Comments for bjorn.again. http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com thoughts, not from japan anymore Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:18:46 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Suburban ugliness in Japan by aaa http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/07/16/suburban-ugliness-in-japan/#comment-1468 aaa Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:18:46 +0000 http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/07/16/suburban-ugliness-in-japan/#comment-1468 a that looks awesome jeje i want to live there seriously it looks cool even if its ugly a that looks awesome jeje i want to live there
seriously it looks cool even if its ugly

]]> Comment on I have a job by Karin Särnå http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/06/30/i-have-a-job/#comment-1435 Karin Särnå Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:59:00 +0000 http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/06/30/i-have-a-job/#comment-1435 Yes, okonomiyaki to Stockholm please!! Yes, okonomiyaki to Stockholm please!!

]]> Comment on Self-promotion (Björn Dufwenberg!) by Peter Nilsson http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/07/18/self-promotion-bjorn-dufwenberg/#comment-1417 Peter Nilsson Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:33:16 +0000 http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/07/18/self-promotion-bjorn-dufwenberg/#comment-1417 I see you update even less that I do... Interesting post though. Alos I read the older post on Jap food, and I went to a tea salon in Paris not long ago and had a japaneese noodle salad. It was yuckie. Blä! I don't eat suchi anymoor either after getting sick from a "chinese" shushi place (very common in paris). Only cooked japanese food for me from now on. If you come visit there is a couple of good real japaneses restorants near the Opéra Garnier where you can show me howto slurp like a real man. I see you update even less that I do… Interesting post though. Alos I read the older post on Jap food, and I went to a tea salon in Paris not long ago and had a japaneese noodle salad. It was yuckie. Blä! I don’t eat suchi anymoor either after getting sick from a “chinese” shushi place (very common in paris). Only cooked japanese food for me from now on.
If you come visit there is a couple of good real japaneses restorants near the Opéra Garnier where you can show me howto slurp like a real man.

]]> Comment on I want to export this to the rest of the world! by bjorn http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/04/22/i-want-to-export-this-to-the-rest-of-the-world/#comment-1379 bjorn Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:09:19 +0000 http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/04/22/i-want-to-export-this-to-the-rest-of-the-world/#comment-1379 Exactly right. I lived in Munich in Germany for a while, and they had this strangely Soviet-esque system in clothes tores there. If you were walking around, cheking stuff, someone would come and try to "help" you, without being asked for it, even without indication of needing help. If you then made any sign of liking what you tried, they would almost tear the clothes out of your hands, give you a little note with their number on (for commission purposes), and then run off with the clothes to the cashier. Then, to get your clothes, you would have to stand in three lines - one to give them your little notes, one to pay, and one to get your actual clothes. Bizarre. Exactly right. I lived in Munich in Germany for a while, and they had this strangely Soviet-esque system in clothes tores there. If you were walking around, cheking stuff, someone would come and try to “help” you, without being asked for it, even without indication of needing help. If you then made any sign of liking what you tried, they would almost tear the clothes out of your hands, give you a little note with their number on (for commission purposes), and then run off with the clothes to the cashier. Then, to get your clothes, you would have to stand in three lines – one to give them your little notes, one to pay, and one to get your actual clothes. Bizarre.

]]> Comment on I want to export this to the rest of the world! by Anders Gardebring http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/04/22/i-want-to-export-this-to-the-rest-of-the-world/#comment-1378 Anders Gardebring Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:39:03 +0000 http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/04/22/i-want-to-export-this-to-the-rest-of-the-world/#comment-1378 The service level is simply amazing. I remember from my all to short visit to japan (5 weeks) the amazing service level. I remember buying a bottle of wine in an apartement store, the wrapping for this product when the staff was finished looked better than the christmas wrappings at the NK departement store here in Stockholm (and mind you, the NK wrapping is very nice compared to many other stores). Or how all of the staff drop everything they do and say "Irraishaimase" when you enter a store, making you feel just that little bit of extra welcome. Or how the staff always look happy, give you smiles and immaculately count your change. In fact, I never ever checked I had gotten the correct change after a couple of days. I knew I had. And yet, somehow, you never get the feeling of being pressured into buying anything, as you can be with overly "helpful" staff in Europe. The service level is simply amazing. I remember from my all to short visit to japan (5 weeks) the amazing service level. I remember buying a bottle of wine in an apartement store, the wrapping for this product when the staff was finished looked better than the christmas wrappings at the NK departement store here in Stockholm (and mind you, the NK wrapping is very nice compared to many other stores).
Or how all of the staff drop everything they do and say “Irraishaimase” when you enter a store, making you feel just that little bit of extra welcome.
Or how the staff always look happy, give you smiles and immaculately count your change. In fact, I never ever checked I had gotten the correct change after a couple of days. I knew I had.
And yet, somehow, you never get the feeling of being pressured into buying anything, as you can be with overly “helpful” staff in Europe.

