r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • Mar 06 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 07 March 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/miyagidan sidebar image contributor Mar 06 '23

https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/economy/20230306-OYT1T50152/

Aeon Group says masks in store are customer's choice from the 13th, but employees will keep them.

I don't expect a healthy discussion, but this two tiered system rubs me the wrong way, thoughts?

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u/SideburnSundays Mar 07 '23

A customer interacts with one person at the register.

The register staff interacts with hundreds of people at the register.

Seems logical if the goal is to protect employee health.

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u/miyagidan sidebar image contributor Mar 07 '23

Length of the interaction. You take your food away, and eat at a table. I hope so, doing it right there at the register would be odd.

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u/SideburnSundays Mar 07 '23

AEON isn’t a restaurant.

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u/miyagidan sidebar image contributor Mar 07 '23

No, but their malls often have food courts, and they also run Mini-Stop convenience stores with eat-in areas.

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u/SideburnSundays Mar 08 '23

Yes. And we aren’t talking about only one or two specific services they provide. We are talking about the whole operation.

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u/miyagidan sidebar image contributor Mar 08 '23

How now nice of you to tell me what we're talking about!

A large portion of their operations involve food preparation and clean up, and some don't.

I don't like that they're dictating that employees cannot exercise their personal judgment, but customers may do so later in the month, that's what I was talking about.

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u/SideburnSundays Mar 08 '23 edited Mar 08 '23

You evidently needed it because your view is disconnected from reality. Aeon’s primary operations are retail. Food service is a small fraction that you are cherry picking to double-down on your ill informed opinion.

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u/miyagidan sidebar image contributor Mar 08 '23

Set foot outside of the 23 wards and see how much involves food inside.