stanfordmed
08-26-2005, 12:26 PM
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I went to dinner with a friend last night in one of the restaurant (casual not a fancy one) in the mall. The bill came up to xx.50 yen. Since I had loose change, my friend told me to use some of it. When I tried to include some 1 yen with the payment, the cashier refused to accept all the 1 yen - gave it back to me and was asking for 10 yen in exchange. So I obliged, but quite puzzled.
Is it not acceptable to use 1 yen in restaurants? In U.S. 1 cent (penny) is accepted everywhere because it’s still money after all.
Is there some kind of paying etiquette that I’m not aware of? 
Did I make a fool of myself or what? :o I’ve always used card and bigger bills before and this was my first time including change under 100 yen to pay.
Teddy
08-26-2005, 12:45 PM
That’s not very polite for the cashier to do that to you:mad: , but I would say before I gave those i yen coins, “Suimasen. Ichi-en dama ga ooku natte mo ii desu ka?”(I have a lot of 1-yen coins here. Would you accept it?). I don’t know if you said something like that beforehand or it depends on how many 1 yen coins you were trying to give them or the personality of the cashier. I personally think more or less ten 1 yen coins should be automatically acceptable in any case.
Dax
08-26-2005, 12:45 PM
dunno if that’s taboo but i wouldn’t pay for anything with more than 10 pieces of 1 yen coins. maybe the cashier just doesn’t like them. 
note: naunahan ako ni Teddy san sa 10 pieces…hmm bakit kaya 10?
stanfordmed
08-26-2005, 12:51 PM
I was giving no more than ten 1 yen. Actually, we were still seated at our table just trying to count the money when she approached us.
Teddy-san, Nihongo wakarimasen. :o I’m new here (2 months) in Japan. I’m a FOB! (fresh out of boat)
Teddy
08-26-2005, 01:16 PM
I was giving no more than ten 1 yen. Actually, we were still seated at our table just trying to count the money when she approached us.
Teddy-san, Nihongo wakarimasen. :o I’m new here (2 months) in Japan. I’m FOB (fresh out of boat)
Stanfordmed-san, never never never never never…go back there!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: Ang bastos niya!!!:mad: :mad:
My wife and I always try to give as many 1 yen coins in the purse as possible, but we have never ever been refused to do that. If less than 7(labo, no?), I wouldn’t even say the phrase.
So stanfordmed-san, don’t worry. It’s not your fault. It’s his/hers:mad: :mad: :mad: I can’t believe his/her attitude. Customers should be well treated here in Japan and they are supposed to be trained that way.(We have a saying “Customers are God”.)
pointblank
08-26-2005, 01:21 PM
Hello stanfordmed,
Anong restuarant yan? Out with the name and the location so that people can boycott it or go there to reprimand it! :grrr:
You are more than entitled to pay in small change, including one yen coins.
The Japanese are in fact quite good in math so that they regularly top up a (money) bill with coins so that they will get bills or large coins as change. (For example, if your purchase is 729, you can give them 1030 to get 301 yen in return (three 100s + one 1s is better than two 100s + one 50s + two 10s + one 1s), or even 1229 to get one 500 yen coin. This is in fact one of my pet peeves when travelling to the US or Europe - the sales clerks are usually so feeble-minded that they refuse to accept anything above the bill which will cover your purchase - kahit na i-explain mo pa na you are doing so because you don’t want to be stuck with loose change.
It is even more offensive that she approached you at the table - she has no business second guessing your intention of paying with barya. What if you were just counting money in your wallet?
Service in Japan is unusually good and polite. I am appalled at this rare lapse. Next time, go back to that restaurant, find the waitress, and pay her with your piggy bank. (I would in fact love to go there and bark her out of her wits.)
(P.S. There are officially two laws in Japan regarding payment: I do not remember the specific numbers, but - one, the seller can refuse if the purchase amount is below a certain percentage of the bill given (say buying a 3-yen candy - if it still exists- with a 10,000 yen bill) and; two, the seller can refuse if the payment is made with denominations that are too small (say paying for a 9,980 item with 990 ten-yens and 80 one-yens. The idea here is to prevent nuisance harrassment of businesses - but this is an “official” law that is usually disregarded specially if the buyer is good-natured about it.)
Teddy
08-26-2005, 01:23 PM
note: naunahan ako ni Teddy san sa 10 pieces…hmm bakit kaya 10?
