Strange or unexplained phenomena are more common than you woulda thunk..
1. Why does the hearse (as in carrying a dead person) get priority in traffic? At least in some states...in death ahead in traffic, after all aren't they at a permanent red light?
2. What is with the term 'Red light area'? Who would actually want to visit that kind of aurora pornealis? From what I understand its more like no lights area.
3. Why do I have to tip the guy that drives a van from the parking lot to the airport but not the pilot after he flies me to a different continent?
4. What do you do with a pocket kerchief? Who the heck came up with kerchief anyway? To top it off they are made from expensive fabric and stick out like a sandwich from a coat. I mean it seems rather unbecoming if you want to unload a bunch of mucus in an emergency and you reach out to a guy with one of these cloths sticking out from his jacket and proceed to use it.
Cool cat the Japanese are Tokyo at dusk My second visit to this land of the rising sun after almost a decade. Back then clearly I was wet behind the ears product manager and likely didn’t pay attention to all (efficient) things Japanese. But today I did and of course continue to be impressed. It is as much the obvious stuff like on time travel that is both clean and comfortable and all that which makes it possible. The impressive landmark and landscapes that these humans have put together despite their cramped (or because of it) surroundings and precarious geological conditions could amaze a novice architect among us. But it’s also the little things that someone had to think about which have a phenomenal impact on day to day lives that make the Japanese stand apart. Below are few random examples- 1. Providing a very fine machined wooden toothpick in every packet of wooden chopsticks. The said chapsticks are simply set on the To Go counter of any food vendor/ convenience store wher...
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