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A bit of a rainy day here in Japan. The last day of Golden Week, the one-week holiday in May.
So, gonna head to a Starbucks and go to the drive-through pick up a few drinks.
And most Japanese study English in elementary school, junior high school, and high school, and if they go to university they usually study in university too.
So I'm going to order today in English and hopefully they understand.
If not, I'll have to resort to survival Japanese and order my coffee in Japanese, but let's see how well they do in English.
So let's go check the Starbucks out.
[In Japanese.]
-Yes, hello. -Hi. -Thank you.
-What can I get for you. -Can I have a 'houjicha' latte. -Sure. -Hot.
-Tall size please. -Tall size.
Yes... and café tiramisu Frappuccino blended cream.
Tall size please.
And... a mochi mochi blueberry bread.
[In Japanese.]
That's all, thank you.
[in Japanese.]
Thank you.
-Thank you. [In Japanese.]
-Yes, here you are. Thank you. -[In Japanese.]
-Good English, thank you. -Thank you.
-I used to live in Canada, so... -You used to live in Canada? I'm from Canada.
-Oh, where are you from? -Montreal. -Montreal? I was in Toronto.
-Toronto?
I must have been lucky to get you today. You speak very good English.
-[In Japanese.] -Yup.
-How long were you in Toronto? -Uh, About two years.
Oh, good job, that's great. Thanks a lot.
So "houjicha" is a kind of Japanese tea, and they just make a latte out of it.
So, you got a big tea bag in there.
[In Japanese.]
Tiramisu like dessert and a Frappuccino.
-[in Japanese.] -Blueberry bread.
-Thank you very much. -[In Japanese.] -Goodbye.
-Thank you, have a good one. -You too, good bye.
Wow! that girl had really good English, so I was surprised that she knew what I was saying.
Um, I was going to say good job to all the Japanese teachers in Japan, but it seems that she went to Toronto to study English for two years.
So, that's why she was probably so good at English.
But anyways, not bad, so good job Starbucks girl. Thank you.
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