Weekly Complaint Thread – 26 March 2026

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1. A delivery from [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) comes on Tuesday. I get 9 telephone calls (from the driver, I surmise) from a number that does not accept incoming calls at a time I cannot answer the telephone.

   The Amazon site now reads ‘delivery impossible because of incomplete address. Contact the carrier.’ There is no carrier name listed.

   Eight(!) hours of chats with the Amazon ‘help’ chat ends with the upshot of ‘we do not know who the carrier is and have no way to find out who the carrier is’.

   The delivery is now in a depot in my ward (and so likely within walking distance of our house) and no delivery has been reattempted.

   **Update:** Amazon help person now claims that the package was damaged during shipping is is being returned to the US.

2. My daughter is gonna start sixth grade soon. Can’t believe how fast time flies when every day is the same and you’re not having a good time. 

   Also I really want to ask our local education officials why she had a different homeroom teacher every single year. Every year we have to explain her medical condition anew, every year trust has to be rebuilt from scratch. I simply don’t understand this need for teachers to move about all the time. It’s so bad. 

3. At the station 3rd in line to board an empty train. 3rd in line is basically guaranteed a seat. Other times 5th in line I have gotten a seat.

   Not today. Everyone else literally runs to grab a seat. Like the fukuotoko ritual.

4. I have a cat now, yay, however said cat is very old and not doing great. Last night she started barfing a lot and despite me keeping her in the tiled section of my new apartment and having two of her own beds nearby, she decided to sleep on my futon (not normal) and therefore barfed on it multiple times too. Cats always want to barf in the hardest to clean places, don’t they?

   (Yes I did take her to the emergency vet last night and we are going to the regular vet today)

5. Why did all my (fresh produce) Furusato Nozei deliveries happen to be scheduled for the week I’m out of town!? And with only one days notice? 

6. I cannot understand ANYONE if they’re wearing a mask

7. I don’t know how it happened but now I’m severly allegric to people driving with masks. They seem to be the worst drivers, I must have something wrong with me. I hope to hell I didn’t get the MAGA virus!

8. Not looking forward to driving in the next few years with this aging population. Shit is already terrifying with how many people here watch tv while in the car, not use seatbelts or blatantly run red lights all while speeding.  

9. Almost got hit by a bicycle again. The cyclist seemed either drunk or don’t know how to control a bicycle. They moved forward in ‘S’ shape and almost hit another pedestrian too.

   …..and then they hit the guard rail. The sidewalk turned right but they did not.

   I have little hope for Apr 1 bicycle regulations, but I hope this kind of cyclist gets punishment they deserve.

10. I’m single so sometimes when I feel lonely I just talk to my friends, multiple ones, about general stuff that could be interesting. It hurts when some of them ignore my texts, not even delayed response, just ignoring. 
    I don’t double text, so they initiate the conversation next time when it’s about them and they dismiss whatever I sent. I am planning on doing the same to them next time this happens.

     This confuses me because sometimes the next time they initiate text it would be about meeting up and they act normal. So I don’t get it. If you want to meet up and keep this friendship at least respond to my texts, its basic respect. 

11. Bidet usually extends and then sprays once it is stopped. Monday, the bidet activated while still inside its housing and then rolled out. It is not a comfortable feeling to have the bidet start spraying your crack well above your ringpiece and move down seducingly slow to your chocolate lair. That was not what I consented to. I guess I was cleaned, but also very wet and needed a towel rather than toilet paper.

    Beware of the freak bidet.

12. you have to pass a test in order to work at city hall (because you’re a 公務員), right? what kind of things do they test you for?? because I have recently been encountering some STUPID people who work there who I have a hard time imagining would be able to pass any kind of test.

    they didn’t record my request to change the person in charge at our company, so we missed numerous emails about a deadline (which wasn’t a big deal) for submitting a yearly report. never mind the fact that I am the de facto point person for our company and have been for many years at this point… but to ensure that they got it down this time, I took it upon myself to find and re-submit the formal “request to change information” form to update our contact information.

    the person from city hall replies to my email with the blank form that I just submitted and asks me to submit it. zero acknowledgment that I sent an already-completed form (and yes, I checked to see that I had actually attached it). what… the fuck?

    fine, whatever, I submit it again (somehow without saying “AS PER MY LAST EMAIL, DUMBASS”). then they ask if it’s okay to “publish the information” in the form. I ask them what information specifically? where will it be published?

    city hall says that I didn’t check the box on the form to release our information, so they’re just clarifying whether it’s OK or not to do so.

    one would think that if I *did not check the box*, I *don’t* want my full name, company phone number, and company email address published on the world wide web for any and all to see. but also they do not, *at all*, mention anything about what information and where it will be published on their homepage.

