mr.sumo.snr wrote:
> What pains me about waiters in Japan is their almost total inability
> to 'sell' any of the items on the menu.  I'm not talking about any:
> "Good evening sir.  I'm Ramone.  And I'll be your waiter for this
> evening" type of behavior - just the simple:  "This is a new item,
> this is on special today, this with coffee and dessert is only 400
> yen extra".

I actually get this once in a while, often sounding very "canned"
(tinned?) -- like the shift manager had them maru-anki it before the shift
started.

> BTW talking of sales pitches - anyone else been pestered by Yahoo BB
> over the last few weeks?  It hasn't started to really irritate yet
> 'coz the moment you mention B-Flets they just shut-up and bid you
> good-day (pardon the oxymoron).

I have gotten a couple of those pitches. I just tell them that I have an 8
Mbit connection with my current provider, and am lucky to get 900 Kbits, so
unless they are willing to come build a connection point nearer my house,
thanks but no thanks. That gets them off the phone in a hurry.

-- 
Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom