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gogogo
Money before lives.... so sad.
Yubaru
Bully comes in many forms! But this "owner" should have the common sense to know better too!
borscht
Owners have a union?
simon g
The decision is the owner's to make. Read the friggin manual. These snowfalls will become more regular so perhaps he should buy a front end loader and reinforce the roof.
StevieJ
Not really important but I never understood the whole "fall ill from exhaustion" thing they like to put in the JP news. How does one get ill from exhaustion? Seems like a fancy way to say the person was just really tired or so old/frail that menial labor causes them issues.
Haruka
Stevie: I fell ill from exhaustion reading about it.
kohakuebisu
So the people at head office who told him he couldn't close didn't know the rules?
That will be the snow depth. Peak snow depth in an average year in Fukui City is about 60cm, so they'll definitely be used to snow, just not in biblical amounts. In a built-up area like that, there will be limited space to pile it up. Snowblowers are best for people with no neighbours.
Laguna
Gotta learn from the lessons of corporate disaster experiences. Instead of this being a negative story, if 7-11 headquarters had ferried out employees and supplies to keep open what was undoubtedly a neighborhood lifeline, it would have been a big plus.
Pukey2
Now that's what I call true Japanese gaman or gambaru spirit.
And that's what I call useless.
Aly Rustom
I am not surprised. This is Japan. I suppose we should be thanking our lucky stars that neither the owner nor his wife died from overwork like the poor guy in his late 30s a couple of weeks back leaving behind a wife and 3 kids.
borscht
Laguna, true. However, they couldn’t ferry out employees and supplies because the road was blocked by 1500 mostly trucks and cars.
One would’ve thought he’d run out of either customers or supplies by hour 44.
blahblah222
Written rules?
No one cares about them. Companies operate based on unwritten “rules”.
kurisupisu
Who precisely goes out in meters of snow to go to the 7-11 in the car? Nobody. !
The owners should have
closed the shop and waited a few days
mmwkdw
I wonder if it would also make sense to keep the Store open, but with empty shelves because the delivery truck couldn't get through ?