This is aimed mainly at people who by and large like living in Japan, but who have a big butt. Sorry, I mean a big “but”. In other words, one thing that definitely detracts from the overall positives of living here. The caveat is that is has to be something that could theoretically change, so “it’s too hot in summer” / “it’s too cold in winter” is sort of a copout.
Mine is pretty simple: some of the grade-A losers I work with. They. Simply. Never. Stop. Working. And it’s kind of pathetic to see. My job is essentially “reactive” in nature, i.e. I have to be asked to do something, then I do it. Some of the people I work with will send me a job request at 6 in the morning (I don’t see it until I start work, which sure as hell isn’t at 6AM), then I’ll see messages from the same person throughout the day. Then I’ll log off for the day. The next morning I’ll log back on and see that they’ve been sending me messages at 9, 10, 11, midnight. Dude, you either have *too much to do*, or you have literally *nothing better to do*. The former suggests that you have no time management skills, or you’re trying to get into the section chief’s pants because you want a promotion. The latter is too miserable to contemplate.
Luckily my working hours are set, so I don’t have to watch these peoples’ emails come in at times when any well-adjusted person would be, I dunno, hanging with their friends / family, watching a film, reading a book, having a life…
Anyway. That’s my “but”. What’s yours?
by Tasty_Comfortable_77