    I just told them, *again*, to not publish my information, and finally got an OK from them.

    I know I shouldn’t expect much of rural city halls in general, but… the person I dealt with was *agonizingly* stupid. I can only hope and pray they’re being moved elsewhere come April.

13. the foreign population where i live need to chill with their bicycles, otherwise they’re gonna get snagged by the police when the stricter rules roll out next month.

    the other day I was walking on a narrow sidewalk, this guy just went past me really fast with his electric bicycle, literally felt his clothes hit mine as he zoomed past by. And last night on my way home, the green light turned on and I started walking to cross the road, and this guy just zoomed past in front of me, like he could have gone straight (we were both trying to cross the road) but instead, he had to cross my line diagonally to make it to the other pedestrian lane (and some students coming out of their juku (塾) almost got hit as well)

    I’ve dealt with distracted parents on their mamachari along with 2 kids in tow, and I hate them all equally, but these guys just have a higher recurrence rate, not even counting last year

14. There seems to have been an increase of the number of salarymen who wear their backpack in front of them when sitting down in a seat on the train, and as a result forcing their elbows out and taking up more room, rather than just laying it on their lap. Then they have the audacity to get annoyed when even then it’s not enough space for them.

15. checked into the hospital yesterday morning for gallbladder removal surgery scheduled for today. turns out they can’t proceed with the surgery since I took my last birth control pill on Friday, and I was supposed to stop taking the pill a month before this surgery.

    except the last time I was in the hospital for gallstone removal was about a month ago, and no one told me when I was discharged to stop taking the pill before my next surgery. even though I wrote down in the hospital forms that I’ve been on the pill for years.

    I planned this whole surgery around the fact that long school breaks are the only time I can take time off easily since I’m a teacher. the next long break will be in summer, so until then, I’ll be surviving life with a gallbladder filled with five stones, preventative meds and pain meds, and hope.

16. Flight prices: yes I get it: geopolitics, fuel costs, the whole situation… but over ¥300,000 for economy on a 33 hour outbound leg is craaazy.

17. Someone at work smells like mold!!!

18. i hate moviiiiiiing

19. Getting pains in my knee and I work a job on my feet all day, gotta find time to go to the clinic and get some time off, but then the money’s gonna be tight next month

20. It’s so wet and groooce

21. Job hunting is so rough right now…

22. Garbage truck at 4:30 every single morning almost every day. That cant be legal? I wanna complain but not sure to who 🙁

23. moved in a brand new mansion. the building does not show up on maps yet. i was worried that there will be delivery issues, but yamato and jp post delivered everything with no issues. amazon was a disaster (good i almost never use it).

    the mansion has very pretty facade. just think of modern おしゃれ type mansions. i wanted to move to this type of mansions for a very long time, so i was very happy with it. well, this week they installed loop parking mats right in front of the building and next to bicycle parking inside the building. i am so upset cuz it ruins pretty facade and also i do not want weirdos walking in our mansion to drop off their stupid scooters. honestly, is there a limit for corporate greed :/

24. Met very nice lady that seems to be the single point at the center of the Venn diagram of all my different interests. Had first date that I felt went pretty well, did not manage to lock in second date (yet?), unsure if uninterested or just taking it (very) slowly. I am deathly excited but unable to do anything but wait. [screams internally]

25. 1 – brought my colleagues a can of spiced apple cider from a craft cider joint in Oz.  One of them described the taste as like ginger ale.  Philistine.  He did enjoy it though.

    2 – heaters are still blasting everywhere.

    3 – wiped out from the flight and train home.  I hit the wall at work yesterday.  Definitely should have stayed home.

