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During games at Yokohama Stadium, it became a hot topic on 5ch that some customers were placing massive repeat orders — like 15 beers at 800 yen each — with one particular vendor. Some customers even leave without finishing the beers they bought, abandoning them on the spot. The thread kicked off with the observation that “this is the same structure as handshake tickets or Super Chat tipping,” and the discussion expanded to cover customer psychology, manners, and how the vendors themselves might feel about it. Opinions split between those stunned at what they saw as sheer waste of money, and those who argued there’s no problem as long as both sides are satisfied.
What people said
Not sure what the benefit even is
I don't really know how the CD handshake-ticket system works, but which gets you more talk time: 12,000 yen's worth of chatting while she pours 15 beers, or buying 4 CDs for a handshake event?
That's all it is (doesn't even hit 20,000 yen)
If he just gave the beers away he'd get thanked and feel even more superior — why dump them or leave them sitting there instead?
Unstoppable money worship
Forget the foreigner issue — it's the Japanese themselves losing their minds, the country's finished
Exactly this
Japanese people have just gotten too stupid
This isn't even on the 'blame the foreigners' level
He could just pay 10,000 yen for one beer
There's this thing called inventory reconciliation
If sales and remaining stock numbers don't match up, it gets flagged as an anomaly and becomes a hassle
Stuff like 'did she underreport sales?'
Or 'is the beer girl drinking the stock herself?'
That's the kind of trouble it causes
Does it just end with him broke from showering her with gifts?
Probably just tops out at her answering him with a big smile
That way nobody loses out
'Buying that much, are you sure your wallet's okay?'
'You came to watch baseball, right? lol Stop buying beer and watch the game lol'
He's paying big money just to get exchanges like that
I'm not the one buying, though
A guy generous enough to treat total strangers wouldn't be this obsessed with some girl in the first place
Honestly, everything about this just screams 'loser'
Can't get on board with the idiots who feel smug ('horu-horu,' slang for self-satisfied glow) picking up litter after the game
Well, logically that's true, but it really shows a lack of social decency — or just poor upbringing, lol 😅
Dumb, sure, but throwing 50,000 yen in a Super Chat (YouTube live-stream tipping) is way more baffling than this
Both are dumb
The world's full of idiots
A tip with such obvious ulterior motives is nothing but scary from the beer girl's perspective
You never know what he might try later
If he starts lying in wait for her, she's done for
If anything, her type is probably guys who make HER spend money on THEM
Same goes for idols probably — a guy like this must register to her as some bug from a different world
Unlike hostess clubs or host clubs, nobody's going bankrupt over this small an amount
People just want to bash 'anyone who does this is a dumb idiot' — that's bottom-tier thinking
No, however you look at it, it's dumb and deserves to be mocked
Calling that 'bottom-tier thinking' totally misses the point
The kind who just love their team and wanted to work at the stadium
Honestly, she's probably creeped out on the inside
Not sure about the current situation, but isn't it mostly semi-pro types doing this now?
Back in the day regular high schoolers worked these jobs, and I had classmates who did it
Girls like that work the merch shop or food court instead
They wouldn't deliberately pick a commission-based job
Better value than being a 'v-tuber pig' (derogatory term for obsessive VTuber fans) who pays the same and gets brushed off in seconds without even a word
For the same money you could go to a girls' bar and talk for like an hour, no?
Well, of course she'll spare time for her big spenders ('whale' customers)
Basically the same system as AKB (idol group known for pay-to-meet handshake events)
Like 20 seconds per beer
Background and Key Points of This Debate
Ballpark beer vendors typically earn income based on how many drinks they sell, and as the thread notes with its talk of inventory reconciliation, a mismatch between sales and remaining stock tends to cause management headaches. That’s why solutions like “just have her give the beer away to customers” aren’t realistic in practice. As for why customers pile huge orders onto one specific vendor, some draw parallels to idol CD handshake-ticket sales or YouTube Super Chats — framing it as a way of buying a brief conversation or moment of attention. Opinions in the thread are split between those who call it pure self-indulgent waste and those who argue that if both sides are satisfied, it’s not an outsider’s place to criticize. No consensus emerged on which side is right. It’s also worth noting the thread doesn’t identify any specific individual by name — it’s a general discussion about a behavior pattern commonly observed among stadium customers.
※This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary of the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Tragic News] Yokohama Stadium Beer Girls’ ‘Hostess Club-ification’ Crosses the Line, lolololololol.”
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