If you have been following the news, we have a slight issue with corona virus (by slight I mean like totally life altering and totally crappy). I myself have been laid off, which in all fairness my job is not fitting for this sort of thing, not a lot of tourists coming to a hotel during this time.
My post isn't about that, though there is tie in (this is foreplay as my topic also involves tying, you may think this is about to go sexual, but its going to go asexual. If you add "a" to word it means "not". Asymptomatic, aleprehaunsit, athiest, anyways the words go on and on and my examples don't).
I'm going to assume you have read all the other 200 blogposts on this blog, if you haven't let me remind you of one of the stories.
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| I was wondering if Aliens had entered our world but just found out this is the new norm. |
Whilst I was in Japan as a young man (a high schools student to be exact) I was doing a short exchange in Kyoto. When we boarded the public bus I looked up to see some people with masks. I was a little concerned. I'd never seen anyone wear masks and by masks I mean medical style tied behind head except in hospitals. I asked my hostbrother "Hey, there is masks, is there some sort of issue I need to know about, like air quality issue?". My hostbrother looked around like he didn't have a flipping clue when I was talking about. I pointed directly at two people that had masks on (probably exceptionally rude in Japan to point). Also I stand out like a sore thumb, so they are probably wondering why I'm pointing directly at them while mumbling something in a devil tongue.
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| The masks on the bus looked absolutely nothing like this, actually opposite, but I thought its funny. Hopefully Twitter won't write a note stating this is a falsehood, it is, but its funny. |
My hostbrother leaned over to me and whispered "The mask is because you". I was thinking, the English isn't far off but I don't get it still. I asked him "What do you mean?". He looked at me with a grin "You are gaijin (foreigner), they don't want to share air with you, its dirty, sort of pollution". I was shocked, and thinking maybe its deodorant related and I didn't put enough on. After a quick self sniff, I realized the "Secret" deodorant I had on was fine (ya strong enough for a man but made for a women, I don't want to hear your opinion, don't judge. Its what my mom supplied me with so I used it.).
I looked at my hostbrother and said "I can't believe it, does this happen often?" My hostbrother leaned over again this time covering his mouth as if he was also scared "This is joke, they sick from flu and don't share to other people". I was thinking, wow this is so considerate, no one in Canada (or USA) would ever wear a mask, probably even if there was a valid reason I don't see everyone doing it.
BAM, here we are 25 years later (yes I'm old now which sucks), and I see all these weird masks in public.
I've seen fruit, veggies, panties, tampons. Its quite amazing.
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| I didn't see this ever in Japan. I guess in theory its possible. |
As we continued on the bus, I saw someone get on the bus coughing. Yes they had a mask on. Each cough they put their hand up over the mask as if they were catching the tiny particulates (that's a big word for particles, cause I know a lot of big words). They didn't touch their mask but seemed liked a courtesy to pretend cover their mouth, how polite.
I thought what a great thing to do, maybe one day I'll do it.
A few days later I got a cold in Japan, my nose was running nonstop, snot literally dripping on my fingers and hands. I also used the back of my hand many times to push the snot back up.
As the random Japanese kids bowed to me, some new faces I was introduced to or just hello's I'd put my hand out to shake them. It didn't occur to me, they probably say the devil foreigner with his snotty nose and no mask. At least they didn't know my hands were dripping with it too. Just remember, that was old a cold back then, these days might not be, wash your hands, use a mask and don't use the back of your hand like a caveman.
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| There is no way this one would work for me or my kids. Its freaking deadly in our shoes. Just ask my wife who often picks our dirty shoes off the floor. |
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