"Gift rage" lands worker in court

[DS1]

An Osaka court heard that the 31-year-old man, who worked for an online clothing sales company, had given the company president a box of jellies in the summer as a mark of gratitude after landing the job, the English-language Asahi Shimbun said.

Many Japanese maintain a tradition of sending gifts to important business contacts in summer and winter.

When the employee realized that his boss had left the box of jellies unopened under his desk, he smashed 22 computers in the office with a truncheon, the paper said. No one was injured in the incident.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUST16652320071004?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews

[MrScorpio]

1. I'd hate to see what he'll do when he finds out that his wife is fucking around on him

Guy's like a volcano

[ceile]

2. He gave him pair of these?

[Midlodemocrat]

3. Yeah, I'd be pissed, too.

:rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. If he were a woman, I'd sure as hell be remembering to put the seat down.

What a jackass.

And a truncheon? Who the hell carries around a truncheon?

If you're gonna do that, have the class to carry a flail or a mace.

Geez.

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. (slowly nudges truncheon out of sight beneath the desk)

:blush:

[XemaSab]

6. I wouldn't know a truncheon if it hit me in the...

:hide:

[redqueen]

7. It's far more serious than consideration with respect to toilet seats...

Protocols like this in Japan are taken MUCH more seriously. Not 'smash up a bunch of computers' seriously... that's crazy. But yeah, the unopened gift is a much more offensive insult than forgetting to put the seat down.


And besides... people should put the whole fuckin lid down. Flushing with the lid up is ASKING to have your entire bathroom covered with a fine coating of shitpissmist.