... or maybe dumb!
When my new round-trip air to Tokyo was set for March 1, I went to the JR Rail Station and purchased a reserved bullet train ticket from the airport to central Tokyo, also for March 1. After I arrived and got myself to the train I placed my ticket in the turnstyle, and "beep, beep," an alarm went off - at which the attendant came over, looked at my ticket and said, "This is for March 1, yesterday." Like a ton it bricks, it hit me that we're a day ahead here in Tokyo. Not once did it enter my mind I'd be arriving on March 2! I wasn't allowed to turn in my ticket for the correct date, so I had to purchase another. Bummer - that was about $26 down the tube.
I like to think my logic in picking March 1 at the time I purchased the ticket was a very easy mistake to make - not so dumb, really!
