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Video game giant continues to be a customer service titan as it restores fan’s original model 3DS.
Shelf-stocking technique has some saying they’ll never shop at the branch, or even the chain, again.
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Seniors especially irked by the mechanical process, but most people agree it’s kind of pointless anyway.
Most Japanese machines adhere to the philosophy that traveling is not about the destination, but the journey.
Warmhearted hospitality plus unforgiving customers equals the world’s highest service standards.
Fast food location’s Smile Improvement training is keeping an extremely close eye on employee conduct.
Who beats out religious proponents and yakuza for the most feared customer to encounter at a mobile phone counter?
In Japan, the customer is God, and sometimes that means going above and beyond to please with distinctive styles of service.
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