So, my internet situation is still not squared away. Mr. Yamada stopped by the school today to tell me about the most recent problem. It seems that my internet provider can’t figure out how to bill me (even though they’ve already sent me one bill – in September - which I payed promptly, I might add).
I had asked Yamada (in August) if I could pay through my bank ATM card – that way the provider could just extract their payment without me having to worry about it. He finally got back to me (the guy’s a moron). “No” was the answer. They could only do that with a debit card – one that had a Visa logo on it, or something. Thing is, I asked the bank for a debit card when I set up my account. They wouldn’t give it to me – because I’m a foreigner. Turns out, they don’t trust foreigners with debit cards (I guess because all foreigners are irresponsible and will overdraw their accounts).
But the internet provider doesn’t want to send me bills either – because I’m a foreigner. Turns out, they don’t trust foreigners with bills (I guess because all foreigners are irresponsible and won’t pay them on time, if at all). They would rather directly withdraw the money themselves – through a debit card. How stupidly ironic. A catch-22 of distrust. If only the bank could talk to the internet provider… Maybe then they could coordinate their racism toward something other than pissing me off.
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I just missed you after Thanksgiving and wanted to get in touch and catch up. Fortunately, I ran into your parents at Hamilton station and they let me know of this hidden gem of a blog. Good stuff. This has been added to my daily "act like I'm doing something" read. Now if I just lean in a little more to the monitor and kind of squint, I'll get a promotion in no time.
Anyway I didn't know if it was proper blog etiquette to write a comment that doesn't pertain to the blog at hand so I perused a bunch of comments first. Thankfully I ran into yasuki lary (who im thinking is Larry Zucker) who chose to write a comment while literally standing next to you about standing next to you. Thanks lary.
Was this too long for a blog comment? Whats standard length?
Any length is ok.
Yeah, it sucks that we missed one another. But, its good to hear from you. I'm glad you'll be a regular reader. I haven't been updating as often as I used to, but there are still plenty of archived entries you can peruse - especially if you're looking to eat up time at work (a time honored tradition). I happen to have a bunch of free time at work too. But I think the staff gets suspicious of me if I spend too much time on the computer (sadly I don't have one at my desk - and they won't let me plug my laptop into the network - cause they're afraid of "foreign viruses" or some nonsense - which are impossible for me to spread as I have a mac and the network is all pcs - oh well). I think its ok though. Some of the other teachers actually sleep at their desks - like - face-first, drooling-on-papers sleep.
Anyway...
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