]]> Comment on I have a job by Anders Gardebring http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/06/30/i-have-a-job/#comment-1377 Anders Gardebring Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:23:08 +0000 http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/06/30/i-have-a-job/#comment-1377 Oh yes. Please. An okonomiyaki restaurant in Stockholm is something I truly miss.. Iv'e eaten okonomiyaki three times in my entire life. Once in Hiroshima, once in Tokyo and once in Amsterdam... And its one of the best things I've ever eaten. Oh yes. Please. An okonomiyaki restaurant in Stockholm is something I truly miss.. Iv’e eaten okonomiyaki three times in my entire life. Once in Hiroshima, once in Tokyo and once in Amsterdam… And its one of the best things I’ve ever eaten.

]]> Comment on Web applications by bjorn http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/03/28/web-applications/#comment-1376 bjorn Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:34:18 +0000 http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/03/28/web-applications/#comment-1376 Sent one over your way, at least if that nospam... address was the proper one. Have fun :-) Sent one over your way, at least if that nospam… address was the proper one. Have fun :-)

]]> Comment on Web applications by Axel http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/03/28/web-applications/#comment-1375 Axel Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:08:42 +0000 http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/03/28/web-applications/#comment-1375 If you still have an invite available, I would be happy to be able to try 8apps. Kind regards from Belgium, Axel If you still have an invite available, I would be happy to be able to try 8apps.

Kind regards from Belgium,

Axel

]]> Comment on I want to export this to the rest of the world! by bjorn http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/04/22/i-want-to-export-this-to-the-rest-of-the-world/#comment-1365 bjorn Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:10:19 +0000 http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/04/22/i-want-to-export-this-to-the-rest-of-the-world/#comment-1365 Sure I could find a job. But could I find a job I would find interesting, challenging, and rewarding? I'm not so sure about that. Maybe in the future, because I'm sure I will return one day. Maybe the day I hear someone in Sweden say "Sorry for being rude, but would the honored customer like..." (and meaning it), I will immediately leave for Japan to see what level the service-mindedness is at there. What if there is only a finite amount of service-mindedness to go around in the world, and Japan has gotten most of it? That means that (due to population size differences) Sweden could have the same level of service-mindedness as Japan, without the Japanese level decreasing by more than 6 or 7 %. And then we can live on happily forever after, in Sweden or Japan, and the rest of the world be damned! Sure I could find a job. But could I find a job I would find interesting, challenging, and rewarding? I’m not so sure about that.
Maybe in the future, because I’m sure I will return one day. Maybe the day I hear someone in Sweden say “Sorry for being rude, but would the honored customer like…” (and meaning it), I will immediately leave for Japan to see what level the service-mindedness is at there.

What if there is only a finite amount of service-mindedness to go around in the world, and Japan has gotten most of it? That means that (due to population size differences) Sweden could have the same level of service-mindedness as Japan, without the Japanese level decreasing by more than 6 or 7 %. And then we can live on happily forever after, in Sweden or Japan, and the rest of the world be damned!

]]> Comment on I want to export this to the rest of the world! by Martinsson http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/04/22/i-want-to-export-this-to-the-rest-of-the-world/#comment-1364 Martinsson Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:14:49 +0000 http://bjorn.dufwenberg.com/2007/04/22/i-want-to-export-this-to-the-rest-of-the-world/#comment-1364 Well, why don't you stay in Japan then? I'm sure you'll be able to find a job if you look around. Anyhow, I totally agree with you. I have never been (or will probably never go) to a plave where the level of service mindness is higher than in Japan. (I wonder how our fellas at IKEA will cope in the long run...) Well, why don’t you stay in Japan then? I’m sure you’ll be able to find a job if you look around. Anyhow, I totally agree with you. I have never been (or will probably never go) to a plave where the level of service mindness is higher than in Japan. (I wonder how our fellas at IKEA will cope in the long run…)

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