Working as a movie extra, cleaning hotels, dealing with xenophobic callers, rejected on dating sites for being an English teacher?? Buckle up because we’ve got some fun work stories for today.
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Frankie - @franklinthewoman
Cheyenne - @lostwithlow
Words mentioned/useful words
不健全 (fukenzen) な 友達 (tomodachi) - unhealthy/toxic friend (doesn’t have to be romantic but could be)
セフレ (sefure) - friend with benefits (seggs friend)
ヤリ目 (yarimoku) - not looking for a serious relationship, just fooling around
遊び (asobi) - play, playing around
さすが (sasuga) - of course, as expected
ヤンキー (yanki) - delinquent
残念 (zan nen) - that’s too bad, that’s unfortunate
宴会 (enkai) - party/banquet
方言 (hougen) - dialect
キャバクラ (kyabakura) - hostess club
References:
Confidence Man JP Trailer: Frankie is at 0 : 33 in the denim jacket but not in focus!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgeDUPimNYk
Lupin’s Daughter trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzvuEDvfVdA
Whisper of the Heart trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX_QeMx4ods
Reddit stories:
Advice on racist abuse from a customer via telephone
https://www.reddit.com/r/japanresidents/s/uBZooQbgQQ
Has anyone here quit an office/WFH job in Japan to be an English teacher?
https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/s/zEqeM23IY3
Japanese ojisan coworkers mumbling
https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/s/v3y8YYb7Z3
I used to work at a Japanese hostess club AMA
https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/s/ZxF0qUzD8Q
Unmatched immediately after I told her my job
https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/s/c2iMYCooWS
Time stamps
00:00 hello/life updates
2:59 random dating advice + new slang
6:32 work stories - movie extra, modeling
20:43 Cheyenne’s ALT stories
27:09 hotel cleaning
29:05 company bailed on visa
30:17 sent to police for recycling wrong
33:20 asked out by coworker
36:40 xenophobic caller
40:01 quit office job to teach
43:31 mumbling old guys
46:20 working as a hostess
50:36 unmatched after saying their job
55:05 office romance/update