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A peek into Japan's convenience stores

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Re: A peek into Japan's convenience stores

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Post by jaipilot747 »

_8j50 wrote: post #79

Here in the US, while there are plenty of bad convenience stores, I know plenty larger chain stores, especially between cities (buck-ee's in texas!) where I have eaten some of the best tacos, pizza and fried chicken. Having fastfood chains in a convenience store is also common and the bigger ones always have sitting spots. Not to mention love's, flying j's and other truck stops have even more stuff and the clealiness…

> how hard is it to pay in cash or to get service as anything but a light skinned person in a japan convenience store?

There is close to zero overt racism of the sort you're referring to.

In almost any Japanese customer service situation involving big companies, the smiles and friendly demeanor are mostly a facade for a very transactional relationship.

Re: A peek into Japan's convenience stores

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Post by rubatuga »

rjzzleep wrote: post #16

Very interesting article on the history. I also first saw these high quality convenience stores in Japan, then after having stayed in Taiwan for a while for a short while thought that the whole worlds 7-11s are like the ones in Taiwan only to be sorely disappointed everywhere I go. I don't know how the ones Korea are, but for me personally Taiwan seems to be the gold standard of convenience stores. Yes, the average f…

really missing the papaya milk from the 7/11 Taiwan, couldn't find it in 7/11 in South Korea or Japan

Re: A peek into Japan's convenience stores

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Post by _8j50 »

jaipilot747 wrote: post #81
_8j50 wrote: post #79

Here in the US, while there are plenty of bad convenience stores, I know plenty larger chain stores, especially between cities (buck-ee's in texas!) where I have eaten some of the best tacos, pizza and fried chicken. Having fastfood chains in a convenience store is also common and the bigger ones always have sitting spots. Not to mention love's, flying j's and other truck stops have even more stuff and the clealiness…

> how hard is it to pay in cash or to get service as anything but a light skinned person in a japan convenience store? There is close to zero overt racism of the sort you're referring to. In almost any Japanese customer service situation involving big companies, the smiles and friendly demeanor are mostly a facade for a very transactional relationship.

Hey, I am honestly asking because what I have seen on posts here on HN imply otherwise.

Re: A peek into Japan's convenience stores

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Post by 5e92cb50239222b »

mgsouth wrote: post #78
5e92cb50239222b wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You were hellbanned years ago, so sadly a lot of your comments about life in the Philippines have been in vain. You might want to reach out to HN, maybe some sort of automation fucked up.

??? I'm not seeing a ban; comments are visible to me. Perhaps mixing up with someone else?

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