money, I just wanted to help you in need. Enjoy the rest of your trip!"
said and left the place.
and said
Abba!
Just like Shingo Yanagisawa . Let me be cool at the end.
To the phantom Cameron. . .
Then I made my way back to the office.
Whitney, which had been playing in my head, had turned into Subaru , that famous song by Shinji Tanimura.
Talking on the phone is still difficult. . .
Because you can't see the other person's face, you may misunderstand them.
The misunderstanding following the Don Jonne incident (see the previous "Slipless Story" ) has happened again.
At that time, Onishi Lion calls out.
don't worry
At the time, I only changed my hairstyle to Cameron out of revenge
husband