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I'm sure there are people in Japan that are dishonest or forget, or get sick and don't come into work on the relevant day. The app possibly could handle most o

I'm sure there are people in Japan that are dishonest or forget, or get sick and don't come into work on the relevant day. The app possibly could handle most of it, there surely has to be a point somewhere where the decision to share the room has been made, but hasn't been formalised yet. There may be a system where it requires both of you to agree to rent the room, so you aren't left with an unpaid bill, you may be left without a room that you needed though, which may be worse.

james_s_tayler 7y ago
But Japanese people never make mistakes. They always pay their bills. They are always on time. They are robot gods. Turns out they actually do do all of the things you suggest, but that's not how they perceive themselves to be, so 'they don't do that'. True story - I worked on implementing a billing system for a Japanese utility company and when our team asked for the requirements around how to handling dunning when people don't pay their bills the response we got back was "Japanese people always pay their bills." I shit you not.