who is it you think you're talking to?

I cherish advice from people who are better at things than I am.

Less so from people who aren't.

Not at all from people who haven't even got an idea what I'm up to.


That's why I really resent lessons on how to live from older folks... especially those whose lessons include "you can't just have fun all the time".

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So this guy, lets call him my coworker and fellow translator, calls in sick to his job. The boss makes a show of his missing a day at a meeting of the whole company. This being Japan, he is advised that he should go an apologize. Knowing how little rocking the boat pays here, he goes and apologizes... and is told that apologies aren't enough and that he was sick because of what he was doing on the weekend.

Man, you've got to be kidding.

I've been told that I need to take better care of myself too. For the record,

I drink about once a month, and usually limit it to 2 or 3 drinks. I'd estimate that to be about 1/10 of what my average male coworker drinks.

I don't smoke. again different from most of my coworkers

I visit a gym regularly. I know of 2 coworkers that do, in a company of 70 people.

I sleep 6-8 hours a day on average.

I have low blood pressure.

Hell, I have regular, well-formed bowel movements.

I really hope I don't get confronted in a similar way by the boss any time soon. Because asking "In what way specifically does any person here take better care of themselves than I do?" is not going to endear me to him.

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SVGL. At a certain period in my life, this was everything.