I Would Like to Know Something

SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:

This woman was standing behind a man who was a doctor (he wore one of those golden tags).

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Where did this happen; what was the line for ?

She tapped him and asked, "you are a doctor, right?" and he replied, "yes." She then asked for something (bluntly, I believe) and then said, "But I have no money..." and gave one of those 'I Don't Know" hand gesture and her eyes looked a little big and she was fidgeting a little with her words. He then scolded her and told her she was rude.

Now, in the text bold above... I know that what she said was rude... but tell me why that was a rude thing to say.

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Although what she said must have been "rude" as you say, it is difficult to answer your question because it is not clear what she said except "But I have no money." That by itself does not sound rude. Could you be a bit more specific ? Then maybe someone might be able to give you an opinion, but without the details, it's difficult to say. And also, why did you think "that" was rude :?

Was she trying to get free advice? I'm not in Japan, but I know doctor aquaintances that I never directly ask advice from because I feel that would be awkward. Sometimes, in the course of a conversation something comes up, like I explained how I was sick and my ears get plugged up in airplanes, and he went into detail about how that happens, and what to do about it. But I would never intentionally ask something unless they were good friends. Because I'm not paying them, and it's their off time. It sounds like that may be a similar situation - I think it would be rude to ask a doctor a health question about yourself like that. But then, I don't know exactly what they were talking about or what their relationship was.

Otherwise, from that sketchy snippet of a conversation, I would've concluded that she was asking the doctor for a very big favor that entails compensation. Maybe the doctor thought it was rude to ask for something so big for free... ☝