Now THAT's customer service

Something odd happened to me yesterday.

I had gone to the train station to buy my ticket to Okayama, where I'll be taking the Japanese language proficiency test next month (outlook NOT SO GOOD). The ticket itself was much cheaper than I expected, thank goodness.

Anyway, I had pulled out of the parking lot and was driving down Kitaro Road (no, not THAT Kitaro), when a van pulled up behind me and started honking.

So I looked around, panicking -- did I do something wrong? Are the cops on my tail? -- but I only saw this van, and a lot of pedestrians wondering what was going on.

I pulled over, and the van pulled in behind me. After a few seconds -- I didn't leave the car, of course -- he pulled around, and tried to say something as he passed my window. (I didn't catch what he said.) He then proceeded about fifty meters ahead of me and pulled over.

He got out of his van, opened the sliding door, and hauled out a box, which he waved at me.

Turns out, he's the local driver for one of the parcel delivery companies, and he had a box from Amazon for me. He had just left the distribution center, which was near the station, when he saw me drive by.

I don't get deliveries from Amazon THAT often, but he recognized me -- or at least my car -- and decided to save some time. Since I wasn't home, of course we would've had to play phone tag for a while. Ever try to play phone tag in a language you don't know?

(What was I ordering from Amazon? Um...random anime stuff. Move along, nothing to see here....)