On Tuesday, a Japanese co-worker walked into my office. She doesn't follow sports that closely, but we had the following conversation.

Co-worker: Thank you.
Me [confused]: Thank you for what?
Co-worker: For congratulating me.
Me: Urgh...

(Japan won the World Baseball Classic on Monday night, after beating Korea in the semi-final on Saturday night.)

Later on she apologized, saying she "shouldn't torture me like that". Somehow, I didn't feel that much better.

Maybe the fact that a mild-mannered, female, Japanese co-worker was trash-talking at me had something to do with it...