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I went there in the 90s and remember leaving my wallet in a store, then walking down the street a man tapped my shoulder from the back and when I turned I saw t

I went there in the 90s and remember leaving my wallet in a store, then walking down the street a man tapped my shoulder from the back and when I turned I saw the store owner giving it back to me. Man I was touched by that gesture. A couple of stores down the road we entered a jewelry and my gf tried some expensive pearl necklaces just for the fun of it (like Y3M a pop ($30k back then)) and she forgot to return the last one she tried. A couple of blocks down we noticed and looked at each other with that weird sensation and the urge to return it, like if we were guilty of something we really didn't do. And we did, they guy thanked us like a million times. We felt the most honorable people on earth. Honor is something we can't describe but japanese people carry it in their blood.

fierarul 16y ago
>that weird sensation and the urge to return it, like if we were guilty of something we really didn't do. Same thing happened to us in a Spanish clothing shop. Wife went out with some blouse she tried and somehow this didn't trip that alarm at the door. While groceries shopping nearby we notice the blouse. >And we did, they guy thanked us like a million times. We felt the most honorable people on earth. We go return the blouse, the alarm starts while we enter then we have to fiddle explaining in half-Spanish what we meant to do. We end up paying for the damn blouse, with the guard next to us but we don't get a receipt because that's company policy (I'd guess a form of punishment so you couldn't return the item). In the end we both regretted returning it and kinda ruined the whole evening. Not sure if this is a valid Spanish/European-Japanese comparison but it certainly is a corporate versus humane shop comparison.