They're just so anal.

Is it really so much to ask for a little leeway? On Wednesday night I parted with 347yen to acquire the usage of a PC in an internet cafe. My time ran out on 20:28. I logged off and went to the front desk to hand back my card and the girl tells me that because I logged off at 20:29 I will hve to pay 87yen extra (the charge for 10 minutes use of the internet). What the fuck? I gave her a look that clearly said, "You have to be kidding." and she kind of shrugged her shoulders with a face that clearly said "I know it is kind of silly but that's the rule." and at least pretended she was embarrassed about it. But I guarantee you that at no point did it enter her head to just let it go.

"Oh, it's only a minute, which she probably spent packing her bag up, I'll just press clear and forget about it..." is what she should have thought. Instead she saw the computer asking for 87yen and thought, "I must get 87yen, I must get 87yen, I must get 87yen." Actually, knowing the Japs, the computer programme probably doesn't even have a just forget about it function. But clearly arguing about it with Miss Mascara isn't going to get me anywhere so I just paid and left and wondered if I will ever get used to how fucking fastidious the Japs are about such things.

I have concluded that I will never.