I apologize for following up on my own post, but I had a thought further on
this topic.

"Claire Petersky" <cpetersky@mouse-potato.com> wrote in message
news:AJZPb.102894$sv6.452347@attbi_s52...

> The big red tandem makes you stick out -- this
> is really your crime, not any letter of any dusty law that may or may not
be
> enforced. I think if you really wanted to continue to ride the tandem,
> playing the gaijin card would be the most effective.It would go something
> along the lines of, "I'm already exempt from Japanese rules of propriety
> because I am a gaijin. Please forgive my oafishness, but really, I can not
> help it, it is my inner nature."

I'm thinking that, if you went this route, you should have an intermediary
apologize on your behalf. The best person for this would be someone at your
mutual workplace who is above the both of you in the hierarchy. This person
would explain that we need to excuse the gaijin for his eccentricities, yes,
strictly speaking it's against the rules, but let's just turn a blind eye
for now, after all, he's only a gaijin, and he's valuable to this
organization.


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