longboardsk8man 0 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Just had the cleaners come into the office to polish the leaves / wipe the dust off the plants in the office... Had a good laugh, but it also got me thinking about all those 'only in Japan' jobs - the elevator ladies, cleaners coming into the loos halfway thru the business (can only comment on the male loos here btw), the 'hai douzo' roadworkers with their orange batons that wave you thru the most obvious pathways around road construction areas.. What are some other 'only in Japan' jobs you've seen?? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 the pertol station guys who go out and stop the traffic for you to go into the road. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Compared to the UK, "the petrol station guys" full stop!! Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 The leaf-polishing crew isn't Japan-only. We had that in my L.A. high-rise office back in the 90s. You rent the plants, they come around in purple polo shirts and water/polish them regularly. They also have small snips and trim the dead leaves. My idea of Japan-only jobs is the one I've had here for a decade. When I returned to Michigan, vowing never to come back to Japan, I couldn't find squat to do. Nobody would hire me. I ran out of money in 2 years, then came back here again as Mr. Employable and here I am making a great salary. Weird. Link to post Share on other sites
minus 1 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Jet Program AETs. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Shouldn't that be in the "Useless things" thread?? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 TV presenters who stand in a line to make up the numbers. Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Uketsuke ladies - ahh....but you gotta love those costumes. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 And I do. There's the 10+ guys and gals needed to oversee any construction or road works. They hold flashing sticks. They may exist elsewhere but certainly not in the same numbers. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I wonder if the construction companies get some money from the government for employing those people? Or there is a law forcing them to be there? Otherwise there is no-way they would be doing that. Maybe one or two managers are that dumb but I cant believe that every construction manager in the country is that stupid to throw money away on nothing. I'd be quite interested to find out what this law/compensation is. Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 The window sitters (there's a word for them) that don't actually have anything to do, but are still employed. Whats the word..... Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 窓際族 まどぎわぞく Link to post Share on other sites
XilR8 0 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 THe construction companies keep up Japan's artificially high employment figures (let's face it, this country is structurally ****ed, and if you fired all the useless employees, they'd have one of the worst unemployment rates in the world), and in return, the government butters them up by awarding them over-expensive and ultimately unnecessary public works projects. Corruption Japan-style. Link to post Share on other sites
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