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Ryota Yamasato of the comedy duo Nankai Candies sparked a reaction on X on the 21st with a post reading, “Even with a line of people waiting behind them, the field of vision of someone who keeps chatting long after they’ve finished eating must be pretty dangerous in the animal kingdom.” While many voices agreed with his complaint about diners who keep socializing without regard for the line of people waiting, on 5ch opinions were split, with some users criticizing the wording of the post itself, saying things like “we don’t even know what kind of restaurant this is about” or “the phrasing feels creepy.” The discussion gradually broadened into concrete gripes about nuisance behavior — restaurants struggling with customers who overstay, people using cafes as a substitute office, and tourist manners.
Ryota Yamasato (49) of Nankai Candies updated his X account by the 21st, raising an alarm over something that happened at a restaurant.
[Photo] A post that drew a flood of “Exactly this!” replies
He quipped, “Even with a ton of people lined up behind them, the field of vision of someone who keeps chatting on and on after they’ve finished eating must be pretty dangerous in the animal kingdom.”
Source: approach.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
Is it a plant?
Or some kind of virus?
Kind of like those pig-people from Spirited Away?
Ah, that happens
I end up scarfing it down out of habit too
Might be pretty dangerous in the animal kingdom too
Probably just has a crappy personality
There are also people who deliberately slow down crossing at crosswalks when a car's trying to turn right or left
Don't underestimate the savanna
They'll probably start saying stuff like "so they're eating while standing in the line?" lol
Meanwhile whatever opened after it — some kind of chiropractic clinic? — is still running without going under, so I guess business really is tough
Turnover rate is a real headache, but cafes are going to struggle unless they set a time limit lol
There really are idiots who use them like a second office.
Manga artists apparently use them that way too without a second thought, and once all sorts of professions start treating the place as their outside-the-house hangout, the shop's done for.
Komeda and McDonald's are really the only weird exceptions to this.
What kind of shop is even the "standard" case this complaint is assuming?
Probably a fast food place or a chain restaurant, right?
A scene you see a lot lately
Ramen shops and other counter-seat places really get hit hard by this — the shop needs to say something
That type of person can't pick up on sarcasm or irony, so phrasing it that way won't get through to them at all
They'll just go "lol it's not the animal kingdom though" without ever realizing it's about them
Just say it plainly: "think about the people waiting in line"
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
Since Yamasato’s post didn’t specify the restaurant’s name or type, thread users were divided on how to read it — some assumed “this must be about a fast-food place,” others guessed “a counter-seat ramen shop.” Underlying this is a long-noted tension in the restaurant industry: at lower-priced establishments especially, how long customers linger directly affects table turnover and revenue, creating a gap between shop owners who’d rather not see extended socializing and customers who feel free to take their time once they’ve paid. Some in the thread also noted that long conversations at counter seats have become more noticeable lately amid the rise in inbound tourists. On the other hand, some argued that dealing with this kind of nuisance behavior should really be up to the restaurant itself — through rules like time limits — and questioned the framing of the post for pinning the blame on individual customers’ good or bad behavior instead.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisuta Sokuho+) thread “Ryota Yamasato complains, “Even with people lined up behind them, the field of vision of someone who keeps chatting after finishing their meal must be pretty dangerous in the animal kingdom” — X post draws widespread agreement.”
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