I went to H.I.S. to check on ticket prices to America. A last ditch effort really. My parents little guilt trip on Tuesday is still ringing loudly in my ears. Anyway at H.I.S. I found out that my "freakishly high" estimate that I got from the No. 1 Travel website was about fifty thousand yen too low. 227000 yen. That is what it would have cost to go home. Insane really. It goes without saying that any hope that I may have been harboring is officially dead.
After leaving H.I.S. I went to the Apple Store. I have been considering buying an Apple computer. Actually any computer recently. Apple's computers just happen to look really sexy and sleek, and for me those two qualities make a huge difference. One of the most important things is making sure that the computer has English and Japanese abilities.
I learned a few thing about Apple and Japan today.
1. Apple does not do payment plans. While I'm at it neither does Japan... unless its a car or a house, and even in those situations they prefer you to pay in full in cash.
2. To ask or even start on a path of questioning that will lead to a payment plan will get you a certain series of looks.
a. Realization - the clerk will actually light up a little. It will seem as though that suddenly had an epiphany that made them aware of your lack of funds.
b. Aggravation - the clerk will suddenly fix you with a look that says, "Why the hell are you even here?" The look will be so strong that you will feel compelled to apologize for wasting their time.
c. Agitation - the clerk will start to turn away from you. It is at this point the you should thank the clerk for their help and with shame plastered across your down turned face run screaming from the store and into the flow of oncoming traffic.
If you don't release the clerk by thanking them things will get ugly. Well in (my)theory. At this point the clerks fake smile will melt away and the god awful set of jagged shattered teeth that a lot of Japanese people will emerge and they will try to eat you.
7 comments:
that picture is disgusting
this is just the tip of the horrors I have seen
a one way ticket back home cost that much. I want to come back. Do the math and you'll see that it just won't work.
you paid 80000 for a one way last year. You left during september just after the peak travel time. I canonly go during the peak travel. All the prices are obscenely high.
so...what does this discussion all mean?
It means I'm still not coming to America.
then there was no real purpose. ur voyage to america is on u my friend.
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