Because you can instead give one 10-yen coin so you won’t hassle them, but still they should accept at least ten 1-yen coins no matter what!
Dax
08-26-2005, 01:23 PM
(P.S. There are officially two laws in Japan regarding payment:
didn’t know that. so what’s this law called? any links?
stanfordmed
08-26-2005, 01:27 PM
Stanfordmed-san, never never never never never…go back there!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: Ang bastos niya!!!:mad: :mad:
My wife and I always try to give as many 1 yen coins in the purse as possible, but we have never ever been refused to do that. If less than 7(labo, no?), I wouldn’t even say the phrase.
So stanfordmed-san, don’t worry. It’s not your fault. It’s his/hers:mad: :mad: :mad: I can’t believe his/her attitude. Customers should be well treated here in Japan and they are supposed to be trained that way.(We have a saying “Customers are God”.)
Thanks Teddy-san.
I really never liked using coins under 100 yen in the first place (I usually just give all my coins to my hubby to use) My friend insisted for me to use my coins, kaya napahiya toluy ako. :o
I’ll definitely won’t be going back there again! :mad:
Anong restuarant yan? Out with the name and the location so that people can boycott it or go there to reprimand it! :grrr:
Service in Japan is unusually good and polite. I am appalled at this rare lapse. Next time, go back to that restaurant, find the waitress, and pay her with your piggy bank. (I would in fact love to go there and bark her out of her wits.)
Pointblank,
I have no doubt about the Japanese service or politeness.
I don’t know the name of the restaurant - it’s in Japanese. If I pass by there next time I’ll take a picture or get a business card.
I’ll also bring my piggy bank so I can crack it on her head :banghead:
ganda_girl89
08-26-2005, 01:31 PM
standfordmed,thats a very very unusual case in jpn.in my expirience,cashiers usually accept kahit gaano kadami ang 1yen coins na pinambabayad ko…sometimes,natut uwa pa yung iba kasi di na sila magba bother magsukli.
baka naman may ibang reasons kaya ganoon (ang asal) yung cashier like OT na kayo ng fren mo sa business hr ng restaurant or na-iritate sa ingay ng mga poriners or nabagalan sa pagbabayad nyo dahil nagbilangan pa.anyways,ano man ang dahilan nya,she should hev accepted your 1 yen coins.
kung ako siguro ang nasa ganoong sitwasyon,tatakutin ko sya at sasabihin ko,ill make a legal complain kapag di nya tinaggap ang mga coins…
i wish you will enjoy more your stay in jpn.
Teddy
08-26-2005, 01:32 PM
I’ve kinda heard about that law… But regardless of the law, the cashier is “hi-jyoushiki”(having no common sense):mad:
Teddy
08-26-2005, 01:43 PM
What happens more often here in Japan is to get harrassed by their too much “service-oriented-behavior”:o
stanfordmed
08-26-2005, 02:04 PM
standfordmed,thats a very very unusual case in jpn.in my expirience,cashiers usually accept kahit gaano kadami ang 1yen coins na pinambabayad ko…sometimes,natut uwa pa yung iba kasi di na sila magba bother magsukli.
baka naman may ibang reasons kaya ganoon (ang asal) yung cashier like OT na kayo ng fren mo sa business hr ng restaurant or na-iritate sa ingay ng mga poriners or nabagalan sa pagbabayad nyo dahil nagbilangan pa.anyways,ano man ang dahilan nya,she should hev accepted your 1 yen coins.
kung ako siguro ang nasa ganoong sitwasyon,tatakutin ko sya at sasabihin ko,ill make a legal complain kapag di nya tinaggap ang mga coins…
i wish you will enjoy more your stay in jpn.
That was about past 20:30 when we fisnished our meal and didn’t stay there that long. (I’m very much aware of restaurant etiquette and have read up and done research on the proper way to eat or act in Japan).
