As per every Thursday morning—this week’s complaint thread! Time to get anything off your chest that’s been bugging you or pissed you off.
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Rules are simple—you can complain/moan/winge about anything you like, small or big. It can be a personal issue or a general thing, except politics. It’s all about getting it off your chest. Remain civil and be nice to other commenters (even try to help).
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Yet another downside of the extreme heat, daycare has been keeping the kids indoors more to prevent heat stroke. That’s definitely the right thing to do, but it also means that the kids aren’t running around as much outside so when they get home they are balls of energy that refuse to go to sleep….
My complaint was that this thread wasn’t created at the time the fucken cicadas woke me up this morning and I had to wait for Reddit to catch up to my reality.
Tried to buy one of the rail passes after work. Failure x3. First went to the nearest midori no madoguchi….Nopex they dont sell them, got to go to the bigger one up town, OK my fault I forgot.
On the train to the bigger one, turns out they have short opening hours and will be closed when I arrive. (If I had gone directly there it would still not have made a difference, the early closure would have stiffed me and normal hours would have been fine.)
Well I can use Ekinet and then collect at a ticket machine. Get through the process, DENIED. Credit card means credit card there. Debit card is NG. So three failures, time and money wasted.
Got woken up early twice today, once because of a storm and later a huntsman got in. I know the whole spider bro story but the Mrs is an advocate for All Insects Outside.
There was a mom (or grandmom?) at USJ with a boy (looked about 10) right next to me who kept climbing a fake stone/brick fence and light posts at Super Nintendo world while in line for one of the interactive areas. I told my husband “That boy is gonna injure himself, it’s so dangerous to climb! Why doesn’t his mom stop him?” And the woman turns around and tells me “Yea, I don’t think it’s dangerous.” And at that same moment a staff member came to ask her to stop letting the boy climb everything because he was going to injure himself. She just turned around and sheepishly smiled at me.
I get kids are restless but why do some parents (grandparents?) let their kids run wild? I like kids, even if they’re annoying, I don’t want to see them get hurt because their parents are idiots.
Jesus jumping jackrabbits some major services in this country are so technically inept to the point of being unusable.
Moved to from my companies office to one of their satelite offices a few months ago. Didnt think much about it but got an email from HR this week that I need to report this change of work address to immigration or else it could cause trouble when I try to renew my visa. Basically same processes as when you change jobs Im just telling them I work at the same company but a different location. Technically supposed to be done within 14 days of the change but no real punishment for doing it late.
Ok no big deal I think I go to the link to the Immigration site HR sends me and I need a 認証ID and password to sign in. Of course I dont remember mine, its been 5 yeara since I changed jobs and needed to report anything but somehow google autofills it. Try it but its wrong.
Shit ok ill try to get my password sent to me. But at the bottom of the page there is no option for that just vague instructions that if I lost my password to contact my nearest 入国管理窓口 or something like that. But on the same sight there is a separate page you can also try to sign in that has the option to resend your password.
Ok so I try that. Getting and initial error becauase I didnt catch the requirement that my name NEEDS TO BE IN ALL CAPS LIKE THIS.
There is no option to input my email but somehow its saved to the system and says it will send my password to my gmail account.
Wait 30 minutes and nothing. Check all the spam folders and its nowhere to be found. Ok well Ill try again.
Another 30 minutes and no email.
Ok I think maybe its some weird issue about doing it from my work computer. So I try to fill it out from my phone. except the form doesnt let me fill in my birthday when using my phone. I can tap and fill out all the other fields, but no matter where I tap on the date of birth input field it doesnt prompt my keyboard to pop up so I can input anything. Even switched to PC site version and no change. At this point im getting exasperated and email HR.
Tell them I cant log in and cant get a new password email so who the hell do I need to contact to fix this.
HR is actually quite helpful and calls the 窓口 to check on this but the response they got was disturbing to say the least. They asked if my email ended in “.com” because the current system used by immigration has some filter issue or something where it has trouble automatically sending to “.com” emails. So basically anyone with a gmail account. There is NO mention of this issue anywhere on the site itself.
They give me the email the password email would be coming from which is something ending in “moj.co.jp” and telling me try adjusting my settings to make it easier to get the email from them and trying again. They said the guy they talked to actually told them to try getting the email at least 10 times because apparently it the system only actually gets through 1/10 times.
At this point I feel like all my electronic options have run out and Ill have to send them a letter like its the 1950’s or something.
