最近、なぜか英語がわからないウエイトレスさんが多いです（怒）。
私がわかる中国語は 謝謝。再会。マイタン・・５つぐらい。
だから、レストランでは注文が通じなくて泣きたくなることもあります。
でも、そんなときはノートに漢字を書いてみます。これが結構通じるんですよ。
あ～漢字が書けて幸せ♡ 漢字は素晴らしい♡
あれ？ちょっとまって。
英語は公用語でしょう？ なんで英語がわからない人が働いてるの？
Recently, for some reason there are many waitresses who simply do not understand English. (Angry)
And the amount of Chinese that I understand only adds up to about 5 words. xie xie, zai hui, mai tan (Cantonese)...
Hence, at times when I can't get to order what I want to order in a restaurant, I get so frustrated that I feel like crying.
But, when that happens, I just get my notebook out and try writing it in kanji. And this method does work pretty well.
Ahh~ being able to write kanji is such a bliss ♡ kanji is simply magnificent ♡
Hey wait--? Let's just pause for a bit.
I thought English is the official language? And why are those people who don't understand English working in the first place?
- 2 cents from Tsuchiya sensei
By the way people,
An interesting post by a fellow blogger has been discovered! It's about a Japanese's life in Singapore. And the recommended read for today is this (Interesting phrases found in Singapore and it's direct Japanese translation) ---->>>>> シンガポールの言葉 http://3ica.blog46.fc2.com/blog-entry-34.html
Please do refer to the other posts as well. It's quite amusing.
Have a nice and happy evening ahead~
- Blog admin
Gosh, that's strange. From what I remember, it was quite easy to communicate in English when I went to Singapore.
ReplyDeleteHi Xraiko,
ReplyDeleteEnglish works everywhere here. But sadly, there are many foreigners who come from China, etc.. who are taking up many service industry positions (Due to cheaper labour). Neither do they understand English, nor bother to make an effort to learn. Hence, it results in a bad image being portrayed to others.
Well, hopefully it changes soon. :)
When i went from Singapore to Japan, my colleagues and i had not learnt Japanese, so we had to rely on pictures in the menu to order food.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to communication with the Japanese engineers, we also depend a lot on... kanji! haha..