I saw this poster in Meguro for what seems like a recycle drive. It said, “Bring in 15 plastic screw tops from plastic bottles and you will get a doggy bag.” I quickly Tweeted only the picture without the question that I meant to ask, “What does this mean?”
Te-chan called me later and asked what the picture was all about. I said, “I just don’t understand what you get by looking at this poster”. Does it mean you get a bag to take to a restaurant and bring your leftovers home, like MY doggy bag with a bit of eco-statement? Or does it literally mean you get a bag to carry your pet on the train. Te-chan said “I have seen a woman on the train carrying a dog in a cardboard box shaped kinda like that one in the poster.” So, we thought the poster meant you actually get bag to carry a dog.
Well, by looking at the this video, I finally got it. It’s a doggy bag the Japanese way. You can bring a doggy bag you got from this particular campaign to a set of participating restaurants in the area. “If” you order too much food at these restaurants, you can take your leftovers home using the doggy bag.
It is sad that a lot of restaurants here are still hesitant about the idea to let customers take back leftovers. Hope this type of “mottanai” campaign will have some impact on that.
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well it sounds like a good idea. But I so rarely get too much food that I can’t finish it.
Hi Jon,
I know! I tend to finish what’s served, so I wouldn’t need one, either. But idea of adding MY doggybag to MY choko and MY hashi is kind of nice, I thought!
By any chance, did you chat with Te-chan at the blogger meetup on Monday? He was there, too.
Yeah I feel the same that you hardly get that much food.
Also the eating system where you keep ordering little bits instead of having a few huge bits ensures you can normally plan your meal to never be too full.
That’s true. Order as you eat system is a good way not to order too much food.