Vulgar and Rude ― 2025/02/13
Caution: This post is neither interesting nor useful. I am just venting my frustration.
I have learnt today that when you are really, really offended, it goes pitch black around you. Let me tell you about my experience at a local department store.
First of all, unlike usual, I'm not going to bitch (jealous) about the foreign tourists doing lot of shopping here.
The person who made me mad was an obachan about my age, which means she is supposed to have a certain amount of common sense, who I ran into at the Iwataya department store.
The story began when I found nice buri heads with plenty of meat to peck at in the underground fish section, and two shoppers, who appeared to be a mother and daughter, ordering something before me. I waited for them to finish their order, at which point there were two pieces left. However, when they had finished, the shelf was empty. Shocked, I asked the fishmonger, "Is that the last piece? Nothing left for me!?" only to be told that they had taken everything.
So far, that's fine. It could happen anywhere you go shopping. And I AM narrow-minded, but not to the point of getting furious over a fish head.
But the problem was that, seeing me bitterly disappointed and shocked, the older one, who was as old as myself, did a first pump right in front of me. Wow, how vulgar and rude. What's the point of this gesture? To show off their victory over a fish head? I saw in them the essence of the Fukuokans' unpleasantness: always self-first, me, me, me, at all times.
It was then that I realized, for the first time in my almost sixty years of life, that when you are really, really annoyed, it becomes pitch black before your eyes.
I had had several uncomfortable experiences at Iwataya, but I had never met such insult and rudeness. To me, their gesture was ruder than sticking out your middle finger.
Although it was by no means the department's fault, I'd better avoid Iwataya for a while until this generation dies out (which comes first, my own death or theirs?). Needless to say, I cursed the disgusting person and prayed that they would fail to cook the fish and be left with burnt pans.
You see, while the "Inbounds" are enjoying the best parts of locally caught fish, the locals are fighting each other over a fish head.
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