A guy from NHK came to my apartment last night. Since I have a TV, I thought that he's going to check something about it. I only know little Japanese, I let him in. When I pointed the TV, he took my name and asked me to sign a form. I was about to complete filling the application form when he mentioned that I have to pay 2400 Yen. Internet and water utilities are included in my monthly rent so I got puzzled why I have to pay for a TV channel. I seldom watch TV shows because I cannot understand them.
When I asked him why do I have to pay, he said that people in Japan pay NHK. At least, this is what I've understood from what he was saying. I asked if other people in the apartment complex also pay and he said yes. He insisted that I should pay. And although he was smiling, I started being annoyed with him. He wanted me finish the form and pay him.
Unsure of what I am doing, I told him that I will go first to my company the following day and have them explain to me this NHK payment. He said I have to do it now. I slightly raise my voice and told him that I don't understand Japanese and I don't know why I have to pay. I asked him to just come back the following day. In my mind, I was shoving him out of my door. Still smiling in his annoying way, he hand me a brochure and went his way.
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The next day, (today) I asked a Japanese teacher what the brochure meant. She said that it was an optional service of NHK. I DON'T HAVE to PAY if I don't want to avail their service. I feel relieved for not completing the form and giving money to that man. The Japanese teacher even said that NHK sales people can be annoying because they just buzz randomly on people's houses and offer their products. She said that it is good that I asked first because there are some salesperson who take advantage of foreigners because they cannot understand them.
So good luck to that NHK salesman, I will not open my doors for him again.
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Unsure of what I am doing, I told him that I will go first to my company the following day and have them explain to me this NHK payment. He said I have to do it now. I slightly raise my voice and told him that I don't understand Japanese and I don't know why I have to pay. I asked him to just come back the following day. In my mind, I was shoving him out of my door. Still smiling in his annoying way, he hand me a brochure and went his way.
(See more articles on technology, here.)
The next day, (today) I asked a Japanese teacher what the brochure meant. She said that it was an optional service of NHK. I DON'T HAVE to PAY if I don't want to avail their service. I feel relieved for not completing the form and giving money to that man. The Japanese teacher even said that NHK sales people can be annoying because they just buzz randomly on people's houses and offer their products. She said that it is good that I asked first because there are some salesperson who take advantage of foreigners because they cannot understand them.
So good luck to that NHK salesman, I will not open my doors for him again.
