Tuesday, October 12, 2004
An English Furita In Basingstoke.
A Japanese counter culture movement is going mainstream. They've not sold out, they're just getting noticed. In Japan, a ?????, pronounced Freeta or Furita, is not a fruit burrito - but perhaps it is the person who is serving you your taco. The Japanese lost the 1990's, it seems that Kiitchi Miyazawa was distracted when President George Bush Snr barfed on him in a 1992 state visit. The result of this distraction was an implosion of the markets and the beginning of the end of the Japanese work ethic. Company HR departments found the word redundancy in the dictionary, and workers skipped the pages on loyalty and slavery in their code of conduct. Thus began the revolution, as the People questioned the Old Thinking. Freelancing, the notion of non-permanent employment, and a break from traditional employment started rising in popularity.
The people who, typically aged between 20 and 35, decide to temp instead of perm are dubbed furitas. We call them Arts Students, and you tend to find them working in bars having just dossed around SE Asia for a few months. They are a new, not entirely welcome, social group in Japan.
Scroll down to the heading "Currents" in this doc to read a more informed version.
Other excellent news today includes the unity of Europe, as Spain in favour of France for their National Day parade, and failed to invite the USA this time.
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