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Originally Posted by TalnSG
I was not kidding at all. I was merely choosing not to refer to your post as insulting to Americans and ignorant. 
Yuujiro has pointed out that in the restaurant he works in the patronage would be very aware of customs, and that is not unusual in major American cities.
American diners are far more aware of many international customs than they were even 20 years ago and your depiction of us is highly offensive. |
Umm, I think you`re forgetting that I am American. I visit the US regularly, and in my experience - outside of San Francisco - 95% of the people DO NOT know how to eat Japanese food according
Japanese etiquette. If the customer was not Japanese to begin with, even in the big cities, most people didn`t follow Japanese etiquette. Normal, common sense etiquette? Yes.
I was in no way intending to be insulting about it - just stating a fact. I can bet you 95% of the Japanese population also has no clue how to eat according to a certain country`s etiquette. It`s a fact, not an insult. You seem to be assuming that I meant people in America eat like complete slobs and are incredibly horrifying. No. I meant that no one is likely to care whether you sip your soup out of a bowl or use a spoon to do so. Which
even in Japan people don`t really care about. Even here they aren`t going to stare and whisper. That`s just silly.
It`s silly to put so much pressure that you can`t enjoy the food for fear of stepping on some little etiquette rule.