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Actress Nakamura An (39) opened up about her true feelings toward restaurants on TBS’s “The Best Restaurant of My Life,” aired October 17. She confessed that she’s “bad at communicating with restaurant staff” and only goes to places that “leave me alone as much as possible,” adding that she’s also uncomfortable with private rooms, since they make it easier to come face-to-face with staff. Her remarks became a hot topic on 5ch, where posters both pointed out how she’s shifted from the unfiltered variety-show personality she was once known for into more of a polished actress persona, and debated whether her discomfort itself was relatable or just celebrity pickiness.
Nakamura An Confesses Her True Feelings About Restaurants: Bad at Talking to Staff… But Also Uncomfortable in Private Rooms — So Where Does She Like to Sit?
Actress Nakamura An (39) appeared as a guest on TBS’s “The Best Restaurant of My Life” (Saturdays, 11:30 PM), aired on the 17th. She revealed her true feelings about restaurants.
Nakamura confessed, “I’m bad at communicating with the staff — like having to say ‘this is delicious.’” She revealed, “I only go to places that leave me alone as much as possible.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
And her acting's been steadily getting better too
Re: #4
About 10 years ago she was the type to brag on variety shows about not bathing for days, and now she's acting like a mid-tier actress out of nowhere lol
On 5ch there are plenty of guys over 50 who still freak out when a store clerk talks to them — seems like there are quite a few elderly loner social-anxiety types here
So I guess once the staff catch on, they just seat her in a private room
I'm bad at it too, so it helps when takeout is an option
Isn't that kind of alarming
What kind of major flaw is that even
Is that really worth such a harsh reply?
Though maybe that's actually harder for a celebrity
but guess that was someone else
But with young staff these days, it's rough when the customer makes the effort to talk and barely gets a reaction
And it's probably appreciated by the restaurant too, given turnover rate and all
What a pain of a customer, the world doesn't revolve around you
Is she dumb or something lol
I'm the same way so I agree with the sentiment, but
That's why I never eat out at all
Why eat outside anyway?
Cooking being a hassle >>> being bad at talking to staff
You start with something like 'cold today, huh' and then (this time of year) ask 'what's good here?'
And even if what they recommend isn't to your taste, just go with 'nice, I'll have that' and the conversation keeps flowing
Sounds like talking to a hairdresser lol
When I was young I thought it was a pain but still made conversation
Now when they start with 'Is work off today?' I just brush it off with all kinds of lies
Like saying I'm a sports adventurer or something
Saying 'thanks for the meal' to someone who treated you is annoying too, right
I wonder if she even likes anyone
She's not some flattery-obsessed yes-man (lit. "sycophant goblin") after all
Huh? If someone treats me I just simply think 'nice, I came out ahead,' that's it
Saying 'thanks for the meal!' is no big deal
I just don't like talking when there's nothing to gain from it lol
Plain girls aren't any different though, are they
Even though we'd never actually talked
If some old guy said that to me I'd just think it's creepy
But if it's a young girl working there, I'd fall for her
Background and Key Points of This Topic
“The Best Restaurant of My Life” is a late-night show that digs into celebrities’ food-related anecdotes, and Nakamura An made these remarks as a guest on the October 17 broadcast. She once built part of her image on being unfiltered, famously revealing on variety shows that she’d gone long stretches without bathing, and many posts on the thread focused on the gap between that era and her current, more polished actress persona. Opinion was split on how to read her discomfort with talking to staff itself — some saw it as thoughtful consideration not to burden the staff, while others took a cooler view, dismissing it as a celebrity’s particular brand of pickiness. What’s easy to miss is that her reason for avoiding private rooms isn’t simply wanting to dodge service interactions — it’s the more layered discomfort, familiar to anyone who struggles with small talk, of trying to avoid the awkward silence when a staff member walks in.
*This article is compiled as an excerpt and summary from the 5ch (Geino/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] Nakamura An Confesses Her True Feelings About Restaurants: Bad at Talking to Staff… But Also Uncomfortable in Private Rooms — So Where Does She Like to Sit?”.
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