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The story
A video showing a fan at Yokohama Stadium (“Hama-Stan”) dumping out beer he’d just bought from a beer vendor girl, right on the spot, became a hot topic on the 5ch “Live Game Threads” (Nandemo Jikkyo G) board. Multiple posters noted that some customers buy cup after cup just to keep chatting with the vendor. Some argued it would be simpler to just hand her cash as a tip directly, while others countered that this is a “gray area” since a vendor accepting cash tips from customers could get her fired. The thread also touched on how thin commission cuts and the shift to cashless payments affect vendors’ income, with opinions split on whether dumping the beer is really an appropriate way to show appreciation.
What people said
Helping his favorite girl hit her sales quota.
He was standing in the aisle near what looked like the staff prep room, waiting for her in advance.
There was even an older woman stopping a male vendor — total chaos.
Do that and she'd probably get fired on the spot.
That's why this is a gray area, no?
There really are all kinds of people out there.
I saw it happen once, across the aisle behind me.
Honestly, I was jealous of the free booze lol
He probably wants her gratitude all to himself.
Handing the beer out to people nearby would surely make a better impression on her than just dumping it.
They drag out the conversation every time they buy a beer, then just stare at their phone until she comes back around, over and over.
They probably never get to talk to women in everyday life.
Are you at the game to watch baseball or to study middle-aged men lol
So instead of buying rounds for everyone and being told "Wow, you're so generous,"
he gets more of a thrill from "Look how much beer I'll buy just for you, ___-chan" (and then dumping it)?
Isn't there a sales quota involved?
Handing over a tip would be quicker anyway.
Thanks to COVID, idol handshake events have dropped off massively.
AKB still does them in a big way.
That's the moment a decent job turns into a grueling one.
It'd be nice if she could skip taking the money and just get back to the stands quickly.
Well, with cashless payments spreading more and more these days, I think it's actually gotten easier for them to earn.
Don't those girls drink a ton themselves too?
McDonald's? (a nod to McDonald's Japan's old "Smile — 0 yen" menu item)
Wow, that's something…
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Places with that kind of proper backing and security have very few police incidents relative to their scale.
These girls, though — once they take off the uniform and step out of the break room after their shift, they're completely unprotected.
The foam cuts down the total volume in the cup, so it stretches out what's left in the tank.
A customer who goes this far could blow up over the smallest thing — you never know what he might do.
If she hides her face with a mask and a hat on the way home, maybe he wouldn't recognize her?
Writing this out, it occurs to me that vendors and concession stands wrapping up relatively early isn't just about closing prep —
it might also be a way to get them out early and protect them from guys like this.
Today's extra-innings game at Hama-Stan, for instance — if they'd kept selling until the very end, sales would've been pretty huge.
Background and Points of Debate
Draft-beer vendors at ballparks are a popular part-time job, but their commission is said to be only around 10-20% of sales, and back when cash payments dominated, time spent interacting with customers translated directly into earnings. The thread’s suggestion that “you could just hand over a tip directly” was met with the counterargument that “accepting cash could get her fired” — likely reflecting the common practice of teams and operating companies prohibiting vendors from directly receiving money from customers. That said, the video’s filming date, who posted it, and the buyer’s actual intent were never confirmed within the thread itself, so it’s worth keeping in mind that most of the opinions, pro or con, are speculation based on each poster’s own game-watching experience.
※This article is compiled as an excerpt/summary from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Video] Beer Vendor at Yokohama Stadium Lets Customer Buy a Beer Just to Dump It in Front of Her“.
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