Sushi chain reports diner who licked utensils in viral clip to police

Good god there are some dirty people around!

What a strange thing to do. But, this is what happens here.

The move by Akindo Sushiro Co comes as videos of customers' unhygienic behavior at its and competitors' restaurants, where food is served in plates that travel by conveyor belts that pass numerous diners, have attracted increasing negative attention and criticism online.

The cardinal sin of affecting a corporation's stock price.

And the authorities spring into action against the miscreant.

While all the online criticism directed at Dentsu corruption and political bribery that affects the public much more severely is soundly ignored.

Sushiro's competitor Hama-sushi Co said it has also filed a damages complaint to police after a video went viral in January that showed a customer applying wasabi to sushi that appears to be traveling on a belt for food ordered by other diners.

Seems the hidden wasabi prank is a common prank on broadcast TV as well.

misusing and licking unused cups and sushi racked up millions of views online.

a customer applying wasabi to sushi that appears to be traveling on a belt for food ordered by other diners.

That's the origin of Japanese secret of umami.

I’ve seen the video and it’s obvious the guy has some form of mental illness. Which of course does not excuse his behavior.

The idea of using a utensil,that thousands of people has used , should gross anybody out

If they don’t go after them with a civil case then these idiots will carry on doing it because they’re getting millions of views on TikTok, that’s all they care about. Go after every last ¥ they have, then they’ll think twice about doing it.

@Gazman

Agreed. This needs to be taken seriously as it is an extreme health hazard to others dining at the establishment. Publicizing this sort of content on a platform where millions have access to can inspire others to copy which is the last thing we want. Giving these punks a severe punishment in court by having them pay for damages and lost profits will show the world why you shouldn't do stuff like this.

The sushi chain won't be able to pin point to exactly which utensils have been affected, so now they need to sanitize and replace every equipment at the end of the day to counteract against this obstruction. If someone gets sick from their food, it will be the food establishment's fault even if these punks are the real reason for the cause.

I’ve seen the video and it’s obvious the guy has some form of mental illness.

No, they weren’t.

They were just a bunch of dorks on tik tok trying to do “cool” things for likes.

IDK why some news outlets are showing the videos with blurred faces.

The morons in question were definitely old enough to know what kind of crap they were doing.

Put them on blast. Maybe they’ll get expelled from whatever school they’re in or fired from whatever job they have.

They might actually grow up from that………probably not.

They should also sui the other restaurant for displaying video. The idiot licking utensils may have been paid by the other restaurant.

Hey Sushiro, 2019 called - they want their dinosaur conveyor system back.

Seriously, the whole thing could have been avoided if, like many of their rival sushi trains, they installed an "express lane" conveyor belt for pre-ordered dishes which doesn't allow anyone but the diner to get their grubby hands on it.

I fail to see how was this remotely something funny to do! What if they had put wasabi on sushi that was ordered for a child and they unexpectedly ate it or someone with a severe wasabi allergic reaction ate it? Then what? An example should be made so that copycats dare not follow again.

Why am I not surprised. I have seen what has been described here, and far worse, in my years of living here.

Ya'll should see all the grannies, pre-covid of course, who used to finger all the deli tenpura, after picking at their faces, noses, or worse. There are stories like this all over the place.

I am sincerely happy that the chain stepped up and decided to do something about it! I hope the person and their guardian get hammered for it, and have THAT go viral too! Send a message to the collective that this behavior is 100% unacceptable.

They need to be named and shamed for weeks on ALL the wide shows too! Spread the message!

I don't know if it's just me, but I was lmao everytime I see that video. That boy has balls! Hahaha!

Give him a slap on the wrist and he'll learn nothing. Plus it'll encourage others to follow.

Punish him accordingly.

Make him do the restaurant washing up for a whole month plus damages.

In the 48-second clip widely shared on social media, a customer at a branch of the Sushiro in Gifu Prefecture licks the open top of a soy sauce bottle, puts the rim of an unused tea cup in their mouth, and then rubs a passing plate of sushi with a finger covered in their saliva.

tons of similar stupid videos from all over the world.

I'm just probably too old to understand how someone would want to to get attention by making people disgusted and angry. Even tried to think like these people to see the logic but I couldnt get it.

As some japanese commenters are saying, "悪いことをしても目立ちたい”.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AT4GgmrsFZo

if "this" was my son his buttocks would be purple for a week

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AT4GgmrsFZo

if "this" was my son his buttocks would be purple for a week

Teach your son to not be a slave to capitalism instead of inflicting domestic violence upon them.

