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When he said that people sent a flood of faxes, it made me totally cool with no more chalk.

When your customers are still sending faxes, that pretty much sums up your dire situation.




It's Japan though. Faxes in Japan aren't antiquated like in the USA.


The entire technology is antiquated. It doesn't matter how much shiny you wrap around it.


What I meant was that fax machines are still in widespread use by all demographics in Japan, so getting a lot of faxes doesn't indicate much about the age or aversion to progress of the senders.


And some people just don't have appreciation for business which value quality, culture, ethics and respect for employees. They are busy with their own arrogance.


You should perhaps learn something about cultures other than your own...

https://www.google.com/search?q=japanese+fax+machine+culture

tl;dr: Fax machines are still fundamental to Japanese business communications.


Same in Germany: A lot of official things can only be done through fax or paper mail even today. And you know what? I’m totally fine with that.




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