Message #4737

[kknisley]

The jacket and a cap is an excellent departing gift.  The clock is a good welcoming gift with the basket of gourmet coffees in their rooms.



Shopping - oh lord, do those Japanese men love to shop.   One day the Japanese exec I was talking about in the earlier post, became ill with a cold.  We tried to get him to go back to his hotel but no, he wanted to go shopping.  Our Japanese consultant rather forcefully escorted him to the hotel, staying outside the front for about thirty minutes.  The big stinker slipped out the back lobby to the next block over and walked to the downtown store anyway and shopped for 3 hours.  



When the consultant got back to her office, she called his room.  No answer.  She was so upset, thought something had happened to him.  I told her that she forgot about the rear exit of the hotel and I'd bet $10 he went to Lazarus.  Yep, that's what he did!  



When he came in the next day, I scolded him and this huge 6'4", 250 lb. Japanese man, just hung his head like a little boy and then started laughing.  He was so proud of himself for outwitting us.  Men, they are the same the world over.  And they say we're sneaky.