The restaurant was about half full, no customers waiting to be seated. We were not standing by the cashier counting our coins. It’s probably just because we’re Gaijins (the waitress/cashier was a middle aged woman).
goodboy
08-26-2005, 02:14 PM
hey mimi (aka standfordmed), lets not make a big issue out of this, its just a 99yen 7grams of jappy coins, i believe we can still use those coins in other establishments, pwede na rin gamitin as pantaya sa bingo or bottones sa lumang damit hehe, I guess ganda_girl89 is right, baka naingayan lang yung matandang waiter-cashier(take note:waiter na sya, cashier pa sya) sa atin last night while we were counting the coins on the table. On the otherhand, badtrip din talaga ako sa resto na yun, to the mere fact na unreasonable yung price nila, hindi man lang nagbigay ng hot towel sa atin unlike other restaurants do. well I guess we learned something new today, lets just call it “coin discrimination” scenario. Have a joyful weekends folks 
pointblank
08-26-2005, 02:22 PM
The restaurant was about half full, no customers waiting to be seated. We were not standing by the cashier counting our coins. It’s probably just because we’re Gaijins (the waitress/cashier was a middle age woman).
Haaaay naku, obatarian pala!!
Kaya nga punta na tayo doon at sabunin natin. I’m very good at dealing with obatarians - pet peeve ko yan.
(Obatarian = slang for ill-behaved middle-aged women. Etymology: auntie is “obasan” in Japanese, though this term is also used to address middle aged women in general, like tita or lola in Tagalog. Many years ago, the horror movie “Land of the Rising Dead” (the one with zombies) was shown in Japan with the title translated as “The Vatarians” (don’t know why that translation -didn’t see the movie). Some witty cartoonist then started a strip labelling cranky ill-mannered middle aged women as “Obatarian” (from Obasan + Batarian) since they were like zombies - walang feeling (magaling mag patay malisya), kahit na barilin mo a hundred times, they’re so stubborn they just keep coming back!
v_wrangler
08-26-2005, 02:28 PM
Standformed, its quite dangerous to assume that your being a gaijin is the culprit which is not always the case. The benefit of Japan being a very service-oriented society - is that you can always question whenever you feel you are not being treated equally. My first approach would be to ask “Doshite dame desuka?” (Why can’t I use these coins? - literally). If you feel you aren’t getting a good answer - the next step would be to say “Tenchou wo yonde kuremasen ka?” (Would you call the manager please?" Like any wronged Japanese would do. Perhaps, like any american in the states would do…
I tell you that most establishments would go their way to protect their name. And would bow to offer apologies if their people commit such offenses.
I remember during my first time in Japan and finally had the chance to use my old 500 yen paper bills. The cashier laughed at me and refused to accept it. I was so embarassed and wondered what went wrong. I told my Japanese boss about it and the next thing I knew - the store manager came to my office apologizing with free konbini goods to boot. Whether i twas my being pinoy then I dont know but one thing I remembered from then on - If you feel you are being ill treated, step your foot forward and calmly ask for whatever you think you deserve.
stanfordmed
08-26-2005, 02:29 PM
hey mimi (aka standfordmed), sa atin last night, ikaw kasi panay ang halak-hak mo while counting the coins then nilaro mo pa yung lumang display nila sa table na puro alikabok, then pinalabas pa natin yung waiter-cashier sa display window just to select the food we wanna eat.
On the otherside,badtrip din talaga ako sa waiter na yun, to the mere fact na unreasonable yung price nila, hindi man lang nagbigay ng hot towel sa atin unlike other restaurants do.
Well I guess we learned something new today friends, lets just call it “coin discrimination” in Japan. Have a joyful weekend folks
Galing mo talagang mambola! :rolleyes: Baka maniwa ang mga readers dito sa post mo.
ganda_girl89
08-26-2005, 02:33 PM
naingayan lang yung matandang waiter-cashier(take note:waiter na sya, cashier pa sya) sa atin last night, ikaw kasi panay ang halak-hak mo while counting the coins then nilaro mo pa yung lumang display nila sa table na puro alikabok, then pinalabas pa natin yung waiter-cashier sa display window just to select the food we wanna eat.
standfordmed…lol ss…thats it kaya na-iritate ang yung OL.
as a poriner,sarap nga naman mangulit sa japan…
v_wrangler
08-26-2005, 02:35 PM
hey mimi (aka standfordmed), lets not make a big issue out of this, its just a 99yen 7grams of jappy coins, i believe we can still use those coins in other establishments, pwede na rin gamitin as pantaya sa bingo or bottones sa lumang damit hehe, I guess ganda_girl89 is right, baka naingayan lang yung matandang waiter-cashier(take note:waiter na sya, cashier pa sya) sa atin last night, ikaw kasi panay ang halak-hak mo while counting the coins then nilaro mo pa yung lumang display nila sa table na puro alikabok, then pinalabas pa natin yung waiter-cashier sa display window just to select the food we wanna eat.
