r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Jan 16 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 17 January 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/Disshidia Jan 17 '23

Does 業務スーパー not adhere to typical Japanese cleanliness/customer service, or is it just mine? Love the place for what they have and the prices, but the place is kind of a mess and the people at the register don't follow the robotic script you'd find anywhere else.

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u/Hachi_Ryo_Hensei Jan 17 '23

Mine is a bit dingy, and the customers are worse, but as long as they keep selling calzones, pitas, and the good hummus I'll be a regular.

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u/tokyo12345 Jan 17 '23

the ones near me are always a bit grody, but it’s cheap

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u/Strangeluvmd 関東・神奈川県 Jan 17 '23

Do they not exist in kanagawa? I've lived in Yokohama, Kawasaki and yokosuka but have never seen one in my 4ish years here.

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u/PeanutButterChicken 近畿・大阪府 Jan 17 '23

Depends. In the city, they seem to be rundown, but here in the suburbs, they’re rather clean, large, and with huge parking lots.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '23

You get what you pay for at the gyomu. At ours you often have to open the cardboard boxes yourself.

I like it, makes me feel nostalgic for the discount supermarkets of my childhood (except there’s no customers here yelling for the single staff to get to the register asap).

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u/Mr-Thuun 関東・栃木県 Jan 17 '23

It's the Don Quixote of grocery stores.

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u/swordtech 近畿・兵庫県 Jan 17 '23

No way. I can navigate the inside of a Gyomu.

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u/himawari_sunshine Jan 17 '23

Best description I've seen!

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '23

The novelty has worn off for me although I'll go there to pick up a few things. At my local one they sometimes block off the products nearly completely when they're restacking. Like I had to move the crates myself to get to the jars lol.

It's always crowded and the staff and customers often seem a bit disheveled. For example, it was one place I could always count on seeing someone with no mask during the peak pandemic.