problem solving, Japanese bureaucrat style

[stormsewer]

I am currently listening to the Head Teacher, the principal, and the Hawk as they argue over whether my job title is ALT, CIR, or SEA. Who wants to take bets as to whether they'll ask ME?

UPDATE: The Hawk came back. The Head Teacher and the principal are still discussing the question. I mentioned to the Hawk that the problem might be solved very quickly if they just asked me. She responded, in effect, "Yeah, they're idiots. They just like hearing themselves talk."

FURTHER UPDATE: The Hawk did, in fact, attempt to just ask me (even though I'm quite certain she already knew the answer), but the Head Teacher interrupted her and sent her to query the internet, instead. After finishing she sat down with the same look on her face that must have been on mine many times this last year and proceeded to bitch to me (in English) about the Head Teacher.

FURTHER FURTHER UPDATE: I never did hear which one they decided it was. For those of you following along at home, however, the correct answer would be "ALT."

Comments

[sweetevangeline.livejournal.com]

Ha.

STAAAAAAAMP!

OHMYGOD! PETER! You have to steal the stamp when you leave. You must. This is important and vital and you have to do it. Seriously.

mull

[stormsewer]

Actually I own the stamp. Most adult residents of Japan have one; it has your name on it and serves like a signature. [I was just reading a Kurt Vonnegut thing where he says you should never use a semi-colon. I use them all the time, dude. It's like, sometimes you want two sentences to be together, but you just don't want to use a conjunction. Whatever shall you do? Who shall save you? The SEMICOLON will! It's like a punctuative superhero, a dynamo of derring-do. Anyway.) You have to have one to open a Japanese bank account. An option might be to BURN the stamp, but it's not the stamp's fault. Another option would be to steal the sheet I stamp in on... I'm not sure if I could get away with that, though, unless I could manage to steal it right before I get on the boat. Asking to take it with me just doesn't have the same "stickin' it to the man" oopmh, does it? Hmmm.

Re: mull

[sweetevangeline.livejournal.com]

Oh, damn. That is completely disappointing. I guess you could steal the page that you sign but that just feels slightly weird. What if they need that sheet to prove that you were actually there and the program would get all freaked out if the sheet disappeared? Arg. What a problem.

I just emailed you a really lengthy email. I think you might be asleep, though.

I write ridiculous sentences that are a wonder of wandering punctuation. Sometimes they're okay and sometimes, I've realized, they're not. Most of the time they are and that's okay with me.

I watched Tombstone with Will the other day for the second time and, for some reason, your speech about the semicolon reminded me of Doc Holliday, who is the real star of the movie. I think it's the "dynamo of derring-do" part.