gimme some money

so for over a year you have all heard me wench about and rail against the atms in this country. cash machines are at the top of the 'most frustrating things about japan' list. take a look at the screen to understand why...

recently i've done much better about keeping my blood pressure down while withdrawing money. it also helps that in the last couple of months my bank, daishi, has agreed to work with all 7-11 convenience stores so now i can withdraw at any obscene hour as long as the conbini is open.


conbini- [n] a shortened version of the word 'convenience' substituting a 'b' for the original 'v' since there is no 'v' in the japanese alphabet referring to any convenience store.

cashing corner- [n] the area in any given conbini containing atm machines.

and as if the whole system isn't screwy enough...check out my mother goose atm card...