Comments on: Japanese working hours http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2848 -Japanese kawaii fashion, kawaii shops, Japanese culture and more streight from Tokyo by a Japanese blogger!-　　  Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2848/comment-page-1#comment-11284 kirin Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:47:45 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2848#comment-11284 It's very strange they exchange items with no evidence of purchasing from their store. Basically return policy is strict in Japan. Usually they won't take the things from which you take off tags. You cannot return the shoes you wear outside. You cannot return the things you get at a bargain. It's very strange they exchange items with no evidence of purchasing from their store. Basically return policy is strict in Japan. Usually they won't take the things from which you take off tags. You cannot return the shoes you wear outside. You cannot return the things you get at a bargain.

]]> By: Henjutsu http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2848/comment-page-1#comment-11268 Henjutsu Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:56:29 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2848#comment-11268 Actually, I've seen several stores close out and just tell the customers to get out. For example, Target and Home Depot. In both cases I was a witness to, they were having some kind of an employee meeting at an unscheduled time (normal operating hours) and they told all the customers to get out ASAP. For Target this was in the morning, for Home Depot this was around 4 PM. Like rabid wolves they checked all lanes and repeated to customers that they were closing the store, a woman employee came over and helped me get the buckets I was trying to get faster even. As for the niceness, sometimes store employees are nice, sometimes they are not. In America, the sense of responsibility is completely removed from the working class. If they mess up too badly, they can just oftentimes go and get another job at another store relatively quickly. If the customer is inconvenienced, the clerk does not feel responsible, it's only the manager who can come over with "magic powers" and grant extra demands, like replacing an item without a receipt (though to Home Depot's credit, they take items with no receipts all the time, but that's their policy. A woman once came in with pictures of dead tress that she said she bought from them, and they refunded her based on that.) Convenience stores in US are open 24/7 but you can get shot in them sometimes. Pretty rare though. Actually, I've seen several stores close out and just tell the customers to get out. For example, Target and Home Depot. In both cases I was a witness to, they were having some kind of an employee meeting at an unscheduled time (normal operating hours) and they told all the customers to get out ASAP. For Target this was in the morning, for Home Depot this was around 4 PM. Like rabid wolves they checked all lanes and repeated to customers that they were closing the store, a woman employee came over and helped me get the buckets I was trying to get faster even.

As for the niceness, sometimes store employees are nice, sometimes they are not. In America, the sense of responsibility is completely removed from the working class. If they mess up too badly, they can just oftentimes go and get another job at another store relatively quickly. If the customer is inconvenienced, the clerk does not feel responsible, it's only the manager who can come over with "magic powers" and grant extra demands, like replacing an item without a receipt (though to Home Depot's credit, they take items with no receipts all the time, but that's their policy. A woman once came in with pictures of dead tress that she said she bought from them, and they refunded her based on that.)

Convenience stores in US are open 24/7 but you can get shot in them sometimes. Pretty rare though.

]]> By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2848/comment-page-1#comment-8706 kirin Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:57:25 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2848#comment-8706 Yeah, I see what you mean. Work environment should not be like here in Japan. Here I can clearly see the unspoken rules: Customers are always superior to service providers. Service providers have to sacrifice their time or effort as much as possible if only that makes the customers happy, or spend extra money for shopping or service. I feel as if we were to support masochism if we wanted to work in Japan for Japanese customers. haha! It's a little too extreme expression, but I just wanted to say working in Japan under Japanese boss, for Japanese customers and among Japanese staff is stifling. Yeah, I see what you mean. Work environment should not be like here in Japan. Here I can clearly see the unspoken rules: Customers are always superior to service providers. Service providers have to sacrifice their time or effort as much as possible if only that makes the customers happy, or spend extra money for shopping or service.
I feel as if we were to support masochism if we wanted to work in Japan for Japanese customers. haha!
It's a little too extreme expression, but I just wanted to say working in Japan under Japanese boss, for Japanese customers and among Japanese staff is stifling.

]]> By: Sherryanne http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2848/comment-page-1#comment-8693 Sherryanne Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:12:33 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2848#comment-8693 In Canada, customer service is very important too however they r not GOD! I worked in restaurant before as a waitress, most customers r pretty nice n respective. Nasty ones usually get me to grab the managers, who deal with them... If u shop too late, u will feel the grudge from staff and even though no one says anything, u'll want to leave hahaha In Canada, customer service is very important too however they r not GOD! I worked in restaurant before as a waitress, most customers r pretty nice n respective. Nasty ones usually get me to grab the managers, who deal with them… If u shop too late, u will feel the grudge from staff and even though no one says anything, u'll want to leave hahaha

]]> By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2848/comment-page-1#comment-1768 kirin Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:19:20 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2848#comment-1768 Making friends with my blog readers is one of the greatest things I can expect from blogging. Please let me know how it went. がんばって～！！うまくいきますように★ Making friends with my blog readers is one of the greatest things I can expect from blogging. Please let me know how it went. がんばって～！！うまくいきますように★

]]> By: Lisa http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2848/comment-page-1#comment-1764 Lisa Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:32:14 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2848#comment-1764 Yes, I'm keeping my fingers crossed and asking around a lot right now - even if it's an internship for just a couple of days I think it could be very useful! Metting up for a chat sounds like a great idea! I'll keep you posted on how it goes with my applications. ^_^ Yes, I'm keeping my fingers crossed and asking around a lot right now – even if it's an internship for just a couple of days I think it could be very useful!

