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The story
Nozomu Iwao of the comedy duo Football Hour revealed his frustration with customers who park for long stretches in convenience store lots while staring at their phones, during the October 17 episode of the YouTube show “Zakkuri YouTube.” His comment that he feels like marching over and shouting “Move it, dammit!” at customers who won’t budge even when the lot is packed was reported by sirabee.com and sparked a reaction on 5ch. The thread split between critics insisting “only the store owner has the right to say that” and others sympathizing from their own frustrating parking-lot experiences, with plenty of posts speculating about why customers linger in their cars for so long.
Nozomu Iwao of the comedy duo Football Hour appeared on the YouTube channel “Zakkuri YouTube” on the 17th.
He let loose his frustration about “a certain car” he keeps running into in convenience store parking lots.
Iwao often stops at convenience stores while driving. Depending on the time of day, the lot gets so crowded that finding even a single open space isn’t rare, and that’s when his frustration kicks in toward the customers who just sit in their cars.
Source: sirabee.com / Original article here
What people said
There are times you're not tired enough to nap but you're in that headspace where you'll crash if you don't rest a bit.
Though funnily enough, the people calling it "inconsiderate" sure use some pretty aggressive language themselves.
Go ahead, please, by all means.
Such a pain.
THEN it's "Move it, dammit!!" (the "silver mark" is the sticker elderly drivers display on their cars in Japan).
Personally, when I'm near the doors on a packed train and someone won't move even after the doors open because they're glued to their phone, I just tell them "Move."
You're being generous just by not elbowing them in the temple.
You do think "move already, idiot," don't you.
But I barely go to convenience stores anymore so it doesn't bother me now.
I just rest in a big supermarket parking lot instead.
He's the type who falls in line with whoever's more powerful.
No, if anything his attitude toward Shin Sakagami was the exception.
Normally Non-chan snaps easily and gets ignored by his juniors constantly.
Just go home already.
If the convenience store parking is free, maybe they're sleeping in their car overnight?
Probably killing time between sales appointments or something.
Not sure though.
There are a lot of them even around 8 PM too.
Maybe they're waiting for their scary wife to fall asleep?
That late, huh.
Maybe timing it to pick a kid up from cram school?
Not noticing that is bad enough.
Noticing and still not moving is even worse.
There are actually quite a few people who deliberately don't move just to feel superior.
If the edge spots were already taken first, cut them some slack.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
It’s worth keeping in mind, as the article itself notes, that Iwao’s comment was made during a talk segment on a YouTube show, not an actual confrontation with a customer. Convenience store parking lots are managed property, and some stores post signs restricting long-term parking or idling, but such friction tends to get treated as a dispute between customers, with handling varying store by store. The thread split between a principle-based view — “only the store has the right to say that” — and agreement rooted in real experience, like “I’ve actually been stuck because the lot was full.” Posts speculating about reasons for lingering in the car for a long time — taking a break, timing a pickup or drop-off, sleeping overnight — were also prominent, and alongside debate over the remark itself, there was a mix of posts weighing in on Iwao’s personal character and his past behavior on other shows.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisupo Sokuho+) thread “Nozomu Iwao’s ‘Frustration’ with Convenience Store Customers: ‘For people staring at their phones in their cars, I feel like going over and telling them to move, dammit!’.”
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