There are many high-end restaurants in the world. You may have heard of their famous names, but no matter how much you want to eat, it is difficult to realize your wish. This is not because you can’t pay for the meal, but because you can’t make a reservation at all! An online service called "auction reservation rights" recently appeared in Japan, allowing high-end restaurants to put dining rights for a certain period of time on the Internet for auction. In this way, as long as you are rich enough, you are guaranteed to go and eat. However, this approach immediately aroused polarized opinions among netizens. The opposition mainly believes that this method of asking for money will reduce the quality of the restaurant and the quality of the customer base...
The service "Eating オク!" that has recently caused controversy in Japan
食オク! (Shokuoku) is an online auction platform, but what is sold here is not items, but "rights." The sellers on the platform are all well-known high-end restaurants. Once they open a reservation period, they are immediately sold out, making it difficult for ordinary people to eat.
On this platform, these high-end restaurants can auction the "reservation rights" for a certain period of time. The person who purchases the "reservation right" at the highest price is guaranteed to be able to reserve a seat for that time period. However, it should be noted that what you win through bidding is only the "reservation right" after all, and you will be billed separately when you actually enjoy the meal! The website
mainly allows you to make reservations at "super hard-to-reserve stores"
. However, this method of auctioning "reservation rights" immediately aroused polarizing comments on the Internet. Opposition netizens mainly believe that this approach is like asking for money, which will reduce the quality of the restaurant and the quality of the customer base...
"How should I put it, it feels very tasteless."
"If you only want to feed people who are willing to pay, why not just increase the unit price of the meal... This approach feels weird."
" This website is so crappy, I feel like the store’s profits can be doubled or tripled. Although there are many restaurants that I would like to eat at, using this kind of service will really give people a negative impression. I just hope that the stores I frequent don’t add this kind of service. "
"That's too ridiculous... Considering the return of foreign tourists in the future, the store will definitely be able to make a lot of money from this. However, using this kind of service will inevitably be considered as a money-seeking one. On the contrary, A store of this level has nothing to do with me (just trying to be brave)"
"I feel that the customer level will also decline. I don't want to eat there on the day the location is auctioned~~"
"I feel that the unit price per customer will increase, and the level will be inversely proportional..."
" It feels like the store is taking a big risk... After all, if it's a store with no reservation value, it won't be fully booked from the beginning. Therefore, the average price of the auction is likely to become the standard by which everyone judges this store..."a first-class store", a "second-rate store", and a "store without reservation value". 》
On the other hand, netizens who support the idea believe that this will provide more opportunities and they can try restaurants that they have not had the opportunity to eat in the past. Besides, it’s natural for stores to make money. If you don’t think it’s good, just don’t go there to eat...
“It’s great, I hope more stores can participate.”
“I don’t understand what the people complaining about... If you don’t want to eat, don’t go. Don’t you think so? Japan has gone too far in its pursuit of equality and has become a socialist country . Has it begun to criticize the free market? "
"It is the store owner's freedom to want to auction, although I will never go to such a store in my life."
"Is it wrong for people to make money?"
"If you really want to eat, just place a bid. It is the store's freedom to think that it can make money. Anyway, even if it fails, it is the store's own responsibility. Responsibility. Fortunately or unfortunately, there are no restaurants here that I want to eat. Anyway, I am not a gourmet. "
"For the store, I can save myself from having to deal with the problem of making reservations frequently, and I am very grateful to sell the seats.》
Σ（⊙д⊙）Is there any restaurant that you would like to bid for reservation rights to eat at?
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