On the otherside,badtrip din talaga ako sa waiter na yun, to the mere fact na unreasonable yung price nila, hindi man lang nagbigay ng hot towel sa atin unlike other restaurants do.
Well I guess we learned something new today friends, lets just call it “coin discrimination” in Japan. Have a joyful weekend folks
Hello Goodboy, heres a trivia for you, one yen is exactly 1 gram. Ayan, nabadtrip at a senyo eh… Seriously, the real issue outweighs the 1 yen question. If we want to be treated as equals, we have to act like one. Kasama na diyan yong di pag payag sa di magandang serbisyo…
pointblank
08-26-2005, 02:36 PM
Ang final consolation to myself diyan palagi ay…
Kaya siya forever waitress at ikaw hindi…
v_wrangler
08-26-2005, 02:37 PM
Ang final consolation to myself diyan palagi ay…
Kaya siya forever waitress at ikaw hindi…
I like that analogy. hehehe
stanfordmed
08-26-2005, 02:41 PM
Standformed, its quite dangerous to assume that your being a gaijin is the culprit which is not always the case. The benefit of Japan being a very service-oriented society - is that you can always question whenever you feel you are not being treated equally. My first approach would be to ask “Doshite dame desuka?” (Why can’t I use these coins? - literally). If you feel you aren’t getting a good answer - the next step would be to say “Tenchou wo yonde kuremasen ka?” (Would you call the manager please?" Like any wronged Japanese would do. Perhaps, like any american in the states would do…
I tell you that most establishments would go their way to protect their name. And would bow to offer apologies if their people commit such offenses.
I remember during my first time in Japan and finally had the chance to use my old 500 yen paper bills. The cashier laughed at me and refused to accept it. I was so embarassed and wondered what went wrong. I told my Japanese boss about it and the next thing I knew - the store manager came to my office apologizing with free konbini goods to boot. Whether i twas my being pinoy then I dont know but one thing I remembered from then on - If you feel you are being ill treated, step your foot forward and calmly ask for whatever you think you deserve.
I was just guessing that because I don’t know what else could be.
The problem is that I don’t speak or understand Nihongo, and the waitress/cashier does not speak or understand English. So, I couldn’t ask for an explanation. I just smiled, apologized and thanked her (in Nihongo) then left. I didn’t assume anything after the incident, but just merely speculating with that idea of being a gaijin when I posted.
stanfordmed
08-26-2005, 02:45 PM
Ang final consolation to myself diyan palagi ay…
Kaya siya forever waitress at ikaw hindi…
Okay, that made my day! :jiggy:
Thanks guys and gals! 
goodboy
08-26-2005, 03:22 PM
hey mimi, v wrangler is right, sometimes we foreigners are quite perceptive on how things are being treated in our situation, lets just face the fact that Japanese people has a culture which is quite different from ours (its their country anyway) unlike in other western countries.
Lesson learned : we forgot to ask “Doshite dame desuka?” (Why can’t I use these coins?), maybe the old lady has a reason for not accepting our coins. The reason why we forgot to ask her is that both of us don’t speak japanese and the amount involved is very minimal. So! in wrapping up this case, let just cut the crap and just take that ominous experience of ours positively. cheers
stanfordmed
08-26-2005, 03:28 PM
Lesson learned : we forgot to ask “Doshite dame desuka?” (Why can’t I use these coins?), maybe the old lady has a reason for not accepting our coins. The reason why we forgot to ask her is that both of us don’t speak japanese and the amount involved is very minimal. So! in wrapping up this case, let just cut the crap and just take that ominous experience of ours positively. cheers
There you go again, what’s with the ‘we’?
And I thought this thread is closed. Pointblank already made my day with the witty outlook!
No need to drag this any further.
NemoySpruce
08-26-2005, 03:47 PM
I think you did the right thing by not making a scene. It shows you have more class than the old girl will ever have. Something this trivial should be just flicked off your shoulder like lint. Whatever reason she had, behaviour like that should never be justified by any sort of response.
Very usefull tip Teddy thanks! → doushte dame desuka!
is it correct to say ‘sumimasen, ichi-yen ii desu ka?’ easier for me to remember.
v_wrangler
08-26-2005, 03:58 PM
‘sumimasen, ichi-yen ii desu ka?’ easier for me to remember. While some people could easily understand what you meant - In my rusty nihongo that could also be mistrued like you would like to pay with “only” one yen, and if the bill amounts to more than that - I’m sure the cashier would definetly say NO.
