Yesterday I was sitting in my office\/classroom waiting for my next student when a knock came at the door, and a person I didn’t know at all started to walk in the door. He spotted me and stopped short, and I took the opportunity to say in very professional English, “Good afternoon, can I help you?”<\/p>\n
The poor guy got a double shock for walking into the wrong room, and unfortunately wasn’t able to recover. He said something like, “Ah… ah… mmm… no… uh…” and then ran for it. <\/p>\n
Actually this kind of thing happens about once a month. The office that I’m in is marked as “reception room 4”, but unfortunately on the same floor there is also a “meeting room 4” and “inspector’s office 4”. That leaves plenty of chance for confusion. I actually enjoy the experiences very much (probably too much). I guess it breaks up an otherwise routine day. <\/p>\n
Tonight is the big night, and we’ll bring together six single people in a restaurant with all you can drink alcohol and see what happens. It’s my first experience to witness \u00e5\u0090\u02c6\u00e3\u201a\u00b3\u00e3\u0192\u00b3 (go-kon) up close. It should make for some interesting stories next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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