You carry your commuter pass. At the gate, you lightly but firmly touch the panel with the blue circle with your pass. The machine reads it and lets you go through. Everybody takes about 2 seconds to walk through the gate. It is part of your habitus, and your body has the kinetic memory.
You're not slick enough if you take more than 2 seconds, or betray your bumpkin-ness by getting stuck at the gate. You'd see utter frustration on the faces of the people after you made the ultimate morning mistake of not touching the panel at the right angle, with the right amount of force, or time.
I've been going through these gates every morning and evening for more than 2 months now. And I still get stuck once every three, four times.
It seems my body has yet to become that of Tokyoite. Or is Tokyo informing me of my being unfit every time the gate doesn't open?
You can't trick the machine, Maki. It knows you won't assimilate.
ReplyDeleteJD seems to be doing better at this.
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