Recently, a clip appeared on social media recording a scene of a Japanese tourist coming to a shop in Ho Chi Minh City to have his glasses repaired. When the glasses were repaired, the Japanese customer asked for the price and received a surprising answer from the shop owner.
The owner of the clip, Mr. Naoki Okamura (Japanese nationality), said the incident happened at the end of July, at an optical shop on Hoang Dieu Street (District 4, Ho Chi Minh City).
The owner of an optical shop did not charge a Japanese tourist, making the customer very emotional (Photo cut from NVCC clip).
Mr. Okamura came to Ho Chi Minh City for a vacation . Unfortunately, a screw fell off his glasses. So he found a shop near his place to fix them.
Entering the shop, Okamura communicated with the owner in English, stating his request to have his glasses repaired.
"He didn't answer any questions so I wasn't sure if he understood what I was saying. I showed him my broken glasses. About 5 minutes later, the shop owner came back with the repaired glasses.
When I asked for the price, he said "no", which left me very confused. I kept asking and offered to pay or at least give something to the shop owner, but he refused very strongly. Not wanting to disappoint the craftsman, I thanked him and left," Okamura said.
The male tourist shared that he felt very "shocked" to be treated like that, because this is not normal in his country. Born and raised in Japan, Okamura shared that he had never had anything repaired for free, especially when the cause of the damage was himself.
Japanese guy loves Vietnam and its people (Photo: NVCC).
"I recorded the incident and posted it on social media to ask other Vietnamese people if this was normal in Vietnam. Amazingly, everyone shared that this was very normal. With hospitality and kindness, most Vietnamese people will not charge money to repair small, simple things that do not require much effort from the worker," Okamura recounted.
After this experience, the Japanese man said he decided to learn Vietnamese so he could easily express his feelings for the Vietnamese people.
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/an-sinh/den-sua-kinh-vi-khach-nguoi-nhat-soc-khi-nghe-chu-tiem-o-tphcm-bao-gia-20240922153300290.htm
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