You know what’s nice about living in Japan? People pay attention to details here. To details that make your life easier. A lot of times, you look at a small thing and realize, that people have actually thought about what they’re doing.
Do you like doors slamming shut in a draft? No one does, I suppose. Here, all doors come equipped with a little hook and ring so you can fix them open if you want them open. (Mind you, this has not been developed in thousands of years of history. Here, the traditional thing are sliding doors, which do not slam shut in the first place.)
And don’t you hate it when your duvet moves inside its case and gets all bunched up on one side, and you somehow have to shake it back into place? Well, here duvets come with six little loops attached (on the four corners and the centers of the long sides), and the duvet cases come with little bits of string to tie to the loops of the duvet. Nothing ever moves out of place, even if you’re a very restless sleeper.
How about trying to open the plastic packaging of something you just bought, hunting around for scissors and then trying your luck with your teeth? Here, the packaging is always in the form of little envelope-type bags which open and close neatly with an adhesive strip.
Or take shopping. You buy a cheesecake, and the box comes equipped with a small ice pad inside, to keep it cool. (Honestly, isn’t that amazing?) Most of the time, the sales person will even inquire about the length of your journey, to match the amount of ice pads to it. And on a rainy day, the sales person will equip your paper shopping bag with a little plastic rain cover, without being asked for it.
ja das ist wirklich liebenswert, diese Aufmerksamkeit zum Detail und, Susi,
ich lese immer wieder mit Vergnügen, wie humorvoll deine Sätze sind, really 🙂
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