Maybe… “Sumimasen ga, ichi yen dama de haratte (mo) ii desu ka?” (Excuse me, can I pay with one yen coins? or if you have the coins in your hands and in full view of the cashier, you might want to shorten it out to something like “kore de haratte (mo) ii desu ka?” (Could I pay with these?), Lets ask Teddy:)…
Another trivia, if you want to get rid of excess 10 yen coins, go to a jihambaiki, put your 10 pieces of 10 yen coins in there and press the cancel/change lever. The probabilities are: you’ll get a single 100 yen coin in exchange. …Not sure if this work on all jihambikies out there and if there’s a law against it… I only discovered this by accident…
Teddy
08-26-2005, 04:13 PM
Maybe… “Sumimasen ga, ichi yen dama de haratte mo ii desu ka?” (Excuse me, can I pay with one yen coins? or if you have the coins in your hands and in full view of the cashier, you might want to shorten it out to something like “kore de haratte mo ii desu ka?” (Could I pay with these?), Lets ask Teddy:)…
Yes. Wrangler-san is correct;) Halos no room for me to add.
Another variation…
*Suimasen. Ichi-en takusan aru’n desu ga, ii desu ka?(I have a lot of ichi-en coins, pwede ba?)
—Hai. Douzo/Ii desu yo/Daijoubu desu yo.(Sure)
“Suimasen” is polite enough here.
Dax
08-26-2005, 04:15 PM
Another trivia, if you want to get rid of excess 10 yen coins, go to a jihambaiki, put your 10 pieces of 10 yen coins in there and press the cancel/change lever. The probabilities are: you’ll get a single 100 yen coin in exchange. …Not sure if this work on all jihambikies out there and if there’s a law against it… I only discovered this by accident…
Another tip:
You can deposit and withdraw coins at/from some banks in Tokyo (ex. UFJ). I used to do that to most of my 1-yen coins. 
Go try!
But…in the country-side I don’t think the ATMs allow it though. Well, at least not where I used to live.
About the jihanki (short for jidou hambai ki), some do that some don’t.
NemoySpruce
08-26-2005, 04:53 PM
Thanks guys! This forum is a real gem!
goldhorse
08-26-2005, 08:51 PM
(P.S. There are officially two laws in Japan regarding payment: I do not remember the specific numbers, but - one, the seller can refuse if the purchase amount is below a certain percentage of the bill given (say buying a 3-yen candy - if it still exists- with a 10,000 yen bill) and; two, the seller can refuse if the payment is made with denominations that are too small (say paying for a 9,980 item with 990 ten-yens and 80 one-yens. The idea here is to prevent nuisance harrassment of businesses - but this is an “official” law that is usually disregarded specially if the buyer is good-natured about it.)
Maybe you are refering to Tsuka no Tan-i oyobi kahei no hakkou tou ni kansuru houritsu Article 7 which says that you can, as payment, pay coins of up to 20 times the value of each coin. In other words, it was well within Stanfordmed’s legal rights to pay 10 one-yen coins.
chepot
08-27-2005, 08:44 AM
baka naman po the owner is avoiding to collect loose coins kc they have this regulation here na when u change loose coins sa banks u have to pay for some service charge…i just dunno exactly the amount…(we can ask Teddy about that…)here on our shoppe, we avoid to collect it but, we just tell them na as a discount (TAWAD) na lang para di ma offend ba…me naman pag napakabigat na ng coin purse ko sa dami ng loose coins , i dont care to give them 1 yensssssssss…anyway , pera pa rin yon di ba? :hihi: okay lang yon…:thumb:
goldhorse
08-27-2005, 01:33 PM
baka naman po the owner is avoiding to collect loose coins kc they have this regulation here na when u change loose coins sa banks u have to pay for some service charge…i just dunno exactly the amount…(we can ask Teddy about that…)here on our shoppe, we avoid to collect it but, we just tell them na as a discount (TAWAD) na lang para di ma offend ba…me naman pag napakabigat na ng coin purse ko sa dami ng loose coins , i dont care to give them 1 yensssssssss…anyway , pera pa rin yon di ba? :hihi: okay lang yon…:thumb:
In the case of Yokohama Bank:
01 - 49 pcs Free
50 - 1,000 pcs 100 Yen
1,001 above 200 Yen
Although usually, you would want to change from big to smaller denominations to use as change, not the other way around, because you can just deposit any extra loose change, free of charge over the counter, which would save you the trouble of depositing 100 pcs at a time if you were to use the ATM. And this wouldn’t really be going out of your way because you’ll have to deposit your sales anyway.
