(Don't know what to say)

I didnt know what to put on the title above. Cause i just dont know. You may find out below.

Overheard below conversation in the bus today between A-san, a foreign student, and B-san, a japanese student.

A: I had to walk today

B: Why did you walk?

A: Actually my bike was stolen, so I have to walk.

B: STOLEN? WHERE? WHAT HAPPENED?

A: (Blah, blah, blah...details you don't want to hear...)

B: Thats horrible. Its really too bad. Did you lock your bike?

A: No, the bike wasn't worth the cost of a good lock.

B: Ahhhhhh....soooooooooo. That's horrible.

A: Oh well, not a damn thing I can do about it, eh?

B: Well, I am really sorry to hear that. I feel personally responsible.

A: Oh, don't worry about it. It's not as though you stole it, did you?

B: Well...Im sure it wasnt a Japanese person! I hope it wasn't, at least.

A: Ummmmmm...I dont know how you are so sure about it. Japanese people commit crimes too, you know. Dont you read news on TV ?

B: Oh I suppose you're right, but I still hope it wasnt a Japanese person.

Strange conversation, that. It's as though the Japanese person, knowing that the foreigner's bike was stolen by another Japanese person, feel personally responsible. To alleviate this guilt, he told him that 'maybe it wasn't a Japanese person'. I don't suppose he thinks about the fact that he is not Japanese, and therefore blaming foreigners might seem a little offensive.

Oh some people of this country never ceases to amaze ...

I am turning into my grave, and im not freaking dead yet.