I continue the story of yesterday, and more similar stories came out.

Both my wife and junior daughter worked part-time as receptionists and ushers at the Tokyo Olympics.

(Incidentally, at the time, the Ebata family referred to this part-time period as the "Olympic bubble)

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Foreign athletes will speak to them in "English" at the reception desk at the Olympic venue -- naturally.

However, English conversation did not seem to be established in most of the reception areas at the Japanese Olympic venues.

This fact does not seem to have been communicated even by the media. It is possible that the media covered it up (through discovery).

However, the action of the Japanese staff at the venue, who tried their best to 'gesture, or lean in to show them around, seemed to success in

"conveying the sincerity of the Japanese people to all athletes who came to Japan from abroad (at that time, only athletes were allowed to enter the country at Corona)."

Well, the "uncool" aspect was unavoidable, I guess.

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"When you come to Japan, you should use Japanese as your base language. It is not polite to speak to them in English as a matter of course"

The junior daughter also said the same phrase that many Japanese have said in the past.

In addition, she said

'If it's a part-time job expected in speaking English, it's not worth the paycheck.'

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I intuitively thought, 'That's different'.

If, in the description of the part-time job application,

'English proficiency to the point where I can converse in everyday English and have no difficulty in guiding foreigners.'

would be added,

I am convinced that they must not have attracted any part-timers at all.