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[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The owner followed her out of the store and restrained her over ¥180? Where do people even find the energy to turn these kinds of petty disputes into full-blown confrontations?

[–] Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Conversion link puts about $1.20 US. Shop owner claims she's done this repeatedly in the past so why wasn't she trespassed in the first place?

[–] commander@lemmings.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Probably because the shop owner was being reasonable and hoping it would stop without having to get authorities involved.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

When you come down hard on minor infractions, it creates a culture of forced politeness enforced by fear.

[–] commander@lemmings.world -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Is it really petty if she did this on purpose?

She damaged a product badly enough that it can no longer be sold. If it was an accident, sure I can understand letting this go. But did she really accidentally step on some bread?

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

Where are you seeing that she stepped on it? The allegation is that she pressed it with her thumb, and she doesn't dispute that she pressed it on purpose—she was checking the firmness, which is a weird thing to do to a bun but I don't think it's worth chasing her down over. If you really can't sell it with a dent in it, telling her not to come back seems like a proportionate response. But honestly if I were the owner, I'd probably just eat the dented bun and call it a wash.

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

She didn't step on it, she apparently used her thumb and damaged one of the buns in the pack

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah you don't fuck with a conbi in Japan. They take those things seriously

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I noticed everyone in Japan was surprisingly well-behaved. I wondered if this was the punishment for those who stepped out of line.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's a culture of not sticking out of the pack, and the feeling that everyone is judging you if you do. It's sadly more about that than deep understanding of the value of civism, according to my native friends.

[–] QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This just how I think of society and people in general why I have so much social anxiety

[–] oce@jlai.lu 4 points 2 days ago

I think Western cultures often value differentiating yourself from the mass, it has its stupid downsides too of course.

[–] ganoo_slash_linux@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago
[–] anonymous111@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Not me topic!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Imagine what they would have done if she had squeezed the Charmin.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago