"I can't find your account, Hattori-san." "... Can I suggest searching for a different name?" "Oh sorry. What is it?" "It's foreign. Ready?"
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(The 50-something lady working at the call center for the bank may literally have never met a foreigner ever, so spelling McKenzie is tough)
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(We eventually resolved this by searching based on my account number, which obviates having to play spell-it-out over the phone.)
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@patio11 I naively expected that there would be a convention for “spelling” your name in kanji. Japanese in the US have to use our alphabet.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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