I promised a coworker that I would join him for a drink at the tachinomi tonight after work. The last time I agreed to meet for a drink at the tachinomi I ended up stuck at a very expensive restaurant eating a long dinner and entertaining two female coworkers as well.
The nice thing about a tachinomi experience is that you can wrap it up after a drink or two, and still go home and be productive. Unfortunately, this guy doesn’t seem to want to do that. If we end up at another long, expensive dinner I’m going to have to think twice about meeting with him again.
This is the reality while working at a Japanese company, however, and sometimes you’ve just got to deal with it.
