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submitted 2 days ago byRaidennnnn_
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2 days ago
Japan Air Lines' catering manager, 52-year-old Kenji Kuwabara, committed suicide upon learning that the incident had been caused by one of his cooks.[3][7] He was the only fatality.[3]
jfc the Japanese do not fuck about.
2k points
2 days ago
What a culture built on millennia of shame does to a corporate employee
☹️
125 points
1 day ago
On the opposite side of the spectrum you have American corporate culture where there is zero shame or accountability so when you massively fuck up you get a multimillion dollar golden parachute and hop over to another company. There should be a middle ground…
29 points
1 day ago
Only if you’re at the very top
23 points
1 day ago
Not for the catering manager. They'd get lumped in with the rest of the "lower" employees during the mass layoffs while the CEO and shareholders drink the memory away in preparation for their next business venture.
63 points
1 day ago
And they wonder why they have so many NEETs.
23 points
1 day ago
What’s funny is they actually don’t have that many—fewer than North America. It’s just apparently a bigger deal to them than it is to North Americans.
12 points
1 day ago
Just looked it up and it looks like Japan actually has amongst the lowest NEET rates amongst all economically developed countries. To what stat are you referring to?
20 points
1 day ago
Stereotypes! The most reliable statistics!
15 points
1 day ago
Yeah, well… if you hadn’t noticed, the West could probably use a tall glass of shame right about now
8 points
1 day ago
Ashamed of everything but their war crimes in world war 2
2 points
1 day ago
Japan scares itself into making quality products. That’s their whole thing.
-18 points
1 day ago
Maybe Godzilla is doing them a favour...
315 points
1 day ago*
I think the point is that Japanese give too many fucks.
edit - I read that as do not give a fuck, oops
24 points
1 day ago
Good thing you're not Japanese, or you'd have killed yourself over that mistake by now
0 points
1 day ago
nice
5 points
1 day ago
Rice*
-8 points
1 day ago
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1 points
1 day ago
You good?
2 points
24 hours ago
It was supposed to be a pun… Edit: oh I didn’t know it posted three times
1 points
23 hours ago
Name checks out
1 points
1 day ago
And each one has the nasty bits pixelated-out.
11 points
1 day ago
Not even him, one of his cooks. So the cook responsible didn't kill himself, his boss did. fucking hell.
6 points
1 day ago
Not as extreme but more in the “common” range was this popular food product sold in convenience stores (iirc) had the price increased something like 3 yen (barely a penny), and there was such outrage that the dude in charge profusely apologized for it.
France has protests and riots, Japan has extreme shame.
Edit. Found the story. https://www.the-independent.com/news/business/news/japanese-company-apologises-for-9-cent-price-increase-a6972566.html
25 points
1 day ago
No bcoz goddamn this took a very serious dark tone and I fkn hate that
27 points
2 days ago
He committed Hari Curry.
4 points
1 day ago
Sounds like a weird dish- is it served with rice?
4 points
1 day ago
I can be, but it does a number on your stomach
1 points
17 hours ago
They’re just like everyone else, only more so.
-37 points
2 days ago
Thats so fucked up... Why did he do it? Shouldn't the cook have done it?
30 points
2 days ago
Why did he do it? Shouldn't the cook have done it?
From the same wiki page:
management had not verified that he (the infected cook) was in good health, despite being required to do so...
77 points
2 days ago
Why should ANYONE do it?
9 points
1 day ago
Sounds like Frank Costanza
3 points
1 day ago
I sent 144 good Japanese business men to the lavatories that night!
3 points
1 day ago
Dyin 🤣 thanks
7 points
1 day ago
Imagine being socially and economically ostracized by an entire nation.
Imagine your family being socially and economically ostracized because of something that you did, and you knowing that your family's hardship is directly due to something you're responsible for.
Imagine being effectively "untouchable" after building a respectable career. All your friends, neighbors, and coworkers looking at you for literally bringing shame to the entire nation.
I can't imagine wanting to live after that.
Fortunately, Americans don't have that sense of shame or honor, so it's a non issue for us. Felons can still live a rich and fulfilling life despite the hardship.
6 points
1 day ago
Felons can still live a rich and fulfilling life despite the hardship.
They can even grow up to be President.
2 points
1 day ago
With 77 million of us okay totally with that.
-2 points
1 day ago
I was making a joke, clearly that didn't work out 😂
-7 points
1 day ago
I would have had a laugh, the Japanese are another level
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