I honestly still wonder why people in New York like bagles so much. Why!?
I wanna know the answer, so I'll ask it to myself. In other words, I am going to try some different bagle places from now!!
For the first place, I chose "Essa Bagle" in Gramacy. (There's one more in Midtown.)
It was kind of surprising, but they don't toast it. Is it their policy, or didn't ask well in my English!?
... anyway,
I liked the place. They are not fancy at all, but it has a very "New York" atomosphere.
About the taste?,
Well, I don't know what to say because I don't know about bagles!! haha
I'm excited about trying other bagles so that I can tell the difference.
In a way of tasting New York bagle, I'll say, "I love New York"!
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Don't take it personally
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I know I didn't need to take it personally, but, sometimes, it was shocking to me when people served me unfriendly at restaurants, deli, or even Dunkin Donuts. In Japan, the phrase "Customer is a God" is frequently heard. You know, they bring "money" to you...!!
So, what are exactly unfriendly? Simply, they don't smile! Unbelievably, they roughly put a glass filled with water on the table! (Pls note: these are worst examples!!) Now, I can understand why people who have travelled to Japan always say to me, "Japan's service is amazing". They are true. I missed such Japanese customer services for a while. At the same time, I must say I had been tired of that Japanese customer service, too, because it was "too much".
In Japan, politeness is very important for superiors, strangers or customers unlike American frankness culture. For me, however, when this politeness goes beyond, it just becomes annoying because it's obvious that true hospitalises are lucking in their empty words. Besides that, you might feel like, "Are they robots? because it's Japan?". In other words, they just talk with customers as written in an instruction manual!! Honestly, whenever I encountered this kind of "robot service", I felt uncomfortable, though I'm pretty sure these people are so serious that follow the manual. You can't miss that the seriousness is also one of Japanese interesting characteristics!!
After living in NY for 6 months, I feel I am getting used to this service differences. Now, I can understand this difference comes from "frankness" or "evenness" of American people. Even the relationship between customers and shop workers are friendly, which is simply happy service to receive. What I hope is both "I don't care about you" attitude and "Yes, I am a robot machine" service are not making me feel isolated. We should deserve what we pay, right? But, here's a key. Say, "Hi" with your big smile, then they'll smile back to you friendly!
I know I didn't need to take it personally, but, sometimes, it was shocking to me when people served me unfriendly at restaurants, deli, or even Dunkin Donuts. In Japan, the phrase "Customer is a God" is frequently heard. You know, they bring "money" to you...!!
So, what are exactly unfriendly? Simply, they don't smile! Unbelievably, they roughly put a glass filled with water on the table! (Pls note: these are worst examples!!) Now, I can understand why people who have travelled to Japan always say to me, "Japan's service is amazing". They are true. I missed such Japanese customer services for a while. At the same time, I must say I had been tired of that Japanese customer service, too, because it was "too much".
In Japan, politeness is very important for superiors, strangers or customers unlike American frankness culture. For me, however, when this politeness goes beyond, it just becomes annoying because it's obvious that true hospitalises are lucking in their empty words. Besides that, you might feel like, "Are they robots? because it's Japan?". In other words, they just talk with customers as written in an instruction manual!! Honestly, whenever I encountered this kind of "robot service", I felt uncomfortable, though I'm pretty sure these people are so serious that follow the manual. You can't miss that the seriousness is also one of Japanese interesting characteristics!!
After living in NY for 6 months, I feel I am getting used to this service differences. Now, I can understand this difference comes from "frankness" or "evenness" of American people. Even the relationship between customers and shop workers are friendly, which is simply happy service to receive. What I hope is both "I don't care about you" attitude and "Yes, I am a robot machine" service are not making me feel isolated. We should deserve what we pay, right? But, here's a key. Say, "Hi" with your big smile, then they'll smile back to you friendly!
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