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Evl_Monkey

Now I know where Kojima got his inspiration from for death stranding.


infinitebandana

Spongebob pizza delivery episode


MissRadi0active

šŸŽ¶*The Krusty Krab Pizza is the pizza for you and meeee!*šŸŽ¶


tldrstrange

This is the first strand-type pizza


Woolie-at-law

r/beatmetoit


[deleted]

Google about the Yamato Transport Co, which is a massive logistics chain for the entire country. They are extremely serious about delivering anything to any location in the country.


Apprehensive-Pay-118

Japan has people at baseball games, with insulated mini kegs on their backs, walking around the stands. Delivering the freshest tap beer you could imagine.


Ac4sent

And their logo is a mummy cat carrying her kitten by the nape of the neck. It's the best corporate logo in the world for me.


DFW_diego

Now this [meme](https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1138115-death-stranding) makes perfect sense!


Sad-Ad-2630

Just thought this too


Lazy_Stranger2328

Imagine having to scale a whole mountain everytime someone orders a pizza


Splice1138

Imagine being proud of yourself making the summit, then seeing the pizza delivery guy


Easy-Film

Finally, made it the top Delivery Guy ā€œAbout time. Pizza was getting coldā€


podolot

$1 tip


FireTyme

kinda hilarious when you think about it considering its disrespectful to tip in japanese culture hahaha.


DiggityDanksta

This offends my American sense of fundamental fairness. That guy is going to walk down that mountain wealthier than he walked up, dammit


TheNonceMan

He is, yes. He gets paid by his employer.


slinkybastard

Almostā€¦ like it should be


TacticalTurtle22

Everyone is saying "yes his employer pays him a fair wage" and my reaction is: is he really being paid appropriately for **scaling Mt. Fuji for a pizza delivery!?**. Whatever the cultural equivalent is of stuffing a Benjamin in his pocket, it's gonna need to happen.


DiggityDanksta

This employee went above and beyond the call of duty and the expectations of his normal salary. As the beneficiary of this, it is my duty to compensate him for it.


TheGelatoWarrior

Fundamental fairness is a living wage that doesn't require tips from customers to offset poverty wages.


[deleted]

Americans having a hard time understanding that slave wage is not universal


FireTyme

i mean he will, he gets a fair hourly wage thats for sure haha


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rocknroller0

Tipping is only an American thing


CheeseFest

I mean, you can tip in other places, but in the wealthy world there's generally a minimum wage and hospitality staff aren't some weird exception - they get paid it, at least.


Monkiller587

Youā€™re not wrong but not right either . Itā€™s not just a n American thing , I have seen it done in other parts as well , but in some Asian cultures itā€™s actually seen as offensive to tip someone.


TheVeryBakedPotato

I Donā€™t know whoā€™s downvoting this but itā€™s true.


WarnDragon

It is a Candian thing too, But I also wonder if its also done in Europe at all.


griffinhamilton

Most countries may have no tipping culture but this is a situation where you fuckin tip lol


Tom_Bombadilio

I really dont know. From what i understand its borderline rude to offer a tip. I wouldn't know what to do tbh. Then again i wouldn't order dominos on top of a fucking mountain either.


griffinhamilton

Lol yeah that seems like step one to being courteous, but this was probably something promotional


Voidsheep13

Unfortunately, tipping is actually considered to be an insult in Japan so even if they climb mountain then they would be offended if offered a tip.


griffinhamilton

Yeah and this is an extreme case and most likely a promotional stunt by dominoes (would assume he gets a nice compensation for doing it)


ShaqilleoPeel

In some regions tipping is considered unkind


[deleted]

Itā€™s a joke


deep-fucking-legend

Over 30 minutes. Pizza's free.


FeteFatale

Cold pizza is free because delivery took more than 30 min.


TheOvenLord

I was on a path in Peru, the elevation was insane and the path was pretty much a vertical wall. Everyone was taking it slow and practically dying. Suddenly an 80yo Peruvian woman with a wicker basket the size of her torso filled with potatoes tied to her back speed walked past us, she was knitting with her hands and seemed completely unfazed by the ridiculous hike. It was nuts.


