why is it all so bizarre
Oct. 30th, 2012 05:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinianI just paid my rent.
First option: the ATM card. Doesn't work, won't do this trick for American cards.
Second option: the post office. Helped me with the ATM cash remittance mode, which is completely non-obvious, but choked when I didn't have a phone number. What? I am not buying a Japanese phone for less than three months' stay.
Third option: the convenience store. I walked in and apologized for my cluelessness, he had me touch a screen,* he took my money and stamped the stub and that was it. But how the hell is rent paid at a convenience store? There is an office right in the dorm lobby, I would have been happy to hand money to them, but no.
My headache is back. But, hey, it was a convenience store, and here that means they sell liquor. I'm going to have umeshu and ramen for dinner now.
* What did I agree to, I wonder? I think it's just some weird ad since I had to do it again when I bought things, though it looked different that time.
First option: the ATM card. Doesn't work, won't do this trick for American cards.
Second option: the post office. Helped me with the ATM cash remittance mode, which is completely non-obvious, but choked when I didn't have a phone number. What? I am not buying a Japanese phone for less than three months' stay.
Third option: the convenience store. I walked in and apologized for my cluelessness, he had me touch a screen,* he took my money and stamped the stub and that was it. But how the hell is rent paid at a convenience store? There is an office right in the dorm lobby, I would have been happy to hand money to them, but no.
My headache is back. But, hey, it was a convenience store, and here that means they sell liquor. I'm going to have umeshu and ramen for dinner now.
* What did I agree to, I wonder? I think it's just some weird ad since I had to do it again when I bought things, though it looked different that time.
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