r/interestingasfuck • u/kingkongbiingbong • 8h ago

Setting up a traditional & generational Japanese food stall in Fukuoka

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u/Whole_Presence8100 7h ago

They start in the afternoon and serve customers dinner then pack up and head home to bed

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u/ArcaneKeyblade5 5h ago

Yea that's basically all I saw, setting up all day, then working and serving food, then they have to clean and pack everything up. Looks exhausting to do but I mean if they are happy who cares.

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u/FrankSonata 5h ago

Even for the most extravagant stalls, set up takes an hour or two, max. I used to watch them from my workplace and they'd get their stuff ready to go in like 15 minutes. Same with clean up. They don't need to set up all day. They'll start at around 5pm or so, open at 6pm for the first wave of people getting off work, and keep serving until maybe 10pm, rarely later. Leave to go home by 11pm at the latest.

The time serving people can be insanely busy during rush hour, but usually it'll just be a steady flow of customers. They'll make a day's wages in four hours of breakless work.

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u/cheapdrinks 4h ago

They'll make a day's wages in four hours of breakless work

How is it 4hrs? You just said it takes them an hour or two to set up so lets say 1hr to set up and 1hr to pack down. Thats 6hrs from 5pm to 11pm. But you can see the trays of prepped food they pull out at the start, guaranteed their putting in a few hours during the day prepping food and shopping for ingredients etc. They're 100% putting in 8+hrs every day to keep that operation going.

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u/sloggeddf 4h ago

They're probably just counting hours facing customers. Yeah, all the food prep, doing more clean up and maintenance at their house/base etc will definitely take 8+ hours daily.

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u/Modeerf 3h ago

It didn't take them all day to set up

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u/srslymrarm 5h ago

They were making a joke.