Kon'ya Coin Laundry de Aimashou - Ch. 17

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[Mohit20130]

No comments but a forum has been made. Hmmmm

 

[Kaarme]

A man wearing a formal suit, with a suitcase, visiting a coin laundry. He's not there to wash clothes. He's there to launder money.

 

[Chronigan]

Thanks for the translation!

That beginning really threw me. I was like "why is he in a suit?"

This is so weird to me. Why would a restraunt line employee go to a corporate headquarters for training? He's just a waiter.

Also, out of curiosity, why are restraunts translated to store so often?

 

[razorshaleh]

New heroine who's some serious competition, fully radiating that mature Onee-san aura

thank you for translation

 

[Chronigan]

A man wearing a formal suit, with a suitcase, visiting a coin laundry. He's not there to wash clothes. He's there to launder money.

Hope they are licensed

 

[Oured]

The perennial travail de fourmi.
But it should pay off, eventually.

 

[Me]

Hey! There's no washing machines in this chapter!

gets to the last page

Oh. Never mind.

 

[Otaku-Sama]

... this one hit too close to home. * unemployment status reminded; existential dread engaged *

 

[Astah]

Sometimes the best choice in life is going with the flow. It's a difficult lesson to learn for sure.

 

[ThatGuyScifi]

Thanks for the translation!

That beginning really threw me. I was like "why is he in a suit?"

This is so weird to me. Why would a restraunt line employee go to a corporate headquarters for training? He's just a waiter.

Also, out of curiosity, why are restraunts translated to store so often?

For just a waiter it seems odd, but if he's being groomed for management it might be some kind of leadership skills training type of thing.

Though the status of his former boss is kind of odd too. She was apparently a manager at one of the restaurants but now works at the corporate HQ?

 

[EulBassist]

Thanks for the chapter!

 

[MagnaDrake]

Thats a good boss right there.

 

[MagnaDrake]

For just a waiter it seems odd, but if he's being groomed for management it might be some kind of leadership skills training type of thing.

Though the status of his former boss is kind of odd too. She was apparently a manager at one of the restaurants but now works at the corporate HQ?

Believe it or not this is how most companies used to function. Your loyalty and skills used to be rewarded with a clear path to climb the corporate ladder, even if you started out as a part timer or a dishwasher.

Boss lady was a chain manager 12 years ago, so its reasonable to assume that she was offered a promotion to the sales HQ. Same with our MC, although maybe 12 years as a server is a bit too long.

Unfortunately in real life nowadays you cant do this anymore.

 

[Miriable]

People reading this going "What? Promotion from WITHIN? Madness!" are making me sad.

 

[maelstroon]

People reading this going "What? Promotion from WITHIN? Madness!" are making me sad.

Only promotions I ever had were the self made ones, where I'd go from one company to another in a higher position, so yeah promotions from within are nothing more than a pipe dream

 

[LordofLeechers]

promotions from within are nothing more than a pipe dream

Not always. I have a friend who gradually rose from a delivery driver to a regional manager before jumping ship to the public sector. It doesn't work all the time, but competency and opportunity are vital. Unfortunately, the opportunity is rare for most.

 

[arcitek]

honest to god this is one of the best chapters i've read in a while and 90% of it is literally because i'm in the exact position he was all those years ago. relability can turn such a mundane chapter into something much more real, huh

 

[Trobilobada]

Rarely in a manga have I read such out of touch and completely wrong advice. If the point was to make his old boss sound retarded then the author nailed it.

 

[inkindoug]

Thanks for the translation!

That beginning really threw me. I was like "why is he in a suit?"

This is so weird to me. Why would a restraunt line employee go to a corporate headquarters for training? He's just a waiter.

Also, out of curiosity, why are restraunts translated to store so often?

Although he works in a family restaurant, from memory haven't we seen him more working through the back at a desk rather than actually serving customers? I had (perhaps mistakenly) assumed he was an assistant manager or something? Gonna go trawl previous TL docs lol.

Although they're technically not "stores" in the term we would normally use, when businesses get to certain a certain size, they often use the differentiators "head office" and "in-store" as blanket terms. It's basically just corpo retail terminology. I began my working life (many years ago) working in the hospitality industry and that oddity stuck with me.