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Been away for a long time I have and tried to come back for the MJRF, but I think I might've missed the boat a little. Anyhow, this is something from my recent-ish trip overseas. It takes place in a Japanese ramen shop in Shibuya, Tokyo. This was by far, my greatest auditory experience in a restaurant ever!
For some background, it would seem that customer service in Japan is done a little differently than here in Australia. For example there are still many full service petrol stations about, checkout chicks will announce your purchases (item and cost) as they scan them and almost every store will have someone designated to greet and thank you everytime you enter or leave their store. In most cases, the greeting is a high-pitched, loud and irritating phrase that sounds something like "Sumimasen!" and it would grate against my ears every time I walked through a set of doors... however, at this particular restaurant, they've taken the customer service a little further.
You see at this busy restaurant, the patrons are seated around the chefs in the centre that are busily preparing your meal and it's not just one person that greets you, it's the entire staff in their own particular way.
This was all recorded on my little Ricoh Capilo R1 Camera (which has finally died I believe) the moment I figured out that this was happening. This is largely un-edited, aside from having large gaps between the action removed. Listen out early on for a true highlight when the staff do not respond properly!
For some background, it would seem that customer service in Japan is done a little differently than here in Australia. For example there are still many full service petrol stations about, checkout chicks will announce your purchases (item and cost) as they scan them and almost every store will have someone designated to greet and thank you everytime you enter or leave their store. In most cases, the greeting is a high-pitched, loud and irritating phrase that sounds something like "Sumimasen!" and it would grate against my ears every time I walked through a set of doors... however, at this particular restaurant, they've taken the customer service a little further.
You see at this busy restaurant, the patrons are seated around the chefs in the centre that are busily preparing your meal and it's not just one person that greets you, it's the entire staff in their own particular way.
This was all recorded on my little Ricoh Capilo R1 Camera (which has finally died I believe) the moment I figured out that this was happening. This is largely un-edited, aside from having large gaps between the action removed. Listen out early on for a true highlight when the staff do not respond properly!
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Lyrics
If anyone understands Japanese, feel free to let me know and I'll add the lyrics (well, translation of them at least)
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