A few things:
– couldn’t sleep last night, am very sleep deprived today. No idea why I couldn’t sleep, but I have a busy day ahead of me at work. Joy!
– I went to line up for the train, this one woman was determined to go STRAIGHT and not move for anybody (I guess) so when I lined up and I guess inconvenienced her, she gave me a big TCH! I was gonna do it back to her but she walked away too fast. I hate entitled people. This is not only YOUR platform.
– having trouble with 健康診断 for work (appointment). So I get that they only want me to go during work hours, but due to the English teachers’ schedules, I can only go on 2 specific days out of the week and only in the afternoons. If it’s mandatory to do the check up AND during work hours, give me a wider range of time to go????? I’m just gonna go ahead and make an appointment for the morning if I can’t get any for the afternoon anyway. Figure out the schedule by yourself!
Following on from the earlier complaint:
The huntsman got back in.
I’m in that wrecked sleep schedule loop.
Got back from a trip over the weekend, sleeping pretty late each night maybe around 2am.
Now, I still sleep at 2-3am, and ofc I feel dead tired at work and then I get home and eventually fall asleep for an hour or two. Which then leads me to not being sleepy again til 2-3am. I guess I gotta power through and try not to nap or take some Melatonin at like 11pm to get my drowsy and reset :/
Going to the beach, and as soon as the water touches your nipples the life guards tell you to get back to safety. Sorry mate, the waves here are smaller than my bathtub. And no, this is not dangerous. Those wannabe surfers in knee deep water with kids around is though.
I have to take a shower every time I make a 5 minute walk to 711
I know this is not exclusively a Japanese thing, but it sucks that some of my coworkers or even close friends I know are calling the monkey pox the “gay pox”. I mean, sure it may have primarily spread amongst the gay community but obviously doesn’t mean it “only targets the gay” . Saying things like people “deserve it”, “being gay is gross”, or “I’m glad only gay people are getting it” is just stupid. I even had one person, who I thought was more of the progressive type, mentioned how it’s a “good virus to eradicate gay people”.
It’s surprising when BL/GL is supposedly accepted but I guess that’s maybe because it’s fiction? It could just be that the people around me sucks. I would hope Japan will get better with anything dealing with the LGBT community, as a closet (but open back home) gay myself.
The number of tailgaters on the expressways is insane. It really seems like the default way of driving is to dangerously tailgate anyone you feel who is going too slow for you.
Mind you everyone is already going way over the speed limits because they are set ridiculously low. Some consistency with the speed limits and the actual speed people drive would be good.
But the drivers are just insane. No sense of safe distance between the car in front at all. Aggressive poor driving is endemic in Japan.
I’m trying to lose weight and I’m fucking sick of it. Literally, feeling like puking from stone cold junk food withdrawal. Lol.
What makes it relevant is that Japan has tasty shit EVERYWHERE. There are even Costco cookies and delicious cereals IN MY HOUSE. Ugh.
I made a complaint a while back about parking stations not accepting the new coins. The really frustrating part is the machine spits out new coins for change! If the machine can’t take the new coins, it shouldn’t be allowed to give them!
Made the mistake of talking about my summer travel plans to a coworker. Got side-eyed and this comment.
“Why would you travel when there is still corona?”
Because it’s been three years already? Yeah, I know covid sucks and I still prefer not to catch it. But I also haven’t travel in three years. If Japanese people can travel then why can’t foreigners too. It’s not even an international travel. I’m traveling domestic.
Partner’s new micro manager is asking employees to have a webcam on all day during work hours which I find an invasion of privacy, especially in tiny Japanese houses (remote job). Anyone else’s job do this?
Covid running rampant and I have to go on a business trip to deploy something that can easily be done remotely. Don’t know how I feel about this.
I hit my head in the shower last night because I thought my underarm hair was a cockroach and freaked the fuck out.
I’m tired.
Prepare yourself for the gravity of my complaint-
I bought a new fridge this week, but the front isn’t magnetic so I can’t stick any of my delightful fridge magnets to it.
I’ll never emotionally recover from this.
Current project is a relatively small interactive website. The code is an absolute mess. Trying to change anything is like pulling teeth. My boss is breathing down my neck because changes aren’t coming fast enough. The person who wrote it clearly didn’t know the first thing writing clean maintainable code. Do you know how I know? Because, dear reader, that programmer was me.
I’m considering dipping into my own pocket to pay an experienced programmer to help me out to try to look a little less incompetent at work.
I need therapy but I can’t afford therapy. Also I do not like therapy.
