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Showing posts with label sense of community in Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sense of community in Japan. Show all posts

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Operation Broken Shredder

How many Japanese people does it take to fix a broken paper shredder? Take a look...


If you answered five or six, you were misled by the picture. Sorry... trick question!

In reality, two teachers managed to fix this broken shredder. However, in a community driven society, everyone feels the need to help out and do their part. Therefore, a group of teachers came to "help out" by providing moral support as bystanders. The two teachers tackling the jaws of the shredder would have fared well without them, but the other teachers came, nonetheless.

Meanwhile, two Americans had front row tickets to the event that this simple task unreeled into. The other ALT and I took it upon ourselves to document the large turnout. We couldn't help ourselves; we giggled as we not so sneakily took pictures.