Monthly Archives: June 2004

接客とは

Posted on June 10, 2004 by TatsuruArimura

■2004/06/10 (木)

今日、近所の名前だけ牛丼屋の「○×屋」にいった。

そしてそこの接客に腹が立った。

注文を聞きにくるとき、商品を渡すとき、帰りの会計、

そのすべてにおいて笑顔なしの能面様顔貌。

しかも、お決まりのため言い馴れすぎて全く心のこもっていないマニュアル用語。

脅迫感、圧迫感さえ感じるこの接客態度にdebleは爆発寸前。

(　´,_ゝ`）　フーン　ダレニ　オソワッタノ、ソノ　セッキャク。

極めつけは接客時には全くでない笑顔が厨房にいるときは

他の従業員と笑顔で会話。

(　´,_ゝ`）フーン　エガオデルジャン。

こっちは金払って飯だけを食いにきているんじゃねぇ！

店の清潔さ、接客、トータルを見て金を払ってるんや！

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国試

Posted on June 8, 2004 by TatsuruArimura

■2004/06/08 (火)

いよいよ国試の２文字が現実のものとなって近づいてきた。

今年の2月に行われたST国家試験問題の開頭と解説を、

みんなで分担して完成させようということで、2人1組になり

1組につき14問を担当。締め切りは6月中なので末までに完成させねば。

今日初めてその問題を見てみる。

んっ？前庭神経炎？良性発作性頭位めまい？

聞き覚えあるけど、内容はスッカラカン。やばいぜ！

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いたた

Posted on June 7, 2004 by TatsuruArimura

■2004/06/07 (月)

最近車に乗っていて、きつめにブレーキをかけると

明らかに左前のタイヤから、「シャカシャカシャカ」

という音がしていたので、ブレーキパッド交換のために

ス○キディーラーにいった。交換時間は３０分くらいですむらしい。

問題の「おいくらになります？」のdebleの問いに、

「12,000円くらいです」

(´-`;).｡ｏO( ５ケタもするのか… )

イタい出費だぜ。。

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祖父の七回忌法要のこと２

Posted on June 7, 2004 by CaryFujikawa

　５月２２日、祖父の７回忌法要のため、日帰りでハワイ島、コナの実家に帰りました。午前５時半の飛行機でホノルルを発ち、６時半頃、コナに着きました。空港には、母が迎えに来てくれました。家に着くと、母は朝食を用意してくれました。法要は、１１時からコナ本願寺で行なわれました。そして、寺の外にある納骨堂にお参りをしました。

　今回、ご住職は英語だけで法要を行ないました。初めてのことでした。今までは、日本語だけでした。日本語での法要は、まったく理解できませんでしたが、英語だけになると、不思議な感じでした。言葉の意味は、全てわかるはずなのに、まるで言葉に意味がないかのようでした。何かが失われているような気持ちがしました。 Continue reading →

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My grandfather’s Seven Year Service

Posted on June 7, 2004 by CaryFujikawa

May 22nd was my grandfather’s Seven Year Service. I flew to Kona at around 5:30am. My mother picked me up at the airport and took me home. She made my sister and I breakfast. The service started at 11am at Kona Honganji Mission Temple. It’s the same temple I’ve been going to since I was a child. I was baptized there. My two aunts and uncle flew in from Oahu like me. It was a small service. There were about 12 people.

This day’s service was different from all the other funeral services I’ve been to before. It was delivered in English. Reverend Shindo has presided at Kona Honganji since I was a child, and the services have always been in Japanese as he and his family are from Japan. I guess there less people now that understand Japanese. I know I didn’t understand it as a child, and still don’t understand most of it today. But there was a comfort in listening to the Japanese. It felt more authentic. Continue reading →

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An offhand letter (It is the rainy season in Nagasaki, too)

Posted on June 7, 2004 by AkikoNakatani

The rainy season has started in Nagasaki, and it has become hot, humid, and sticky. In the hospital, the air conditioner is runner full blast and the patients often complain, "the hallway is so cold!"

Recently, for the sake of my health, I have been exercising with a few of my co-workers at the gym once a week. It has become a custom that, after work, we eat before working out, work out, and go to eat yakiniku! In terms of calories, this is a plus. However, it is really fun and makes me happy.

I am often told by people in other departments that I am lucky to be in radiology. Every day I think that I am lucky to have come to the radiology department in this hospital. Outside of work, people take me to do things like go out and have fun or to parties at their houses. If I can’t do my job and get worked up about it, they stay until late at night and coach me aggresively. I am trained intensely until I can do it. I become the patient and they take many x-rays of me. They just bombard me over and over. (Regarding being bombarded, there is no danger of radiation build-up.) They also throw me encouragement parties. Continue reading →

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I enjoyed English conversation for the first time in a while.

Posted on June 7, 2004 by AkikoNakatani

Today, I had the pleasure of having English conversation for the first time in a while. My friend from elementary school was asked by a man from Australia to teach him Japanese, so they went to dinner together and I was invited along. I talked with that person about various things. The goal was to teach Japanese and I like teaching, so it was very lively.

However, in the middle of that, I was asked, "Is the way that men and women speak different?" When I answered, "It’s a little different," he seemed uncomfortable and said, "If I learn Japanese from you, wouldn’t I come to speak in a feminine way." I hadn’t thought to be worried about that, so I was very surprised. However, when I thought about it, I thought that it is something to be worried about. Continue reading →

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