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Re:A peek into Japan's convenience stores (Part 2) by bpodgursky on Sunday June 11, 2023 @03:42PM (#36284869)
High-trust, high-conscientiousness society.

Look at the average US 7-11 employee. Do you actually want them manhandling your food? We get prepackaged food because we have strict kitchen regulations because the average minimum-wage employee is kinda lazy and has poor hygiene.

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Re:A peek into Japan's convenience stores (Part 2) by Blackthorn on Sunday June 11, 2023 @04:23PM (#36285237)
In the northeastern USA we had Wawa for a long time which made good food fresh on site. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the employees who prepared it, they're not any worse than someone from Subway or a local gas station chain making a sub. Something happened that was probably cost-cutting and now it's all prepackaged and horrible. I stopped going. Enshittification but for convenience stores?
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Re:A peek into Japan's convenience stores (Part 2) by wizofaus on Sunday June 11, 2023 @04:20PM (#36285208)
The food at Japanese convenience stores is pre-packaged too - it's just much better quality.
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