The New Year Continued

“Drink, Drink! C’mon in” ,said my co-worker, Mr. Ishiwata. These were the words that signaled sig.ugh.nal (negative practice). the kick off of the-end of the year party. Everyone knew that some w one, including themselves, will take off (drop the chin slowly) their shirt and start belly-dancing.
Drinking to the point of unconsciousness was always a ritual at this party.
No one had a curfew on this fanatical and foolish night.
This event seemed to erase the boundary between the juniors and the seniors.
However, nothing could bridge the gap between these two factions.
The young employees or juniors must not forget to be respectful to their elders or seniors.
In the Japanese culture, age deserves respect whether a senior administrator is highly compete tent or incompetent. He or she deserves respect. Why? Because a senior member of a business or a family is older, and age rules. That is the way it always has been and will continue to be.
Alcohol will never erase the truth, and juniors have to remember their place in the business hierarchy and on the morning after it is imperative for all juniors to read the atmosphere so that they quickly can recall who they really are- juniors in a senior world. - Young versus old, never the twain do meet. The next morning, it’s business as usual. The senior belly dancer is your boss. Miss this fact, and beware!!
Last night’s old belly dancer will make you today’s outcast and shame you in front of everyone.
Whether we work in the States, or in Japan, a proper Japanese junior never forgets his culture.