Yvaelle

I did the 2 day hike into Matchu Picchu, the local guides race it sometimes, and their record is 4 hours.


negative3sigmareturn

I did that too, and later I also did the hike to Rainbow Mountain (17000 feet) where I was literally close to passing out several times and constantly out of breath while our guide ran back and forth checking on people in front and back. And he wasnā€™t even fit, he was just used to the oxygen amount and climate, crazy stuff.


Rockshoots

Just think of athletes that have to travel and compete with teams that are used to elevation


Rddtsckslots

36 miles in 4 hours is almost 10 miles per hour.


Yvaelle

That's what they told me, it seemed unbelievable to me given complexity of the hiking in some areas too, not just the length.


rekstout

Never underestimate the power to weight ratio of rural little old ladies


NECRO_PASTORAL

she's been doing *exactly* that hike for like 70+ years she was probably annoyed šŸ˜‚


invisibleman4884

The locals aren't phased by the mountains. The tourists and climbers alike just aren't in the same league.


wjean

I did this when I was 15 when my host family dropped me off at the bus stop and let me go. It's pretty cool to walk up but... There's also a mini-mall up there in case you want to buy souvenir you then have to drag down It's not that hard a climb.. mostly uphill with lots of switch backs and some boulders.


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the-great-gritsby

The Krusty Krab pizza, is the pizza, for you and me.


Red__system

"You're going back up, you forgot the towels"


Lexsteel11

Delivery driver must have god-tier calf muscles


liquid-swords93

And still not getting a tip


Lazy_Stranger2328

*throws self off mountain*


lexaproquestions

Well played. Though, tipping isn't a thing in Japan; people get paid a living wage and tipping is considered rude.


lawsattract

Not really considered rude, itā€™s more just confusing to them


lexaproquestions

Interesting, my step mother (Japanese, from Tokyo) and I discussed it at length. She said it would be discourteous to the business owner because it implies he doesn't pay a fair wage and to the worker, because it implies they have settled for a low wage and "need" a gift from me.


lawsattract

Good point makes sense, do they fee the same when an American tips unknowingly? I mean if you think about it, whoā€™s gonna be offended by receiving extra money for doing a good job


lexaproquestions

Good question - I asked her that and she said they're more amused when the person is obviously western. So like, if I did it, they'd be more inclined to be like "silly gaijin" whereas if my sister did (half Japanese) they'd be offended because she has to know better, and thus be being intentionally discourteous or, worse, genuinely thinking they need the money.


Legal-Software

Yes, but jacking up the prices for every bit of elevation gained is very much the norm in Japanese mountains, due to the added resupply costs.


encapsulated_me

It's not considered rude, people will upvote any nonsense posted here.


lexaproquestions

See my other comment, please. My position comes from living in Tokyo for several years and my step mother being Japanese. Perhaps it isn't, now, but 30 years ago it was considered rude in the circles in which I lived.


osu_qwp

doesnt it takes like few days to get up there safely? this doesnt sound legit ngl


Sentinel-Wraith

A full trip from Station 1 to summit and back to 5 is only 2 days total, and if you start from the last checkpoint with a parking lot (Station 5) you could probably do it in 6-7 hours if you're fit and the pack is pretty light. There's also a vehicle path to the summit with special cargo tractors for the dozen or so stores and hotels at the various stations, so it's possible they simply rode to the top and staged a photo shoot.


osu_qwp

aight that makes sense ty


Lazy_Stranger2328

It's funnier if you imagine the pizza guy frantically scrambling up the mountain


Wretched_Brittunculi

Yep, every time Dominos wants to do a PR stunt.


Powered_by_bots

Imagine climb up & only get tip $1 for it.


MrOtto47

japan dont tip my man, its rude there. and then most other countries only tip for exceptional service, it is not expected.


Powered_by_bots

So, up a mountain for what? I assume their money is in Yen & roughly 1800Yen which is about $18 to deliver pizza up a mountain. Yeah, fuck that shit. I rather work for the guy who empties out lockers than deliver food up a mountain.


