Posted by Sigismund on May 12, 2009, at 19:36:19
In reply to Unhappy Mother's Day, posted by emme on May 10, 2009, at 8:23:41
In Japan the cashiers would never (I believe, not speaking Japanese) say such a thing.
They don't even want any physical contact.
You put your cash on a tray from which it is taken and the change left there for you to pick up.
Any attempt to hand the money directly gives rise to a questioning look.
I grew to like it. I dislike the fake intimacies of the anglosphere.
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