Cultural “Self” Awareness Post Hi Guys, I had a great time in the second class and I hope you did too. It showed me things that I did not know and some that I knew already. From the lesson and the reading I learned about the long hours, company loyalty and the dedication of one's craft (Shokunin). I found "Karoshi" or in other words the death from overwork to be very disturbing. I understand dedicating yourself to a cause, interest or job, but this is too much and this would probably would never happen in my country (Bulgaria). The video that we watched in class showed us that in many offices usually women ot the younges employees are expected to prepare coffee for the others. This shows the clear hiererchy some places have in Japan. In Bulgaria making coffee is such a simple task anyone can do that if some place incorporated in in its culture it would be seen as disrespectful most likely. Maybe if the youngest prepare the coffee it would be seen as more normal, but if...
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