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lesson with sarutachi

23:04 Tuesday 14 June 2016 JST

I was a bit late to lesson with Sarupapa tonight on account of not having been to this particular location before, getting lost on the way there, and being late to start heading that direction because I was begging the Softbank guy to give me the code to let me change my phone number to a new carrier.

no more softbank for me

22:36 Tuesday 14 June 2016 JST

Today after work at CB, I met Lin in Shinjuku to look at options for mobile wifi.

Went to a shop where blue eyed Lexy explained which phones were waterproof. Talking to the guy upstairs, though, I couldn't understand why he kept saying that my 3G usage wasn't a good way to estimate my future 4G usage, so we left.

Went across the street and looked briefly at a shop advertising Tokyo Free or something, but their prices were only for data, not voice, so we moved to the next shop.

The next shop featured staff from Softbank who helped me determine that my current Softbank plan isn't good for my usage. I'm paying $70 for XYZ but using XYC so I'm paying an extra 4000 yen per month. That sucks.

But ya know what sucks more? I called Softbank, and they were like, "yeah you want to cancel? Well, your next cancellation period starts next year, in December (i.e. 18 months from now)."

And?

"So if ya want to cancel now, ya gotta pay 10,000 yen cancelation fee, on top of the 3000 yen transfer-yer-phone-number fee."

Really? I've been a customer of Softbank since back in the day. I got an iPhone 3 with them, and that was after my clamshell phone which I had had since way back.

So why do they for me to pay $100 to leave? Because they can and they dgaf about customer loyalty or the cost of finding replacement customers. So, dear Softbank, I hope you enjoy the $130, and I hope it's worth it for you to find another customer.

My iPhone 4S, Little Blue Monkey is headed for retirement.

I have a new waterproof Android 6 AQUOS phone. Haven't thought of a name for it yet. Unlimited calling and 5GB internet per month for $90. Let's see how long I like it.

number transfer number

23:00 Tuesday 14 June 2016 JST

Once I decided to dump Softbank, I had to call them to get a code to authorize the new carrier to take control of the number.

The poor kid had to read some sort of checklist, explaining the date at which I could freely change my contract (which I already knew), the cancellation fee which I already knew, the phone transfer fee which I already knew, and one more thing which took me a while to understand.

Your number is the head of the family calling plan, so please let
me know which of the other two numbers in your family calling plan
should be the new number.

Uh, I have no idea what you're talking about; just give me the transfer authorization code.

After about 5 rounds of this, with me growing more and more frustrated and wondering wtf he was on about, I kinda figured it out. They believe the other two numbers are in my family; that they are being used. One of them is Soness's number, and I've called it plenty of times recently. The other number, I have no fricken idea what it is, and I'm sure I haven't called it recnently.

But between these two numbers, I am supposed to chose one to carry on as the head of the non-existent family.

I was like, "fine the first one; whatever."

Okay, here is your transfer number 8675309 something something and I was like, "blah thank you" and headed off (late) to my lesson with Sarupapa.

ss lesson canceled today

07:55 Tuesday 14 June 2016 JST

They told me weeks ago, and the timing is great; I wanna work on AB site instead!

stopped by cops

11:12 Tuesday 14 June 2016 JST

I was stopped by the cops in our new neighborhood, ostensibly because I was barefoot, but possibly because I'm ostensibly not Japanese.

They asked if I had shoes (no), if I was okay (yes), where I was going (work), what was my job (programmin'), where was my job (ebisu), where was my crib (right over there). I offered that I had been barefoot for 7 years in the US and going on year 3 (or is it 4) here, and I was on TV recently, blah blah.

A woman walking by asked them if I needed shoes; I told her no but thank you very much.

The cops wrote down my infos and said everything was fine, but just to be careful for glass. Will do!

Honestly, they were both quite friendly. One even asked to see the bottom of my feet, and said the TV show I was on is one he often watches. Any ill will I'm projecting is due to mass and social media.

I still made it to my train on time. The end.

thinking of getting mobile wifi

11:22 Tuesday 14 June 2016 JST

to use for work and shit while I'm commuting, cause I'm not able to go home as often as I could in previous house.