Oh also, everytime I try to make a habit of working out a pandemic happens 2 months later. Sorry guys, both Corona and monkeypox are my fault.
3 restaurants near my office closed down… on the same week. My options are now my company’s 食堂 (which is fine, but I like leaving the office during my lunch break) or McDonald’s.
I think I’m trying that bentō lifestyle.
Someone found a newborn kitten wrapped in a towel abandoned in a park. Umbilical cord still attached. They drove and hour and a half in the middle of the night to bring it to me and the little guy is doing okay so far.
My complaint is garbage people who abandon little babies to die when two seconds on google, or yahoo I guess, would show them so many options.
I know rules are rules, and I will follow them without outward complaint, but I hate dressing up in long sleeves and pants to go to the gym because of some small tattoos. Especially given this weather, it’s just extra exhausting
Trying to do 3 weeks of grad school work in a week is giving me heart palpitations 🙃
Why? Because I’m visiting my hometown next week and I rather not be burdened with pending school work during my vacation. I have 3 papers to write, next part of my thesis to submit and a few discussions. I’m almost caught up on the discussions, but I need to start the papers. Ugh.
I’m halfway done grad school. I keep telling myself it’ll be worth it (field I’m passionate about and in demand in my country). Just gotta make sure not to lose sanity from now until next May.
Swore to not watch K dramas again.
Got home from work, fiancé is watching this attorney with autism. She watches while I do my thing. Got a little peek and the rest is history.
My complain is why netflix releases two episodes on Thursday instead of releasing one on Wednesday when they clearly state that “new episodes Wednesday and Thursday”
If you don’t want to wear a mask, just take it off. Go all the way.
I am so tired of seeing nasty noses sticking out over masks.
If you don’t like wearing masks, just don’t wear one. Don’t buy the extra large mask that’s falling off your face and play it off like you are wearing a mask.
I am perhaps more cautious than others when it comes to where and when I have my mask on. I know the govt is telling people to take off their masks in certain situations. But I can’t deal with the people that stroll onto the train, massive honker over the mask (or the ones that pull the mask away from their face) and just sit there like they are waiting to start a fight.
I have noticed this trend where, in a couple, the woman almost always wears her mask properly, while the guy almost always has his nose hanging out. I’ve seen this with non-Japanese and Japanese couples.
Fuck this weather.
Seasonal depression kicks in.
It’s almost 2pm and this thread is STILL not automatically sorted by new.
I have a kidney infection. The pain pills are not working.
Only 245 comments at 2:30? Is everyone happy because it’s not boiling hot today or something? Everyone get back to complaining. I need something to read on my breaks.
Got Covid. Fever sucks. Lost my sense of smell. Feel dizzy if I leave bed for longer than 10 minutes.
Going through it is no joke. Just glad I had the vaccine in me to make it milder…
There’s a homeless person that lives under a very public bridge near my place. He bothers no one and lives quietly. Yesterday I was walking past the bridge and I saw an older guy lift his umbrella and point it at the homeless man like a rifle. Continuing to point at him as he walked making shooting motions. I was so incredibly disturbed. I occasionally see people bring the homeless man food and drinks so it’s not all horrifying.
Kiddo was trying to help with dog chores and threw a soiled doggy pad into the toilet and flushed it.
It got stuck and no amount of coaxing, suction, or similar could get it back up and out.
Called a plumber who came and charged above 40,000JPY to remove the toilet, get into the pipe, clean up a bit, and put the toilet back into it’s place in the floor.
Speedy service but dang, was hoping to go on a weekend trip with that cash.
Got put in a new team at work that deals with lots of excel/powerpoint files. I’m pretty sure they’ve just been taking screenshots of excel tables and graphs and then pasting and cropping them into powerpoint so far. I suggested importing the data itself to make it easier to update and I was met with a load of feet dragging and teeth sucking. Went and updated a powerpoint file with excel data and the boss is like: “But it doesn’t look any different…”
“Yeah, that’s what I’ve been saying this whole time. It looks the same but it’s gonna be way easier updating it every month.”
Boss: “But this means we can update the data without re-copying everything each month”
“Yeah”
“WHAT?! WHY WEREN’T WE DOING THIS FROM THE BEGINNING?!”
“I DON’T KNOW WHY. THAT’S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP.”
“COMPUTERS CAN DO THIS NOW?!”
“THEY’VE BEEN DOING IT FOR SOME TIME NOW TANAKA, CHILL THE HELL OUT”