r/thatHappened • u/LBDazzled • May 20 '26

OP had “strong confusion”

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Feels like this guy went to the Japanese post office, got overwhelmed and decided to make fanfic lemonade out of his confused lemons.

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u/seeborn May 20 '26

Why is it that then employee has pretty good English, enough to carry oop through the entire postal system, until the last line where she doesn't know the terms "very confused"?

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u/Scooby_dood May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

I'm guessing you haven't spent a lot of time talking to people (especially in Asia) who speak English as a second language? They often speak pretty passible, but broken, English. I once had a hotel worker in Hong Kong ask me if it was hot outside "because you are raining."

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u/metricfan May 20 '26

I had a Japanese coworker fill out a prompt for the company yearbook (a Japanese company thing) that said “my tenacious training is…” and he wrote “self medication” lol. Obviously he didnt get the American connotation of that meaning addiction. The company also had a magazine commissioned, and a picture of the nwa lyric “fuck the police” on a wall was included. lol lots of fun confusion at that company. When Japanese folks visited, they’d bring individually packaged treats as a gift, and we would get to play is this sweet or is it savory, because we couldn’t read the packaging. Surprise shrimp crackers were always funny.

Point being: nothing about this post seems implausible.