Just imagine you're halfway on your next flight,
and then you realize you don't have your passport.
That's what just happened to me.
I've been here for 7 hours.
Okay, I slept; that's why I'm like a little groggy.
I've been right here, sleeping for 7 hours.
I'm gonna let you know how
I finally get out of the airport.
Or maybe if I have to go back to the U.S.,
maybe I have to go back to China...
[Whispers] I'll uh, I'll keep you updated.
But for now, I'll leave you with this view.
Mhm-mhm good.
I love Tokyo.
My gosh, this is BAD.
It doesn't help that every airline employee
comes over here; they all like whisper to each other
as I'm like walking through the airport like:
"Oh god, he doesn't have a passport,
he doesn't have a passport, [mumbling]."
And it also doesn't help that I don't speak ANY Japanese
and like a lot of times they don't speak any English.
[Japanese lady]: Hey sir.
[Damon]: Yes?
[Lady]: (I literally can't understand what she's saying sorry)
(stuggling to speak) ... so they and have so your passport.
So, at the time you wait here.
[Damon]: Wait here.
I could, I could speak French with you,
I could speak Spanish, Portuguese,
but I can't do Japanese.
Another thing that doesn't help...
my I.D. is expired.
I was waiting for my new driver's licence,
but it didn't come in time.
Next thing that's bad: I wrote "Actor"
on my immigration form.
So now it just looks like I'm lying the entire time.
Okay so remember the last video in Beijing
where I was like, "Oh if you wanna access the wifi connection in the airport
you need to swipe/insert your passport."
You have to use those wifi machines to register for a connection
which I'm sure so many people leave their passports inside much like I did.
So I leave my passport inside the wifi machine; yeah we get it.
I get on my next flight, I'm trying to write down
the like expiration date on my passport, and I'm like:
"Where is my passport cause it's not in my bag?"
So the flight attendant writes down this...
Like..?
Ooo! I get it! Like a few numbers on a piece of paper..
And not only does my phone not work in Japan but also
I have no idea what these numbers are.
[Laughs]
Like... who?
So... [clears throat] I illegally logged onto to wifi.
Specifically in the area where every single sign says:
"DO NOT USE YOUR PHONE", "DON'T TAKE PICTURES",
"DON'T CONNECT TO THE WIFI"
I'm like using my phone, using wifi, AND taking pictures.
All to connect to Jo Franco who luckily she was still up
because the time difference, and I'm like:
"Jo, oh my god, emergency: can you call Beijing's airport?"
Beijing's lost and found DOES have my passport.
Which brings me here.
Could not be more like a scene out of the terminal;
like literally...
[Airport chattering and beeps in background]
There's not- like..
This is what they told me:
[In Japanese accent] "Ohh no... that's bad..."
I'm like, "I know it's bad; what can we do?"
And they're like: [clears throat]
[With accent] "Ohhhh..."
[Laughs]
Okay so here's what you can do...
You can either:
Hope they'll let you through which they probably won't
because you need a passport to enter the country
so they can stamp it.
You can fly back to the country you came from.
Or...
You can call lost and found and hopefully,
hopefully,
one of the flight attendants, if they're nice,
they'll bring the passport from the country to here.
Which is why I've been waiting here for 7 hours.
Waiting on Air China's next flight to arrive
which... they were supposed to arrive...
45 minutes ago...
And now I'm sitting here like...
"Do you have my passport?"
I'll keep ya updated.
They told me they're coming at 9:30; it's 9...
It's 10 o'clock.
[Lady with strong accent]: Mmm... that's, and uh-soy
anyway, and uh-so wait here.
[Damon]: Okay. Alright.
I'll wait.
Ohmygod ohmygod [makes noise]
[Airport chattering and announcements in background]
I see some Air China flight attendants walking in.
Imagine they don't have my passport. [Laughs]
See this is why it's good to plan 12 days in a city
in case this happens.
So that everyday you can freak out about
not having your passport.
My god this is like me watching to see if
the Air China crew has my passport.
[Nervously blows air into hand]...my god...
It's not looking good...
Why do I only see red passports?
Are there more flight attendants on the flight? Noo!
Now it's even more difficult because they switched staff
and so it's like the nighttime staff who has no clue
what I'm doing here.
Okay so it's now been an hour since my flight
was supposed to arrive.
Still no passport.
And now I'm starting to wonder what's going on.
Where's my passport??
Ohmygod ohmygod buhwuhwuhwuhwuh
I'm over there like in line for the 4th time like you guys
what's going on?
[Squeaks]
I got it, I got it, I got it I got it I got it
Somebody came up to me and was like:
"[Gasping] Uhduh- uhduh- uhduh-"
I'm like, "Y- please! Please tell me what you're about to say,
Please tell me what you're about to say."
[Large breath]
Here I was thinking I'm gonna have to sleep here tonight,
go back to Beijing tomorrow, gotta-
[squealing/mumbling]
I have to go to the U.S. Embassy,
I have to go back to- okay oh gosh
Bye!
Aren't you just glad that that happened to me and not you?
Now you know what to do.
If you've ever lost your passport in transit
I wanna know what happened to you
and then I also wanna know how you got out of it.
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and I will see you in the next video.
Bye!