Only In Japan

This country never stops to surprise me. odo(the mongol dude) and i were shopping for shirin's( iran girl) bday cake last week. there weren't many to choose from and in the end we decided to get a baskin robin's ice cream cake(it melted in the end but thats another story :P ) odo then said', why don't we get her flowers too, it's only about 300 yen or so'. so we went to the florist at the mall. to our surprise, no one was there! it had a sign saying

the cashier is out at the moment. please wait until he/she returns before purchasing your item

no one was taking after the store and we could have just taken anything we wanted without anyone knowing. a lady then walked in, whom we presumed to be the cashier. we decided to pay but she said she wasnt!(she was at the counter btw). she then hurried off to look for the cashier but came back alone. we waited again.. she checked the cash register but it was locked.
in the end, i think she gave up and only charged us 200yen.

in malaysia or almost any other country, an unattended shop would mean robberies, whether the cash register is locked o not.

talk about safety in japan...