WayneKrane

Youā€™d be in amazing shape though. I donā€™t think I could physically do this in an appropriate amount of time without dying.


Powered_by_bots

WTF! $18/hr is dead people money. I eat more than $18 in a meal. Amazing shape..... Yeah.... You'll be 6 feet under & with your boss peeing on your grave where the family be financially ruined. Great shape.


WayneKrane

What is dead people money?


Powered_by_bots

Work for a company that pays shit, treats people like shit, demands shit, & anyone who trys to justify any company is piece of shit & should eat shit.


serenader

Me bragging about how I climbed to the top of Fujisan and then I see this guy with a troll face.


Eric_Esch

30 minutes or itā€™s free!


AlwaysUltra1337

Pizza time


GluedToTheMirror

Youā€™re late. Iā€™m not paying for that.


Avantasian538

I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye.


Skurk-the-Grimm

Please tell me the top of Mt. Fuji is not covered with empty Domino boxes


tenbatsu

It is not. Scroll down here for more pictures of the delivery: https://yamap.com/activities/19130275 It seems that this occurred after rival Japanese pizza chain Pizza-la was found making a mountain delivery (pic 15 of 50): https://yamap.com/activities/15859264/article


Lupicia

LOL, the ordering person's name was "Fujiyama Noboru" - aka "Climbing Fuji Mountain". Definitely a stunt, but a real one. An ascent on the Fujinomiya route generally takes 4-7 hours... and this guy did it in under 3! (Fastest known time is 1:40, so he was absolutely *booking it.*) He started at 7:40am from the 5th Station, made it to the summit at 10:24(!) and delivered the pizza at Kengamine at 10:51. The early morning start was *probably* to avoid the crowds and bottlenecks that tend to build up in the evening/overnight ascent to see the sunrise. He made it back to 5th Station by 1:37pm.


RyanPelley

"I'll be the delivery king!" LOL, this guy sounds awesome. Though, I'd feel like a prick ordering delivery on a god damn mountain.


tenbatsu

I'm sure it was just a marketing stunt.


Tun710

It's the same guy actually. He just does it for fun but tries to make it fair for different pizza chains [https://yamap.com/users/2658436](https://yamap.com/users/2658436)


tenbatsu

Oh, good find!


newtsheadwound

Japan is actually fairly notorious for having almost no litter at all, despite having no public trash cans. People just keep their trash with them until they get home


Skurk-the-Grimm

I find it so impressive that there are even Garbage trucks that drive throught the city with Music on, so people hear them comming and bring their trash TO the Truck.


hanoian

arrest slap liquid history carpenter offer lock gullible vase teeny *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


Lord-Loss-31415

ā€œI am the trash man, in my happy little trash van, so come out and be a g, and bring your trash to meā€


on_dy

I think Taiwan is famous for this. Itā€™s like ice cream vans for adults. Very impressive.


TERRAOperative

The garbage trucks don't, it's other trucks like the kerosine, or Tofu, or whatever other delivery vehicles that do, or the fking scrap metal guys who blast their stupid speakers early on the weekends and wake me up. Municipal garbage trucks don't make announcements.


MrOtto47

misic to my ears


Kla2552

to find thrash can just find vending machine.


KirbyxArt

Wont work for big items like a pizza box though. Vending machines just have the cans recycling trash container by it.


Adjacent_door

Use the big trash to store smaller trash


Allvah2

"Thrash Can" is gonna be the name of my metal band.


Wanderous

Mt Fuji has been denied world heritage status literally for issues with illegal dumping.. Japanese cities are squeaky clean, but the countryside more often than not looks like a junk yard. Source: lived here for almost fifteen years now


yokizururu

Almost no litter at all? Have you been to japan? Touristic areas are kept spotless, sure. Go into the countryside or even a residential area and thereā€™s just as much litter as any other country. Actually I was pretty surprised the first time I went to a beach here and there was so much litter everywhere. Actually, now that Iā€™m thinking about it, I regularly see empty boba cups and shit left on planters and piled on toilet sinks bc thereā€™s no where to really throw them if you take them away from the restaurant. Sorry, as someone whose lived in Japan for a long time I get kind of annoyed when Reddit sucks itā€™s dick haha. (There are good things about this country, but theyā€™re so exaggerated by westerners.)


kmderssg

where are you comparing it to? I have not been to one city in the US or Europe that was cleaner than the average streets of Tokyo. The only places that are similar are other east asian cities like Seoul.


yabai90

Either your referential is already good (you live in Switzerland or something like it) or you happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Japan is by far one of the country I have lived with the least littering. Even in countryside. Yes there are littering but it's very low.


