Hi-tech Maid
Friday, August 15th, 2008If there’s two things central to Akihabara culture in Japan it’s hi-tech products and maids. If it were 3 it would be hi-tech products, maids and Gundam, but Gundam isn’t relevant right now so let’s forget about that one.
This morning I left my room and walked towards the lift. As I turned the corner to get to the to the door of the lift, a female hotel cleaner, in about her early 20s, greeted me with a great big “good morning!” (ohayou gozaimaaaasu!). She was crouched over a laptop in the hallway, with a big clump of wires connecting it to power and ethernet points on the wall. It was running some sort of software called “pointsec” and in her little blue uniform she proceeded to check all the ports were connected correctly and began logging in.
I entered the lift and reflected on how much I love this country.