This is a characterization of being " part of the problem".

I’ve seen the video and it’s obvious the guy has some form of mental illness. 

Not obvious at all. I see kids like this everyday. He's a spoiled and narcissistic 17 year old whose parents likely did a poor job of raising him. Perhaps the massive civil suit that will financially destroy his family and his expulsion from his technical high school will make a dent in his tiny brain. I doubt it though. Considering Sushiro's company value dropped by 16 billion yen thanks to genius boy, I don't blame them for going after him.

Make it painful enough, and similar idiots seeking attention on TikTok will be discouraged.

Seriously, the whole thing could have been avoided if, like many of their rival sushi trains, they installed an "express lane" conveyor belt for pre-ordered dishes which doesn't allow anyone but the diner to get their grubby hands on it.

No it couldn't. He licked a cup and a soy sauce bottle, which are things on the table that are completely unrelated to the conveyor belt system.

Although the company has received a direct apology from the person shown in the footage and their guardian, 

Its hard to tell from the video, which has his faced blurred out, but I presume from this line that the individual is a minor.

This seems like the sort of stupid thing that teenagers sometimes do. As a customer of these types of sushi restaurants I'm glad they are taking it seriously, but I'm a bit reluctant to get fully on board with the "Lets destroy this kid over this" mentality that seems to be gaining traction in some of the comments.

Flog him ! film it, put it on Youtube so that we can watch it over and over again ! Lol.

Saw this on tv last night. What a degenerate. A poster boy for a generation that has no sense of morality, humanity nor sense. They mosaicked out his face unfortunately. I’d put him on a billboard. Don’t BE this!

Seriously, the whole thing could have been avoided if, like many of their rival sushi trains, they installed an "express lane" conveyor belt for pre-ordered dishes which doesn't allow anyone but the diner to get their grubby hands on it.

Some of their branches have installed them. The one I usually go to installed them several months ago.

So they received an apology from the customer and the guardian!

clearly a child, but is there something more we are not being told, for example does the child have some kind of autism? Or not! Even if he does or doesn’t the guardian should take full responsibility for this. My guess is mum was too busy on their smart phone to notice or even care.

i don’t think we need to rain on the kid in public. Privately! Yes! But A company raining down on the kid on social media that will be there forever. Pretty sad!

we’ve all had kids do some bad stuff, but the company/adults shouldn’t get to humiliate them all over the internet.

i don’t think we need to rain on the kid in public. Privately! Yes! But A company raining down on the kid on social media that will be there forever. Pretty sad!

Company should do this to make copycats think 10 times before doing repulsive things for "views"!

Sue the hell out of the family in public, and then make an agreement with the family later out of the spotlight.

Waaay too many repulsive videos in restaurants/combinis these days, some even by people in their middle 30s.

we’ve all had kids do some bad stuff, but the company/adults shouldn’t get to humiliate them all over the internet.

Humiliate them how?

Anyway, the company is suing them for damages, which they should

All these disgusting Bloggers/YouTubers/TikTokers/Instagramers are totally out of control and need to be prosecuted and made an example of. They are doing these disgusting things to earn money/fame/moronic followers, it has to stop!

Needs to be punished. In order to make a viral video people's behaviour has sunk really low. They'll do anything for social media fame and don't care about the consequences.

The blurry-faced dork makes a big show of looking round to see that he's not being watched before he licks the sauce bottle, then again when he picks up the tea bowl and turns it around with the lip well inside his mouth, making sure every bit of it is covered in his filthy spittle. And he makes sure there is plenty of spit on his finger before he deliberately runs it over the top of a piece of sushi on the conveyor belt.

This is not a little kid who doesn't know any better, whose mum was too engrossed in her phone to watch junior (who was taking the video?). Not a person on the spectrum, he knew exactly what he was doing and seems to have really enjoyed doing it.

Charge him for disruption of business, loss of profits, violation of reputation, violation of public hygiene and general stupidity.

His punishment for the last charge should include being forced in public to eat a dozen plates of day-old sushi which the restaurant staff and members of the public have been encouraged to embellish with their own saliva and other bodily fluids.

What a daffy down dilly.

A few years back Ariana Grande (I think) was in the news for licking donuts that were meant for sale. Just disgusting behavior no matter who it is though.

This has put me right off sushi.

