Friday is finally here, and we’re pretty excited about it. \u00a0Nothing special planned for the weekend – maybe some work in the yard, and possibly a trip to Costco, but that is pretty much it.<\/p>\n
Last night I went out to yakitori with Bill and Gary, two of the customer inspectors at Kawasaki. \u00a0By chance they were coming back from another factory and so we met in Okubo. \u00a0They had arrived much earlier than I, so they had already set up shop at Ichiban yakitori. \u00a0I like Ichiban, actually – the master of the place is very friendly, and it has an old feel to it. \u00a0Old in a traditional kind of way.<\/p>\n
After drinking with them for a while they were interested in seeing the other yakitori that I visit in town, Komedorishokudo. \u00a0I 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. \u00a0It had been a very long time since I’d seen them – maybe a year or two.<\/p>\n
Gary and Bill seemed to enjoy the place. \u00a0They drank and drank and argued politics and drank. \u00a0I 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. \u00a0They were both genuinely happy to hear that I had joined Kawasaki and left the staffing company. \u00a0They had been prodding me to do it for the last couple of years.<\/p>\n
So all in all it was a good night, but I’m pretty tired out this morning, and the weekend is looking really good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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