October 18, 2003

Keiko?

There's nothing quite like being mistaken for a Japanese. I had this conversation today with a Japanese lady (in Japanese) at the train station as I was locking my bike (in the No Parking section but, really, lets not go into that):

Stranger: Excuse me.
Kinki: [standing up and looking at stranger]: Yes?
Stranger: [looking startled and slightly bewildered] Keiko-san? [Pause] Not Keiko-san.
Kinki: Yes. Not Keiko-san.

Posted by at October 18, 2003 06:26 PM