Adassu!

Adassu!
Is this a dialect?

No, it is a greeting.

My workplace is full of men...

And for some reason, there are many jocks.

There is Isogai, who played university rugby,
and Motomura, who teaches youth soccer on Sundays.

There is Yoshioka, a pompadoured caregiver who sweated through basketball in his student days, and Takai, a caregiver who used to be a motorcycle mechanic.

Furthermore, there is Yamazaki, who has a background as a rare male beer vendor at a baseball stadium, and Funaki, who rides a large motorcycle.

And then there is Shirakawa, whose lover is an AKRacing chair (in short, a very comfortable chair).

The way they say 'Otsukaresama' (good work) is

Adassu!

That is it.

Because of this, confusion among foreign nationals is inevitable.

It is truly like the Bijogi Junction...

Or rather, there is no love

in 'Adassu'.

Or rather, the character count does not even match.

Or rather...
It does not overlap with 'Otsukaresama deshita' in any way.

When it is broken down this much, there is no longer any respect for 'Otsukaresama deshita'.

If it were a TV caption, it would be '⚪︎△◻︎◇'.

At this point, I do not even know if 'Adassu' is really 'Adassu'.

Yes... "Adassu" is a greeting that relies entirely on the ears.

...Everyone, are you following me?
Adassu really exists! Haha.

In opposition to those "Adassu" men, one man reigns supreme in our facility.

That would be...

Koishikawa, the tall cook.
Let's call him this in this episode.

"Oissu-Koishikawa".

While Adassu is hard to hear, as if it's hiding in the clouds, Oissu is very easy to hear.

However, Oissu is very likely to incur the facility manager's wrath.

It was a conversation on a certain day.

"Oissu! Facility manager, about the malfunction of the cooking equipment from before..."

"First of all, it's not Oissu!"

"Oh, I'm sorry. But, since it can't be fixed, I'm thinking of replacing it. Can I request a quote from a vendor?"

...My inner Little Ma-bon is whispering a retort, saying there's no way the request would be approved starting with that greeting...

"Well, Koishikawa-kun is working hard, after all. Understood, go ahead and get a quote for a replacement."

Oh! The rock has moved! ...Once again, my inner Little Ma-bon whispered.

"Oissu, then I'll contact the vendor. ...Issu."

Have you all noticed...?
That he stepped on a landmine twice...?

"...Just try fixing it first after all!"

Ah, man...

Let's move on to the next one!
Anger from Oissu, anger... just like Ikariya Chosuke (lol).

To digress, I recently went all the way to Mie Prefecture to see sea otters, of which only three are kept in Japan.

Rumor has it that sea otters are an endangered species.

And "Oissu Koishikawa," whose every greeting turns into "Oissu!," is also an endangered species of which there is only one at my facility.

Every time I see the cute expressions of the sea otters,
I think... if only Oissu could say it with a slightly more charming expression, it would be easier to get approval for requests...

Yes, Oissu Koishikawa is a tall man with a fierce look...

By the way, the broken kitchen appliance I was discussing with the facility manager earlier is a mixer, and he hasn't even been able to take the approval request form for it for three months now...

Like the sea otters, Oissu is also a rare animal.

"Oissu Koishikawa" needs some other talent!

...At this point, maybe I should try dropping a washbasin on him next time.

Let's move on to the next one!

*All personal names appearing in this essay, except for the sea otters, are pseudonyms.