Teddy
08-27-2005, 03:50 PM
[quote=chepot]baka naman po the owner is avoiding to collect loose coins kc they have this regulation here na when u change loose coins sa banks u have to pay for some service charge…i just dunno exactly the amount…(we can ask Teddy about that…)
Ngayon lang ako natuto nito sa iyo na may ganyang charges pag palitan ang barya:p
chepot
08-27-2005, 11:34 PM
[quote=chepot]baka naman po the owner is avoiding to collect loose coins kc they have this regulation here na when u change loose coins sa banks u have to pay for some service charge…i just dunno exactly the amount…(we can ask Teddy about that…)
Ngayon lang ako natuto nito sa iyo na may ganyang charges pag palitan ang barya:p
teddy…really? it so happened lang kc po, im in the line of business kaya nalaman ko to…pro, never experience on paying any service charge on loose coins…i havent experience to go sa bank to have transactionｓ coz usually the employee of the bank (銀行の担当の方）usuall y comes here to do the transactions…i do accounting works, kaya, i have to prepare the necessary things…im always having a hard time to count loose change and wrap it on a paper…(we cant afford to buy a counting machine…不景気だから。。）th ats why we control the in and outs of the coins…
kathy
08-30-2005, 04:46 PM
hey mimi, v wrangler is right, sometimes we foreigners are quite perceptive on how things are being treated in our situation, lets just face the fact that Japanese people has a culture which is quite different from ours (its their country anyway) unlike in other western countries.
Lesson learned : we forgot to ask “Doshite dame desuka?” (Why can’t I use these coins?), maybe the old lady has a reason for not accepting our coins. The reason why we forgot to ask her is that both of us don’t speak japanese and the amount involved is very minimal. So! in wrapping up this case, let just cut the crap and just take that ominous experience of ours positively. cheers well sweety nxt time ill take u there in yatai ramen( sidewalk ramen house) haha…
at least dun u dont need extra 1 yen kase its fixed 500 yen …no more no less may libre ka pa kwento sa ramen ojisan tsaka its like ur in phils…yung feeling ba that u talk to the person like ur own family!its not the place ,its not the price,its the taste & the feeling na welcome ka in person!mahirap ispelengin yang mga ibang hapon eh…& u cant please anybody,minsan kase pag sinabi lang gaijin may descrimination na agad lalo pag asian pero pag europeans may mga ngiti sila sa labi:D kaya ako siga d2 sa lugar namin haha…joke lang!well …we cant do anything kase nandito tayo sa bansa nila & we have to do all according to their rules!so ok lang mikko…dont worry u owe me a date sa ramenya san ok:p cant promise right now kung kelan kase busy si mommy haha…cool ka lang jan & enjoy minato mirai…sosyal ka nga eh!ill bring u in roppongi hills nxt time…hehe be ready kaya lang paalam muna ko kay otosan:eek: o ipaalam mo kaya ko:biglaugh:hey dont take it seriously baka may magalit :yippee: catch u then sweety…gambatte ne:cool:
stanfordmed
09-05-2005, 12:09 AM
Hello stanfordmed,
Anong restuarant yan? Out with the name and the location so that people can boycott it or go there to reprimand it! :grrr:
You are more than entitled to pay in small change, including one yen coins.
It is even more offensive that she approached you at the table - she has no business second guessing your intention of paying with barya. What if you were just counting money in your wallet?
Service in Japan is unusually good and polite. I am appalled at this rare lapse. Next time, go back to that restaurant, find the waitress, and pay her with your piggy bank. (I would in fact love to go there and bark her out of her wits.)
Okay folks, here’s the place with the OL where they won’t take 1 yen coins! I passed by it on my way to Kaiten-zushi so I took the liberty of taking photos, although out of focus due to my trying to be discreet. It’s a coincedence that the OL waitress/cashier that refused to take my 1 yen coins was by the cash register as I was passing by.
It’s her lucky day - I didn’t have my piggy bank with me, otherwise she’ll have a bukol sa ulo! Biro lang…
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