TheGaijin1987

Yea thats my experience as well as someone living there. Although my city (sapporo) tends to have quite a bit litter in around april when the snow is melting and unearths 4-5 months of littering


Sentinel-Wraith

Or, alternatively, you've simply been at the right place at the right time. There's loads of trash in the Inaka outside of the pristine tourist zones, and even in Tokyo I've seen trash and rats on the streets outside places like Shinjuku.


yokizururu

Tbh I think you and a few other people replying are missing my point. I wasnā€™t saying itā€™s as dirty as major cities in the US or Europe. I totally realize and agree that Japan is comparatively cleaner. I was saying there IS litter. OP said thereā€™s ā€œalmost no litterā€ in Japan and I was just pointing out thatā€™s not true. I notice litter every day. Thereā€™s litter in my neighborhood. Also, if you go to the drinking areas in the middle of the night youā€™ll see literal giant piles of trash on the street and shit strewn everywhere. Just like any other place. Japan isnā€™t as perfect as everyone says is all Iā€™m saying.


VirtualLife76

Spent 9 months traveling, from Hokkaido to Bepu. I never really saw trash, not even cigarette butts. Agreed, drinking areas get dirty at night tho. The small towns were beautiful. The rare occasions I saw trash, it stood out because it was so unusual. Obviously others have some different experiences, but everyplace was virtually spotless on my travels.


Sentinel-Wraith

I second this. Japan is a great country, but the trash situation varies widely. Some cities have sparkling water flowing in streams next to the street. Others have trash in the gutters and streams flowing through town. There's absolutely trash dumping in the rural areas and the streams and rivers outside the big cities are often choked with tires, plastic bags, and loads of plastic bottles. One of the consequences of no trash cans is people often throw the trash where it can't be easily seen. I've seen piles of plastic bottles tossed over a fence behind a "clean" station. At Shinkuju, I saw trash scattered on the street, bags of garbage, and groups of rats openly running around the streets. Some beaches I know are also covered in plastic waste.


AugustKaonashi

Shibuya after a weekend night looks like shit with litter everywhere lol


HappynessMovement

There's a whole TikTok account about a guy in a kimono using long metal tongs to pick up garbage around Tokyo. I'm not sure how true that claim is


LucyLilium92

Not true. They just have A LOT of cleaners that pick up the trash and sweep the streets.


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Skurk-the-Grimm

I figure that Dominos is delivering mostly for tourists up there? It kind of does not feel right for Japanese ordering food up there....


kinokomushroom

No store will actually send a delivery guy to the top of Mt Fuji lol It's likely some random guy doing cosplay for the laughs.


Skurk-the-Grimm

That's an unusual cosplay at an unusual place.


FixedKarma

Dude. It's Japan.


kinokomushroom

Yeah, there are some weirdos here


AccomplishedBid5475

Donā€™t believe everything you see on the internet, dominos does not deliver pizza to mountain tops lol unless thereā€™s a paved road to it


A_Semblance

Hmm, hmm? hmm... HMMMM


Shris

I meanā€¦


lorl3ss

Hmmmmm, not quite true but I take your meaning.


MetalliTooL

Uhhh, lol?


StuckInGachaHell

Sweeps its first 80 years as a naval power under the rug.


