Comment on This American dude on his way to his Japanese fluency decides to talk to a local Japanese grandpa
RustySharp@programming.dev 1 week agoA Malaysian friend (interestingly in line with your stereotype there 🙃) said the Japanese were just the most helpful people.
He would politely ask someone a question in English when he’s lost. And they, in either broken or NO English at all, would nearly always try to help. Or at least go around helping him find someone else with functioning English.
A gentleman in business suit looked at his watch, thought for five seconds, then spent 15 minutes showing him he’s got the wrong ticket, helped him get the right ticket, and took him to the right platform. (This was a couple decades ago. I assume the tourist experience is more streamlined these days)