Speaking of that wq with the poor fries guy anon mentioned… it kind of reminds me of how inefficient things are in Japan too. I worked in Japan as a teacher for a period and after I left that job I wanted to ask a coworker to write me a recommendation letter for my next job. They told me they had to ask their boss… who then had to ask their boss… and then their boss… and then somehow the chain of asking went all the way to city hall. All that just to say “sorry my boss said I’m not authorized to write you one”. Took almost two whole weeks just for that smh 😨