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Re:Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property by BurningFrog on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @08:51PM (#22060945)
Note that for this to work, people have to only take the umbrella you need. Not grab all of them and sell.

BTW: I'm really glad to hear this, because I've been having some regrets about grabbing random umbrellas in Tokyo, because everyone seemed to do it. Glad I did it right after all!

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Re:Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property by Aeolun on Thursday January 16, 2020 @12:22AM (#22061892)
Only grab an umbrella if you also deposited one! There’s nothing more annoying than to come out of a store and find all umbrellas gone.
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Re:Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property by Polylactic_acid on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:24PM (#22061420)
I can't even imagine the effort of stealing the office umbrellas and selling them being worth it.
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Re:Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property by ben0x539 on Thursday January 16, 2020 @12:51AM (#22062005)
Yeah, right? Who would buy them when you can just grab free umbrellas at every office?
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Re:Why Japan is so successful at returning lost property by BurningFrog on Thursday January 16, 2020 @01:05AM (#22062057)
Still, I'd expect this system to break down in most non-Japan places because of things like this.
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