my Japanese co-worker didn´t like a present

• okay something really strange happened. i am a woman working in a Japanese company. my one coworkr has been really helpful getting me settled in the company and at home (even went to the real-estate office with me). as a thank you present i bought him a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black Label because he likes scotch. i wrapped it up in a nice white paper and put a colored bow on it. when he got it he acted real funny. wasn´t appreciative at all. is alcohol an inapporpriate gift in japan? was it just inappropriate coming from a woman?

  31 Jul 2009, 12:22 susan keller

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• office & women

  some japanese men are just skittish around women in the office. maybe the present was too forward for him?

  lou 31 Jul 2009, 12:36 - Report

• hmm

  i dont think that alcohol would be inappropriate. and he isn´t intimidated by you as a woman if he helped you do all that stuff. just thinking out loud sorry i can´t really help with this one

  toto 31 Jul 2009, 12:38 - Report

• White Paper

  White paper on a gift is associated with death.

  T 05 Aug 2009, 03:14 - Report