John W. <worthj1970@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 3, 9:44?am, mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> > B Anderson <b...@qld.com> wrote:
> > > So now we have a glorious repeat of Golden Week coming up September,
> > > whereby the day between two holidays has been declared another holiday.
> > > But it is not glorious. Why must the Japanese have these elongated
> > > sessions of national holidays? It is disruptive, bad for productivity,
> > > and everyone pours into holiday destinations, crams onto planes and
> > > shinkansens that are near empty most of the year.
> > > My office deals with many overseas clients and they basically freak out,
> > > thinking we are ignoring their calls and e-mails.
> > > And I can answer my own question: the Japs need to be forced at gunpoint
> > > to take a holiday. Their office has to actually be closed to convince
> > > them to take days off.
> >
> > I found one of the advantages of being a furriner was that I could work
> > through those periods, keeping the office open for clients, and enjoy
> > a MUCH less crowded Tokyo, and take comp time when all the vacation spots
> > were far less crowded, and the prices lower.
> >
> I would give my left (and maybe my right, too) testicle to work in
> Japan on a corporate ticket. My company's international expansion
> plans are limited to maybe Canada.

I cheated; I worked for a Japanese company.

Mike