Obviously a stupid attempt to get attention through social media.

suing him is a good start, but a more painful punishment would be to suspend or cancel whatever social media account he used. They Need to come down hard on him to discourage any potential copycats

 "express lane" conveyor belt for pre-ordered dishes which doesn't allow anyone but the diner to get their grubby hands on it.

On the same principle as safety barriers on station platforms; have a system where the only gate open is the one adjacent to the table that ordered the item. Or, switch to the high speed delivery belt system already employed at some chains.

How can these morons be unaware of the ceiling cameras that are already widely in use in stores? Life bans (across all sushi chains) if caught are another expedient that should be considered.

The cardinal sin of affecting a corporation's stock price.

Oh please! If I was the owner of that company and I had people doing that in my stores, I would not stop until I had absolutely destroyed those idiots - I would use every legal means available to do so - there would be no apologies accepted or settlements made, I would hire the best lawyers available to seek out the maximum criminal and financial penalties possible. Sounds like the company in question is doing pretty much exactly that and as someone who quite often eats out in restaurants with my family, I'm glad to hear it.

So nobody died and it is national news?

So nobody died and it is national news?

what if this idiot had a contagious disease (corona, influenza, hepatitis) Then someone contracted it & they died from his stupid prank, would that be worthy enough for national news ?

Cancel his account,

Any money he made from the video should be paid to sushiro.

Community service.

Things like this make things harder for everyone.

He should understand this.

There are several articles about the madness, crazy behavior of people addicted to social media recognition, sometimes aiming making money, or just wanting to show off and get their celebrity moment. Poor times of people calling for attention at any cost.

Commanter says, "Considering Sushiro's company value dropped by 16 billion yen."

Then may I suggest it is a good time to buy Sushiro stock, quite an opportunity? I will bet it makes a rapid recovery.

Revolting and extremely immature

Had my money on Saitama. Gifu FTW!!

Pretty disgusting, however perhaps "now that they know some people are doing this and I am sure their are going to be copycats out there" They should consider handing out or placing freshly cleaned condiments , utensils, and cups out when you arrive. and perhaps have it as order only (which is what I do anyway)

Totally agree that the main danger in these acts is promoting copycats. If only there is a way to burden the perpetrators with part of the potential future damage by copycats. Through insurance of some sort I guess

They shouldn't blur out the punk's face in the video. He's obviously 100% guilty and no need to protect this uncivilized miscreant. Bringing a little shame to his family would be a good thing too. Might encourage them to slap him upside the head.

Social media enabled him and will give a platform to others like him...did wonders for K-pop as well.

Sad attention-seeker.

Like the jerk who went into a supermarket during the height of the pandemic, and spit on produce, causing it all to be trashed, the place disinfected, incurring loss to the supermarket...

The attention this idiot sought here may well turn out to be nothing positive!

What a loser clown, give him a big lesson, Send him to jail..

Take them to the Cleaners $$$ drain their bank accounts, terminate their jobs, close their Social Media accounts, Cut off their phone numbers, then lock them up for few weeks.

""I really wouldn't want my food revolving around the room for anyone to sneeze or cough on.

Yuk !

Not a hygiene way to serve food anyway.

Kind of disgusting even without people like that making grotesque acts""

FOR SURE, tried it once may be twice with the kids and never went back. couldn't stand the smell of Vinegar mixed with the fishy smell.

A photo of this kid’s face and parent should be posted at EVERY restaurant and food establishment in Japan for a permanent ban.

Also, whether they did this for the purpose of posting on social media or not is beside the point. I’d be willing to bet that there are degenerates like this everywhere doing things like this for fun or to show off to friends or out of spite to the restaurant or customers. Just thinking about idiots like this working in the kitchen, spitting on my whopper or big mac gives me shudders. And I’m not just talking about Japan either.

Make the kid wash dishes and clean at the sushi shop everyday after school and weekends for a few months for free.

Nah and wretch!!

I wouldn't want that dirty so and so making me a gin and tonic, never mind spend any time what so ever in my kitchen.

Was this some Tik-tok challenge?! Like the eating of tide pods in the west?? The Tik-tok generation really are the most braindead I have ever seen. Imagine videoing yourself committing an offence and thinking you wouldn't get blow back

This type of behaviour isn't good if you are job hunting or working somewhere. Just imagine your employer seeing you do that. They will think we don't need this kind of person working for us. You just wonder if the people who behave like this understand the potential consequences for their future.

I can't imagine anyone doing something like this in Singapore, because he'd probably be jailed and whacked several times with a cane.