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Admit it, we’ve all done some questionable things to get free stuff.
Residents in Taiwan however have gone a step further by legally changing their name for a free food promo!
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When Japanese sushi restaurant chain Akindo Sushiro unveiled their latest promotion, they didn’t expect that the public would go to drastic measures to enjoy it.
The restaurant promised free meals for anyone who had “salmon” in their name but they didn’t realise that hundreds of people would flock to their nearest household registration offices to legally change their name so they could enjoy the promotion.
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The restaurant’s promotion noted that only those with proof that they have “salmon” in their names would receive free meals for their entire table, while people with homophonic names will enjoy a 50% discount and those with at least one homophonic character would receive 10% off.
As of 3pm on the first day of the promotion, 28 people had claimed the free meals with at least 1,000 people in total participating in the promotion, the restaurant shared.
According to the Taipei Department of Civil Affairs, an applicant must pay NT$80 (RM11.60) for a new identification card and household registration certificate, and at least 20 people had applied by early afternoon of the first day.
By late afternoon, New Taipei City and Kaohsiunh had 26 people who legally changed their name to “salmon”, while Taichung had 22, and Tainan and Taoyuan had 14 each.
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A college student surnamed Kuo from Taichung told reporters that she had changed her name to Kuo “Salmon Rice Bowl” to treat her friends but plans to change it back once they’ve enjoyed the promotion.
Two other people went online to share that they had managed to eat NT$13,000 (RM1,880) worth of sushi in one sitting with their friends but that they “do not think we will want to eat salmon again for a while.”
But why only add “salmon” to your name when you could add more right? One participant decided to go big with the name change and set new record for the longest name with 36 characters.
The name translates to “Chen loves Taiwan, abalone, tuna, salmon, snow crab, sea urchin, scallop, lobster and beef, Mayfull, Palais de Chine, Regent, Hilton, Caesar Park, Hotel Royal”.
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Though it is not wrong for people to choose their own name, the Ministry of the Interior urged the public to be cautious as they can only legally change their names a maximum of three times.
“Each person has three chance to change their name,” the ministry wrote on their Facebook page. “Everyone, please consider your name carefully.”
One man whose surname is Hsu, found this out the hard way when he couldn’t change his name back after his mother informed him that she had already changed his name twice when he was a child.
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Tbh, we might change our names to “salmon” for free food too… But only if we could change it back of course.
What’s the craziest thing you’ve done for free stuff? Let us know!
Info via Taipei Times
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