Toyota, Bowing and BBC Sensors
The Japanese art of bowing has drawn much media attention since the Toyota PR debacle…
So the BBC did an fairly informative and interesting piece on the subject with particular insight into the corporate bowing culture. We just couldn’t work out how this section got past the BBC’s usual sensibilities…
BBC: For connoisseurs of bowing, it is all about angle and duration, the deeper and longer the more deferential or humble, although sincerity is optional…
…The repeated bow from the waist accompanied by wails of apology is reserved for cases where the mechanic crashed your car when taking it in for mandatory inspection but still insists on charging you $1,000.
The nurse who just nicked you and drew blood while shaving “down there” during pre-op prep bows and drops to her knees in a chorus of soothing apologies while dabbing the wound.
Try conjuring up that last one in a PG rated picture.