26. Stressed the fuck out and cohabitation in Japan’s tiny-ass living spaces isn’t helping. Stress makes my short-term and working memory go to absolute shit and the constant reminders of me forgetting something are making my stress worse. Even when not stressed I’m already baseline overstimulated on a daily basis by all the bullshit going on in the “real world.” I need significant amounts of alone time to do what I want when I want with no intrusions to regulate all this shit in my head and I’m unable to get that solitude. I don’t need people to understand I need people to respect those boundaries but apparently that’s too fucking hard for everyone.

27. Why does everyone on the train stink!!!!! Like an animal cage or mildew or things ive never smelled before in my life!!!!! Does no one wash their clothes and brush their teeth anymore!!!!!!

28. I got kidney stones! Luckily nothing major, but still needed to spend a few days going to a clinic and getting a CT scan. Seeing something dark pop out when taking a leak is not fun.

29. I was not given any option or ability to look at the pre wedding photographers body of work. Upon seeing some of their photos it is not the kind of style I would have chosen. Now I’m stuck in a somewhat uncomfortable position.

30. Work is trying to pressure me into coming to a welcome / farewell party. It’s after working hours and you have to pay to participate expect for the employee that is quitting and the joining employee. I explained that I can’t join since money is tight at the moment and can’t afford it. They said the company wants everyone to join and offered to loan me the money and take it out of my next paycheck, which I refused. You would think participation in something like this would be voluntary and not being able to afford the fee to go would be an acceptable reason.

31. I inhaled balsamic vinaigrette yesterday and my nose is still dripping today.

32. 1- went to my new company office last week that they want people to come 3 days a week to. It’s like a noisy open space with barely enough place to put your stuff down. I had to ask my neighbor to talk louder as even though we were not whispering, I could not hear what he was saying. Thankfully I’m gone in 2 weeks.

    2- colleague just came out of performance review. He is still on new grad salary because his previous project was a clusterfuck and he kept getting conflicting orders and having to rewrite the same features 2-3 times, which means he had “nothing to show” after 6 months. Well this time he implemented several advanced features all by himself, technical team is very satisfied with his work. He is still getting a below average evaluation because he was somehow supposed to “do more”? He did more than most on the project.. Thankfully I’m gone in 2 weeks, but he will still be there, although transferrde to a new department.

    3- new company took a while to apply for visa, AND applied to Shinagawa instead of the regional office near me. I’m happy I got my visa, but going and waiting in Shinagawa is the worst. I would have much rather gone myself to my regional office twice.

33. Windows updates.

    2 hours remaining until install completes.

    Fun.

34. Had to argue with someone at work that they, and only they, are causing a 2 month delay due to their refusal to complete 1 simple task. Their new task is now to write an email to their boss and global team explaining why they’re the reason the project is being held up.

    Of course they won’t do that either, so I am about to send the email in his stead with the conversation attached.

    I got so upset at this I took a break and went out for a run. Came back and the construction next door to my home had littered trash all over my yard, including used toilet paper.

    I am inside writing this post because holy shit I am seconds away from exploding and the construction people getting the full brunt of it.

35. My neighbor upstairs runs the laundry machine in the middle of night. Complained to the apartment owner. I had peaceful nights for few days, and the vibration noise came back. it happens 5 days a week on weekdays.

    I bought earplugs cancel the noise, and its working.

    I’ll retaliate by running my 3d printer all day. I hope she gets distracted.

36. Developers in my city keep buying up decently sized plots of land only to demolish the houses on them, then split them into SUPER tiny plots and build crappy prebuilt homes on.

    I bought a house here because I liked how much space there was. It’s stated to feel like my city is trying to copy Tokyo. Yuck.

    Also, I’m tired of adults acting like children. Stop worrying about what others are doing and focus on your own work.

37. There’s a small shrine outside my work station.  There were a lot of trees planted around it and it provided a tiny bit of shade on my walk to work.  

    Notcice the past-tense.  They have cut all but four trees down and now there’s no shade, no beautiful Japanese maple, nowhere for the butterflies to rest – just dirt.

    I shouldn’t be surprised.  This is Japan and green is bad unless it’s plastic.

38. The amount of drivers who drift out of their lane while going straight is quite concerning. Curves are even worse.

    But I guess smoking and watching TV at the same time is more important.

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