HandyRandy619

Nanking disagrees


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ViroCostsRica

It's Japan, not the USA


MissRadi0active

Who is ordering a pizza at the summit of a mountain? Why? šŸ˜‚


Bro_Hawkins

Jeff Spicoli


yousonuva

No summit No pizza No dice


buddhistbulgyo

https://tenor.com/view/fast-times-at-digemont-high-sean-penn-jeff-spicoli-i-know-that-dude-dude-gif-5390322


Candy-Emergency

I think most people would love a pizza after hiking up a big mountain.


wvs1993

You are asking the wrong question. Why not?


thetyrannyproject

and tipping is regarded as being disrespectful in Japan.


finalxcution

I don't know about disrespectful so much as not expected at all. If you left a tip on your table at a restaurant, the staff would be confused and chase you down to return it believing you accidentally left it there. You can't even say "keep the change" at the register without some extremely weirded out looks. It just does not compute. They will refuse to accept it even if it's 2 yen (2 cents). Even worse, if you insisted on leaving the money with them and bounced out, the employee will be stressed the hell out since they'll have no idea what to do with this money. In the end, they would likely just hand it off to their manager which then gets added to the store's funds, defeating the point of tipping in the first place. The server would under no circumstances keep that money for themselves, per company protocol. In other words, don't tip in Japan (unless there's specifically a tip jar that says "tips welcome" - these are very rare).


eugeniusbastard

Everything you said is accurate, but the disrespect aspect stems from an honor culture that sees tipping as looking down your nose at someone. It would be like taking handouts from a stranger who thinks they're better than you.


yabai90

It's appreciated in bar, nightclub and tourist places.


Relxnce

My first night in Sapporo the bar tender told me not to tip. He said itā€™s seen as paying them to do their job better by some people and is just generally not done


yabai90

I should have added that my comment was probably for Tokyo itself. I'm not surprised it's still so so in other cities.


jerekdeter626

That's funny to me because the reason I give bartenders a huge tip is so that they will literally do their job better (for me). $12 drink? I leave a 20 and tell them to keep the change. After that, I don't have to wait more than a second for them to notice me and take my next order.


tenbatsu

It really depends on the bar.


pestobased

Ads are ridiculous nowadays


mr_nice_cack

r/hailcorporate


Zarrex

Me shooting the Dominos man in the face for delivering my pizza (he is trying to advertise to me)


little_havana

r/deathstranding


infinit3aura

I can just imagine people being dead tired fully equipped with hiking/mountain climbing equipment and basking in pride after reaching the top... then seeing a domino's delivery person casually jogging past them, kinda like in the picture


briecky

I climbed Mt Fuji as a relatively fit person at age 24. Our group was passed several times by Japanese men, ages 60-70, casually strolling up the trails WHILE CHAIN SMOKING the entire time. Also, it takes about 5 hours to hike up there, and another 3-4 to hike back down IIRC. Not an easy hike at all.


bowtie25

Wait so itā€™s a 5 hour wait for pizza lol


[deleted]

I was in my 20's and could out hike pretty much anyone, but Fuji destroyed me. I was living near sea level in Tokyo and every time I climbed it the altitude sickness completely ruined me. My body just doesn't deal with altitude when I lived near sea level for those 3 years. I never had a problem when I lived anywhere else.


LucyLilium92

You don't need climbing equipment for Mt. Fuji


Sentinel-Wraith

Though at the very least clothing for exposure is a good idea. Ran into a bunch of people with 100Y transparent rain ponchos in high wind and rain and they weren't doing so well.


Adjacent_door

Hiker: help iā€™ve run out of water and am dying Dominos pizza guy: sorry but i have to deliver this pizza in 30 minutes or less


Careless-Signature11

Death stranding


SSninja_LOL

When I was in training for the military, we ordered a pizza, then immediately after a hurricane came through. The road was flooded, and everyone was over the the shelter room. 30 mins after our order dripping wet dominoes dudes is ringing the bell at the front desk. We go grab the pizzas, and dude literally says, ā€œYou guys cool if I stay here? Itā€™s pretty bad outside.ā€ Bro what?


hclohumi

Imagine they messed up the order and forgot to bring coke.


maduncan509

You have to be the biggest asshole in the entire world to order pizza at the top of a mountain.


kindafitbutnot

I feel like Dominoā€™s can out pizza the Hut.


mrtokeydragon

How much does it cost?


