Originally Posted by richarddd
...I still wonder why so many clerks do long speeches in Japanese while ringing up my items ...
That one is pretty simple. They almost always chant out what the item is and what the price is as they ring it into the register. They will also politely read back the currency tendered and amount of change as they give it. If you have several items, it can make for quite a little speech. In this country, we are so used to hearing "beep," bleep," "boop" as each item is passed over the scanner and only "there you go" when we get change that it seems strange. I like it.
JR