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The story
A video showing a man buying draft beer from a ballpark beer vendor only to pour it out on the spot went viral on social media, sparking discussion on 5ch’s “Nandemo Jikkyō G” (Live Commentary General) board. The act is believed to be aimed at boosting the vendor’s sales figures, and commenters clashed between defenders who, citing the vendors’ commission-based pay, called it “more rational than tipping,” and critics who argued “if you’re going to waste the booze, at least hand it out to the people around you.” Some compared it to padding a host club or hostess club employee’s sales numbers, while sharper critiques called it “tacky — decency and rights are two different things” or simply “an old Showa-era mindset.” The thread ended up split between praise and criticism.
Source: video.twimg.com / Original article here
What people said
That's what you'd call a win-win, huh
You really think a guy who comes and dumps beer like this is gonna win her favor?
He probably wants to boost her sales numbers — being the top spender lets you brag
Since her pay is base salary plus commission, boosting sales probably makes her happier than some half-baked tip. Plus, you know personal cash handoffs can get messy
Because all she's thinking is 'just empty the keg' — that's basically it
What he's doing is basically identical to a host club or hostess club
I mean, spending it on whatever he himself wants is the best use of it, no?
I think it's just one option among many. Getting to chat with a girl he likes and have her remember him — that's cheap at the price, ulterior motive or not
The thing with these old guys is that a fair number of them later start demanding 'pay me back, give me a return.'
They're just showering her with money, yet acting like it's some kind of investment
He's free to say that. And she's free to turn down the demand
At a glance it looks like some kind of drink-only trash bin
I've seen photos of an absurd amount of beer lined up on the floor before, but this is the first time I've seen instant dumping
Honestly, lining it all up on the floor is more of a nuisance
They're probably agreeing to it together before he dumps it, but that doesn't make it any more fun to watch
The nouveau-riche guy from the history textbooks sure is cool, huh — prioritizing people over money and all
Decency and rights are completely different things
Nobody said it was bad
It's that missing perspective that makes it hopelessly uncool
Oh, so you're against victory beer showers too, then?
'That's tacky' is about as far as it goes — who cares about the whole brewing-process angle
It's mass-produced beer anyway, so isn't 'thanks for buying it' the right takeaway?
Yesterday was a holiday, so there were more working adults, hence the criticism.
Today's a weekday, so there are more students and NEETs (not in education, employment, or training), hence more praise
I was in the thread yesterday too — yeah, it was nothing but criticism
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Ballpark draft-beer vendors often earn a commission on top of their base pay, which is thought to be the real motivation behind “contributing to sales even by dumping the beer without drinking it.” The thread touched on this commission structure, with some pointing out that boosting official, company-tracked sales pays off better than a personal tip would. The debate largely split into two camps: one rejecting the act of wasting alcohol on principle, and the other defending it on the grounds that “it’s his own money to spend as he likes” — with many drawing comparisons to boosting sales for host club or hostess club staff. Note that one post claimed the previous day’s thread (same series) leaned more critical while today’s leaned more approving, chalking the shift up to different user demographics posting on weekdays versus holidays — but this is just one user’s personal theory, not a backed statistic, so it should be taken with a grain of salt.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyō G) thread “[Video] Baseball-fan old guy buys beer to boost the beer girl’s sales, then instantly dumps it lmaooooo.”
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