Friday, 25 March 2011

Obāsan

It's been almost 4 months since I arrived Japan and I have managed to get one person to look at me and say hi in the corridors. She is one of the cleaning staff, she is around 60 years old. A friendly old lady (Obāsan) with very little care in the way of formality, and dedicated to her job.

I went to the toilet a few weeks ago.  When I was washing my hands, Obāsan came in and immediately started scrubbing one of the urinals, while another man was using another urinal nearby.

2 comments:

  1. I love this lady, despite she's living 5000 miles away and I've never met her ;-).

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  2. Me too, she reminds me of my mother in law:)

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