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12-11-2010, 08:55 AM

Being treated like a tourist. That's my complaint for today. I fully well know that I'm a gaijin, and I am not trying to sound like an elitist, but it really bothers me that people just assume that I'm a tourist.
I was shopping at H&M today and had bought a few things. I responded to the question he asked me in Japanese (basically just confirming I got the right sizes), and then proceeded to take like 400 yen off of my purchase. I asked him what it was for, and he said it was a tourist discount. This made me rage, but I didn't take it out on him. I just told him I wasn't a tourist and had him remove the discount.
He took one look at me and because of my blonde hair and blue eyes assumed I don't belong here. I don't blame him, just this kind of societal problem.


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