Metting up for a chat sounds like a great idea! I'll keep you posted on how it goes with my applications. ^_^

]]> By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2848/comment-page-1#comment-1759 kirin Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:24:54 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2848#comment-1759 Wow, that sounds strange... :( She is just too stubborn to learn something new, maybe? There are a lot of needs for native English speakers as teacher for private and public schools, as well as English language schools in Japan. But I don't know about Indonesian. Even though you speak good English, somehow our society stick to "native" when it comes to English teacher. :( Also it's not very common for us to learn Indonesian language. It'd be very exciting if you can work in Japan, though. As for the program I don't know it, but there should be plenty of job openings for native English speakers. For your reference: <a href="http://staff.hiwork.jp/typeLaugage/noword.aspx" target="_blank">http://staff.hiwork.jp/typeLaugage/noword.aspx</a> <a href="http://www.job-japan.jp/" target="_blank">http://www.job-japan.jp/</a> <a href="http://www.daijob.com/en/" target="_blank">http://www.daijob.com/en/</a> <a href="http://job.japantimes.com/index_e.php" target="_blank">http://job.japantimes.com/index_e.php</a> Good luck! Wow, that sounds strange… :( She is just too stubborn to learn something new, maybe?
There are a lot of needs for native English speakers as teacher for private and public schools, as well as English language schools in Japan. But I don't know about Indonesian. Even though you speak good English, somehow our society stick to "native" when it comes to English teacher. :( Also it's not very common for us to learn Indonesian language. It'd be very exciting if you can work in Japan, though.

As for the program I don't know it, but there should be plenty of job openings for native English speakers.
For your reference: http://staff.hiwork.jp/typeLaugage/noword.aspx http://www.job-japan.jp/ http://www.daijob.com/en/ http://job.japantimes.com/index_e.php
Good luck!

]]> By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2848/comment-page-1#comment-1877 kirin Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:41:07 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2848#comment-1877 How do you move to Japan? As a tourist or do you have a way to get a working visa as well? Usually highschool teachers, well I'd say teachers work so long hours. They not only teach but also take care of club activities, PTA, and so many other events and meetings. But as for your boyfriend, I think he only teaches English and will not have to take care of other jobs as other teachers do, because he does not speak Japanese and that's not what other teachers expect from him. Your boss needs to come to see Japan and understand what you or I meant. :p How do you move to Japan? As a tourist or do you have a way to get a working visa as well? Usually highschool teachers, well I'd say teachers work so long hours. They not only teach but also take care of club activities, PTA, and so many other events and meetings. But as for your boyfriend, I think he only teaches English and will not have to take care of other jobs as other teachers do, because he does not speak Japanese and that's not what other teachers expect from him.

Your boss needs to come to see Japan and understand what you or I meant. :p

]]> By: cin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2848/comment-page-1#comment-1745 cin Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:47:51 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2848#comment-1745 Wow! I　feel like Perth has the slackest work hours!! XD As you probably already know shops closes by 6pm everyday except for the night shopping days! And with office jobs its normally 9-5 on the weekdays sorry for the late response!! ive been slow with blogs lately! i haven't updated my blog in 1 mth or more!! hehe oh yea! how about a teacher at a high school? what are their working hours? i am interested because my boyfriend is moving to japan next year to be a highschool english teacher! :D and as for me~ i will continue to pursue the magazine job (perhaps moving to japan as well)! i think our boss have finally understood what you meant with what most japanese people like out of magazines! she was quite stuborn about following her ways!! XD Wow! I　feel like Perth has the slackest work hours!! XD
As you probably already know shops closes by 6pm everyday except for the night shopping days!
And with office jobs its normally 9-5 on the weekdays

sorry for the late response!! ive been slow with blogs lately!
i haven't updated my blog in 1 mth or more!!

hehe

oh yea! how about a teacher at a high school? what are their working hours?
i am interested because my boyfriend is moving to japan next year to be a highschool english teacher! :D
and as for me~ i will continue to pursue the magazine job (perhaps moving to japan as well)! i think our boss have finally understood what you meant with what most japanese people like out of magazines! she was quite stuborn about following her ways!! XD

]]> By: kirin http://tokyokawaiietc.com/archives/2848/comment-page-1#comment-1742 kirin Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:59:40 +0000 http://tokyokawaiietc.com/?p=2848#comment-1742 How interesting! Are you in Sweden now? (@_@?) I'm confused...After Japan did you go back to the U.S and then to Sweden? (Sorry sometimes my memory is totally mixed up with someone else's. You used to live in Osaka, right?) I wish I could live and work in many different cities in the world like you! Huumm...I will totally get mad at such customer service out there, since I am so much spoiled by sweetest customer service in Japan! Your comment was very interesting. I can get there what I missed in here, but I cannot get there what I got in here... How interesting! Are you in Sweden now? (@_@?) I'm confused…After Japan did you go back to the U.S and then to Sweden? (Sorry sometimes my memory is totally mixed up with someone else's. You used to live in Osaka, right?) I wish I could live and work in many different cities in the world like you!

Huumm…I will totally get mad at such customer service out there, since I am so much spoiled by sweetest customer service in Japan! Your comment was very interesting. I can get there what I missed in here, but I cannot get there what I got in here…

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