On the Narita Express, 60 seconds from the airport station, Tod’s cell phone rings. It’s Susan Tani calling to give us the billing information for Sunday’s move. “Can you pay promptly?” she asks.

We want to pay, but we’re on our way out of Japan for two weeks. What can we do?

On the way from the train to Departures, Tod spies a Citibank ATM. We can transfer the payment from our account to the Tani’s.

Tod’s a wiz at furikome (electronic bank transfers) and his fingers blaze through the touch screens, inputting bank and branch, account number, name and memo. He’s finished and we’re on our way in 60 seconds.

If only the rest of the trip were so quick! Posted by kuri at October 05, 2000 10:55 AM