Pretty hilarious
I thought the internet was supposed to free us. Or at least free information.
And to be fair, it sort of does. In some ways. I just came across a rather novel application of a company’s ability to leverage the power of the ‘net. Mizuho bank (Japan’s largest in terms of assets) has an online banking function available for those customers who sign up for it. I am one. It works pretty well- you can send money to people, check your balance, the usual stuff. But the hilarious thing is that you can only do it at certain times…
以下の時間帯は、インターネットバンキングをご利用いただけません。
●土曜日22:00〜翌日曜日8:00、日曜日21:00〜翌月曜日7:00
●第1・第4土曜日3:00〜5:00
…which for those of you whose browsers don’t support Japanese means:
You can’t us internet banking during the following times:
Saturdays from 10pm to Sunday morning 8am
Sundays from 9pm to Monday morning 7am
The first and forth Saturdays of the month from 3pm to 5pm
There are also other sporadic, non-regular times when the service is unavailable. I guess now must be one of them, because it isn’t listed above.
I guess you can only shrug your shoulders and laugh.