Friday is finally here, and we’re pretty excited about it. Nothing special planned for the weekend – maybe some work in the yard, and possibly a trip to Costco, but that is pretty much it.
Last night I went out to yakitori with Bill and Gary, two of the customer inspectors at Kawasaki. By chance they were coming back from another factory and so we met in Okubo. They had arrived much earlier than I, so they had already set up shop at Ichiban yakitori. I like Ichiban, actually – the master of the place is very friendly, and it has an old feel to it. Old in a traditional kind of way.
After drinking with them for a while they were interested in seeing the other yakitori that I visit in town, Komedorishokudo. I lead them over to see it, and by chance we caught the master’s wife and child along with one of the part time workers with his wife and child just leaving. It had been a very long time since I’d seen them – maybe a year or two.
Gary and Bill seemed to enjoy the place. They drank and drank and argued politics and drank. I know better than to bring politics into a conversation over drinks, but these guys just love to tease each other over this and that, and it was interesting to watch their dynamic. They were both genuinely happy to hear that I had joined Kawasaki and left the staffing company. They had been prodding me to do it for the last couple of years.
So all in all it was a good night, but I’m pretty tired out this morning, and the weekend is looking really good.
