Sneaky bank

My GST check had the hold removed today according to the date/time stamp in my bank book... of course when I updated my book I also discovered there was a 2000 yen charge. Nice. Thank you for telling me. *rolls eyes* 2000 yen is steep. I would have sent it to Canada to be cashed if I had known - the loss on exchange wouldn't have come anywhwere near 2000 yen. Oh the joys of not being able to communicate in Japanese... otherwise I would have gone to the bank to complain about the charge. As it is, it just isn't worth it. As any foreigner in Japan knows, you just have to resign yourself to being dinged on occassion as part of being here - when you only understand 20% of any conversation, it is part of the learning process I guess.