From: Karyna Shuliak Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 1:19 AM To: Jeffrey Subject: Re: This is what I found online. Looks like the payment is made later? <=iv style="direction: inherit;"> Ichigensan o-ko=owari. The unspoken rule practiced in the geisha world of not allowing non-=ntroduced customers. A person may come as a guest of a known customer, but h= has to have a proper introduction and in effect prove himself before being=allowed access on his own. There are several reasons for this rule. One is t=at there can be a long gap between the time of a visit to a teahouse and th= time the bill is submitted. Both sides must know and trust one another tha= the bill is fair and that the payment will be made. Another reason is that=the geisha and the mother of the teahouse feel that the service they provid= is totally personalized to the guest. One cannot provide the proper level o= service to a stranger. It is probably also true that the women feel safer i= only dealing with known customers. On Sep 30, 2016, a= 8:53 AM, Karyna Shuliak > wrote: Jeffrey, we just realized that we did n=t pay at all at the tea house last night, were we supposed to? There were l=ts of moment when they could have brought us a check, and it was a long goo= buy, but also it did not even cross our mind to ask for it, and I don't kn=w if it would be rude to do so... now I am paranoid! =/blockquote> 1 EFTA_R1_01246474 EFTA02326065