What are the usual party tricks, again? Saucer spinning, painted belly dance, two person one robe?
I heard that they would mostly try to have it done with one-liners or striking pose to make people laugh. Glad I'm not working in Japan every time I hear about such stuff.
Finland, Sweden and Norway all have their claim on Santa-san (maybe even Denmark trough Greenland) but I do believe Finns have managed to make their claim the strongest.
TN said: This is 1000% the standard procedure for Japanese companies, the newbies either have to organise, or perform in, the year end/starting parties; it's also the same for the smaller get-togethers during the year.
So what happens if say, the company doesn't have a new batch of newbies in the next year? Does that mean the same guys from last year will have to do it again?
So what happens if say, the company doesn't have a new batch of newbies in the next year? Does that mean the same guys from last year will have to do it again?
Those kind of companies will always have newbies, since they tend to be the big ones that get new grads, and even then, anyone transferring in from another part of the company is also considered a newbie.
The 'forced entertainment' is really only a thing for the larger parties, and you need a certain amount of people to really have one of those.
Finland, Sweden and Norway all have their claim on Santa-san (maybe even Denmark trough Greenland) but I do believe Finns have managed to make their claim the strongest.
Sinterklaas is Dutch, though. (And St. Nicholas was Greek...)
We're lookin' forward to some mighty fine party tricks from you, hear?We'd like to ask ya to be the organiser for this year's Christmas party, yeah?Not the North Pole?That's some incredibly Japanese reasoning there...It's Sweden!Nah, it ain't that.
It's 'cause you're the youngest here, Got-yan.Heeey! Got-yan!Ah!
There ya are!Why yes, certainly!That must be from the Santa's Homeland image I have, right?There are various theories.That's an evil custom!It's just the done deal each year to put all the newbies in charge of the entertainment, see?This is 1000% the standard procedure for Japanese companies, the newbies either have to organise, or perform in, the year end/starting parties; it's also the same for the smaller get-togethers during the year.Come to think of it,
Santa-san is from Finland, isn't he!?
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