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They still 100% follow a script, it's just a more florid one. If anything it's harder to get the kind of service that makes a real difference in Japan.


Yeah they seem to follow a script to the dot, unlike westerners who are a lot more casual about things.


In general I always see people from the West venerate the qualities of Japanese society, without realizing that it stems from extreme collectivism and that if America or Europe was similar you’d have much of your individuality grinded out of you.


> you’d have much of your individuality grinded out of you

That doesn't seem too bad now that Adam Curtis ruined it for me. [0]

[0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s




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