Tag: Supermarket

Articles tagged with "Supermarket" (3 articles)

"Pain Points" System Launched at Major Supermarkets: Get 10% Off with a Quick Prick at Checkout

"Pain Points" System Launched at Major Supermarkets: Get 10% Off with a Quick Prick at Checkout

In response to worsening inflation, a major supermarket chain has launched a new service called "Pain Plus." At checkout, when a clerk lightly pricks your arm with a special device, you receive a 10% discount on all items. Customers are rolling up their sleeves saying "Better than vegetable price hikes," while staff are already adapting to a system where their hourly wage fluctuates based on their "pricking skills."

Translations: JA
Culture Kaleidoscope
"What's the Basis for That Half-Price?" Opposition Leader Takes Shocking Job as Supermarket Manager, Interrogates Cucumber Price for Three Hours

"What's the Basis for That Half-Price?" Opposition Leader Takes Shocking Job as Supermarket Manager, Interrogates Cucumber Price for Three Hours

After being criticized for 'missing the point' in parliamentary questioning, the opposition party leader took a job as a supermarket manager seeking practical experience. Grabbing a microphone and demanding 'What's the cost structure of these eggs!?' from a part-time worker, he was promptly shut down with 'My dinner is a more important issue than that.'

Translations: JA
Daily Surprise
State Secrets Now Decipherable in Supermarket Pickle Aisles: NSA Launches Urgent Hunt for Legendary Recipe

State Secrets Now Decipherable in Supermarket Pickle Aisles: NSA Launches Urgent Hunt for Legendary Recipe

Intelligence agencies have begun using commercially available fermented foods as encryption, resulting in trench-coated spies sniffing kimchi in supermarkets becoming an everyday sight. Recently, a critical operation failed due to "weak flavor," and has now escalated into an international scramble for an elderly woman possessing a "legendary pickling bed."

Translations: JA
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