> > James Newton, Host wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > I won't comment on the negative things I encountered, but when it
> > > comes to pride in work, most people will find it hard to live up to
> > > the Japanese standard. At least in my experience. I am
> > proud to share
> > > the planet with Inoue San's people and learn some of their ways.
> >
> > I take this to be an indirect response to my previous post.
> >
> > However, this is one person's we're talking about, not an
> > entire culture.
>
> I was impressed both by this persons work, and by what I saw of his culture,
> in terms of how exacting and neat it was.
>
> > Are you saying that an American, a Chinese, or a New
> > Zealander is not capable of achieving the same level of
>
> I have not visited every place in the USA. I have visited Hong Kong, but not
> mainland China. I have never visited New Zealand*. From what I have seen, in
> the places I HAVE visited (Most of SoCal, Oregon, and Washington; Memphis,
> Chicago, Maui; Thailand, UAE, Abu Dhabi, Iraq (not on a good day),
> Philippine Islands, Hong Kong, and Singapore) Japan is run to more exacting
> standards.
>
> > quality? Obviously not. Then why try to justify the "clean
> > work" with "Japanese attention to packaging"?
>
> I didn't say "attention to packaging", but based on what I saw of Japan, it
> was run with more exacting attention to detail than any other place I have
> been. I am making an assumption, which could be wrong, that Inoue San is a
> product of that culture and that the prevalent attitude about neatness had
> an effect on him.
>
> > If Seiichi held a job that was utterly pointless, would you
> > mention the "Japanese inefficiency", or "Japanese lack of ingenuity"?
>
> Probably not, because even the pointless jobs in Japan appear to be done to
> more exacting standards than those in the other places I've visited.
>
> > http://www.tema.ru/travel/japan/IMG_7177.jpg
> >
>
> Please do keep in mind that I am NOT saying Japan is BETTER or that any
> person is necessarily a product of his culture or even that neatness is the
> only measure of a persons work.
>
> ---
> James.
>
>
>
> P.S. From what I know of New Zealand, it must be filled with people who
> speak at warp speed, have the patience of Job, or have very LOUD fashion
> sense. :)
>
>
> P.P.S. That is a joke for Russell, Russell's Wife, and their friend XOD, and
> in no way any reflection on NZ in general. They are the only people from Oz
> I have ever met.
>