You should have told him to call the police.

I returned a bad aircon once, the guy told me that it was ok, I said it
wasn't and went to plug it in to show him, he said if I did that I'd blow
all the fuses in the shop. I plugged it in anyway, yelled at him, and got my
money back.

I often got the feeling that, as Japanese were too polite to object,
Japanese companies got away with a lot of things they couldn't do in the
West, where people are more rude, obnoxious and less likely to acquiesce.

I'm not sure if this is actually true..



PS

I am truly happy to have finally made a sentence where I can use the word
aquiesque.





"Murgi" <srindler@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message
news:f08d8ff254634e63a81b1b4d3a68476d@news.secureusenet.com...
> This is a similar case as the Yasukinu Jinja issue...
>
> About 15 years ago I went to Akihabara for a computer purchase. Since I
> wanted to compare the specs and prices in various shops, I made some
notes.
> A salesman come up to me and told me to stop writing.  I gave him a polite
> but determined response to get lost. A minute later I was approached again
> by the store's manager who told me the same and threatened to call the
> police if I didn't comply...
> Since I had already everything I needed,  I just left and bought the
system
> elsewhere.
> Does anybody know the prevailing Japanese law about this one? I should
have
> the right to make notes in whatever form I want. I am no genius who
> memorizes tons of data...
> On the other hand, I had the same trouble twice in a department of a
German
> home center where I was even banned from revisiting by the chief of the
> house for not complying. Since there were plenty of  other outlets I
> couldn't care less.
> I know that restaurants and other private enterprises can refuse customers
> for various reasons.
>
>
> Sigi
>
>