One of the greatest and yet scariest things about Japan is the sheep culture. For the last week and a half or so we've had a hard time getting bananas, and the local grocery store even has a sign up that says one bunch per person. 007 just found out why today. Turns out a TV program did a special about a banana diet and now everyone is jumping onto the banana FAD diet bandwagon. We've had issues with TV show popularity causing problems before. We tried going to Costco one weekend and had to wait in line for over 30 min just to get into the parking lot, and we were on the 'secret' road to the store. We had no idea why, and it turned out there was a big TV special about Costco and everyone and their mother was signing up for membership and going. Sometimes it benefits us like the TV special about Costco's Vizio TV's which helped Costco sell out and probably helped 007 get his promotion on Monday.
Either way, the lesson is, be careful what you show on TV in Japan, and make sure whatever you show is well stocked in stores. We'll wait this one out, and go back to not worrying about our banana supply in another week or two.
5 comments:
lol, Japan is so funny sometimes. I really wish I could watch japanese TV!
Oh my, how interesting. Maybe you could start getting your crafty products shown on TV and become a millionaire!
Interesting.
I love the Asian group mentality!! Tell everyone it's the right day to do something or to eat something and watch everyone do it! We live right by the beach and on the "last day of summer" the beach was body to body with people. The next day (hotter actually) the beach was deserted. See it was no longer "beach season." It still cracks me up! Maybe soon they will announce a grape diet and you can get your bananas again!
That's a serious dedication by the general populace to do whatever everyone else is doing. Golf clap.
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