Faith-based bus system
February 21st, 2006 by quaisiIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
I was on the bus in Osaka but only had a 10,000 yen note for a 200 yen fare. I showed the bus driver the note and apologized but he wouldn`t accept it. I showed him I only had around 80 yen in small change and he told me to chuck it in.
I guess this was only to appease a clueless foreigner but what if it wasn`t? What if the bus runs on a faith-based payment system? And what if the entire Japanese system runs on a faith-based system?
The possibilities are endless.
Posted in Life in Japan |
February 22nd, 2006 at 9:12 am
Cool website about Japan. I would love to live in Osaka someday. Keep up the good work.
February 25th, 2006 at 10:41 am
Simon,
yep, happen to me too. I wondered up to the bus driver looking very lost, mostly because I was lost. He pulled the bus up to the side of the road and looked at my bit of paper. pointed behind us and said 2, it turned out he ment go back 2 stops. He then covered up the payment thing so I could not put my fare in. Very kind, the Japanese seam to put customers first and profit second.
Eddy.