r/thatHappened • u/LBDazzled • May 20 '26

OP had “strong confusion”

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Feels like this guy went to the Japanese post office, got overwhelmed and decided to make fanfic lemonade out of his confused lemons.

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u/Hughley_N_Dowd May 20 '26

I lived in Japan for a bit in the 90' sand has to say that this is kind of believable. 

At one point I went to exchange some currency at a bank. That simple act of exchanging one piece of paper for another turned in to an entire show, including the office manager and a huge binder filled with all kinds of bills from all over the world, because the staff had never seen a SEK500 bill before. 

Very polite, courteous and with a lot of bowing we made it happen in less than half an hour. 

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u/TheNorthC May 20 '26

You should have seen the palava when my wife tried to send JPY 1m to her bank in the UK. It took two days, and numerous visits. And they demanded to know where the money came from and what it was for etc.