Monday, June 06, 2005

Kitakata's interior


Kitakata's interior
Originally uploaded by Tedori.
Right after lunch, the cashier is grabbing money left and right. I got there at 12:40 and left at 1:00. It's clean and welcomes children, not a common sight in most raamen places. It also had nice music that wasn't too loud. The workers, on the other hand, had to yell whenever a customer came in, (いっらしゃいませ!) or left (ありがとうございます!), and when they put in an order (野菜 一丁!), all of which is common in most sushi, raamen, yakitori-yas and other cheap traditional restaurants. The other thing was, every time someone cleaned a table they yelled "Table Number 5. Clear!" And I kept thinking, what is this an aircraft carrier? So, needless to say, the help spent a lot of time yelling.
This cashier cleaned tables, took the money, and seated people. I wonder if he was the owner/franchisee or just hired help.

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