Miyazaki Rising: A Story of Power, Prison, and Sexual Harassment Part 4

We were a group of about 10 people—about 4 of us from the NY office, 4 from the LA office, the lady from DC, and Miyazaki from Tokyo. We hit up a couple of ordinary-ish bars but they weren't entertaining enough to be any fun with these old geezers in tow. So we ended up at Coyote Ugly.

The hot, busty girls at Coyote Ugly were standing on the bar dancing, grinding, and pouring beer into the horny dancing guys' mouths. Miyazaki looked entertained. The old man was dancing and smiling and having a good time. I felt like I had succeeded in showing this tight-lipped Japanese businessman a good time on his trip to the United States.

Then the girls on stage starting pouring beer down each others' cleavages. The crowd roared. Wet t-shirts and beer! Woohoo!

I felt something cold and wet on my shirt. I looked up, and there was Miyazaki with his beer bottle tipped over my chest. I stifled a scream, grabbed my co-worker's arm, and pulled her outside.

It was the most humiliating moment of my career. I was in Vegas, drenched in beer, standing outside a slutty club where a dirty old executive of the company I'd just started working for had treated me like one of his 17-year old hostess girlfriends.

My co-workers from NY were as pissed as I was at what happened. They walked with me back to the hotel, listened to me rant, and got me some dry clothes. They stayed up with me late into the night as I plotted my revenge.

The next day, while Miyazaki was eating breakfast, my immediate boss made him stand up and apologize to me in front of everybody—including the company's namesake and president Mr. Yamada. Old, drunk Miyazaki didn't remember a thing from the night before, but I'll never forget the moment he stood up and bowed down to me. I am sorry! He said. Words that, today, the entire country of Japan is waiting to hear from him for the crimes he committed.

To be continued...

(Read Miyazaki Rising: A Story of Power, Prison, and Sexual Harassment Part 3)

Comments

[yakitori]

How long are you going to drag this silly story out?

[enrique]

Apologies such as this never happen with American companies. I guarantee you with many US employer, all parties involved would be told by HR and Legal not to speak to one another, while the mess is sorted out. It might be handled through the legal system, but a simple apology is something most people here would never get.

[Dak Roland]

Ignore yakitori and please continue. I for one, am interested in your story.