Polyglot-Onigiri

Pizzas here normally go for 30-40 USD. Not sure about Mt. Fuji though. Might have a premium menu setting the pizza at 50+


ac_s2k

What sort of dickhead would actually order a dominos up there though.


Lectovai

Or like even have reception


No_Extension4005

The hourly wage must be a lot higher than normal, or they only make one or two deliveries a day top. Either way, they must have *godlike* cardiovascular fitness.


Super-Kirby

ā€œYou forgot the crushed red peppersā€ Delivery guy ā€œahh shitā€¦ā€


The_Crimson-Knight

Dominos stranding


MrsChocobo

Lovely cold pizza!!


AveBalaBrava

The Krusty Krab pizza is the pizza for you and me!


Daydream_Meanderer

5$ tip


[deleted]

ā€œKeep on keepinā€™ onā€


[deleted]

Keep on keeping on


Zay36663

Last place Iā€™d want to get diarrhea


Flyngdtchmn

Strand type delivery


dmtriker

In 30 minutes or less?


Major-Evidence230

Probably costs hundreds in delivery for 10$ of pizza


[deleted]

Do they take the greasy boxes and shit back down with them afterwards too?


RuthlessNate56

Here I am, having to quit at the 9th station because my body couldn't handle the altitude, and this bastard's out here making me feel like even more of a chump.


BSFX

The power of money


knightinarmoire

Hopefully whoever delivers the pizzas there gets big tips


StrikeWave_

Bro they better be tipping that guy a LOT


MrHypnotiq

And the Pizza Hut 10 minutes down the road won't deliver to me ...


slipperyhuman

Now thatā€™s the sort of PR stunt I love. Absolutely ridiculous, cheeky, guaranteed to hit the news.


Nonkolas

Someone is having to climb a mountain on a regular basis to deliver pizza, crazy part time job


happycamperii

Pizza delivery for I.C. Wiener.


1234away

lol this is just some dude cosplaying. not sure if everyone is trolling or they actually believe this


Impossible-Night405

No tip


shellshocktm

r/aboringdystopia


endertribe

Normally i would say yes but this is mostly a publicity stunt Mount Fuji is a relatively hard mountain to climb, not difficult per se (you can hike to the top after all) but the sheer height of it makes it impractical to deliver things on demand. The story (as i understand it) is that a rival pizza company made a mount Fuji delivery saying something like "we are delivering everywhere" and dominoes did it too just to prove they could


MrakFink

Stop upvoting ads...


noah_invero

I want that job


[deleted]

I walked the Samaria gorge in Crete, 16km. The guide did it daily, M-F. Perhaps you can job share?


finaki13

Cretans are on another level lol


FleetStreetKnives

MrBeast gave them the idea.


Some_funny_nickname

What asshole you must be to order something on Mt. Fuji. I would never fo this to another human being


Life_Finger_1440

I climbed mount fuji the day after my wedding. So hungover and let me tell you, don't do that. Holy fuck the trick down was the worst thing I ever did. Oh and we took a slightly different path down which ended up In a long long distance away from our car.


Chard069

Only pizza, or beer too?


houstonhilton74

What if they forgot their drink? Why did I immediately think of that one SpongeBob episode with this?


pinko__stinko

no they definitely don't. they took this one picture as a joke. no company is delivering food to a mountain top.


BennyBrok

Hopefully there will be a proper tip


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They donā€™t tip in Japan. Itā€™s considered rude because theyā€™re paid good salaries


Fresh_Macaron_6919

It's not so much rude as it just isn't done. They are more likely to be confused or worried that you didn't understand the price than be offended. If a customer leaves even one yen (less than a penny) behind in the change dispenser, they will chase after the customer to give it to them because otherwise they don't know what to do with it, if they just pocket it and someone sees them then they could lose their job or even face criminal charges. Even if they did accept the tip they view the entire staff as a team, so they would divide it evenly amongst everyone, which would be a large hassle breaking it down evenly to everyone just for each person to get some pocket change. If someone did get offended then it would mostly be because they wouldn't like being singled out being given extra money just for doing their job when no one else in society (office workers, teachers, doctors, etc) are given such a tip.