See No Evil, Speak No Evil, Hear No Evil
"If I keep all my senses occupied,
then I won't think I'm in Japan" Non-Acknowledgment Guy
*For more posts similar to this one, see The People in Japan
then I won't think I'm in Japan" Non-Acknowledgment Guy
*For more posts similar to this one, see The People in Japan
I want to get this guy out of the way now because a lot of the characters that I cover later on are simply an extension of Non-Acknowledgement Guy (NAG).
I'm not professionally qualified to psycho analyze NAG, but I lived in Japan long enough to be qualified to offer a few quality observations and some analysis on this very mentally unstable character.
NAG is on the verge of developing a full-blown mental disorder that will put him in with Dropkick Joey and the Unicorns (people who develop a mental illness directly attributable to living in Japan - more on them later).
NAG is a fellow foreigner who has become SO sensually over-loaded by Japan that he lives in a world of his own. NAG will neither respond to nor acknowledge you when you say hello - even if you are standing in front of him or her and literally looking at their face from a few feet away. NAG is bizarre.
A NAG can be spotted easily. He is usually a short, overweight, white male human who is reading a book with dark sunglasses and headphones on. The native habitat for this animal is a subway or train platform. Other notable places to enjoy a non-acknowledgement guy sighting are Starbucks and McDonald's.
NAG is on the verge of developing a full-blown mental disorder that will put him in with Dropkick Joey and the Unicorns (people who develop a mental illness directly attributable to living in Japan - more on them later).
NAG is a fellow foreigner who has become SO sensually over-loaded by Japan that he lives in a world of his own. NAG will neither respond to nor acknowledge you when you say hello - even if you are standing in front of him or her and literally looking at their face from a few feet away. NAG is bizarre.
A NAG can be spotted easily. He is usually a short, overweight, white male human who is reading a book with dark sunglasses and headphones on. The native habitat for this animal is a subway or train platform. Other notable places to enjoy a non-acknowledgement guy sighting are Starbucks and McDonald's.
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