Lisa Smart
Dec 4, 2024

So it just works as long as you have an Amazon app set to the right country? That’s quite easy if so.

I was just having dinner with a friend who was recently visiting family in South Korea. Current situation there aside, he was saying that since the minimum wage went up there recently, a lot of shops have switched to being unstaffed (or minimally staffed). And so now there are many unstaffed 24hr shops. Same with restaurants, folks just order and pay 24hrs on a screen at the table, and there’s no need to talk to anyone.

I think it makes the ordinary life things at night seem less social. I know that Japan felt very safe at night, and it was nice to interact with the folks working through the quiet hours.

Lisa Smart
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