Is it rude to shove your hand in someone’s face?
Apparently, for the Japanese photographer who was here taking pictures of our family for the weekend, it’s not. I’ve always thought the Japanese to be a lot more refined but when my sister went to speak to the photographer about a possible angle, she shoved her hand into my sister’s face and said, “wait.”
We were all taken aback by the gesture. As the photographer spoke very limited Japanese, we didn’t know how to tell her that that was simply the height of rudeness in our book. She also moved us not by asking us to step aside or point to where she wants us to go, she simply “picked” us up by our arms and moved us. I guess that was easier for her but amazingly uncomfortable and unnerving for us.
Suffice it to say we won’t be using her again anytime soon.
C K said,
April 3, 2008 @ 7:47 pm
Hmm… that gesture seems more European than Japanese…
QuaChee said,
April 9, 2008 @ 11:18 am
maybe its the language barrier thats why she is like that. oh, talking about rudeness, i just had one bad encounter as well - no physical, but just verbal - and i didnt even know who this person was.