Because TikTok users placed their phones on the conveyor belt of a sushi restaurant, which received millions of views, a restaurant issued a strong warning against this behavior.
In this trend, users place the phone on an empty plate on the conveyor belt and let it take pictures while moving around the restaurant. The results usually include the joyous reactions of other guests when they smile or wave at the camera.
However, this practice has also been criticized by some people who believe it is an invasion of privacy. A sushi restaurant even posted a sign to prevent tourists from trying it. If they decide to do this anyway, the sign will tell frankly where the phone will end up.
As shared Reddit Provided by the user “BrassWallet”, the logo belongs to Nippon Sushi, but the exact location is unknown because many restaurants in the U.S. and Canada use this name.
“Please don’t put your phone on the conveyor belt to make TikTok,” the sign read. “This violates the privacy of other diners who don’t want to be recorded. At the end of the belt cycle, your phone will be placed in our commercial-grade dishwasher with empty dishes, where it will be completely immersed in water, detergent, disinfectant , Rinse the additives and pressurize and heat to 180 degrees Fahrenheit within 90 seconds.
“We are not responsible for damaged phones. Thank you!”
It is safe to assume that the restaurant does not have such an automatic dishwashing system, because there is still food in many dishes, and it is possible that the dishes will be removed from the conveyor belt, cleaned and loaded manually. But this sign is almost certainly an easy way to indicate that the phone will be treated as an ordinary empty plate and given the same treatment when it is removed from the conveyor belt.
The message is clear-they don’t want you to shoot TikTok on the conveyor belt.
This trend started on the app in May, when a TikTok user shared a video of putting her phone on an empty plate in a sushi restaurant, which had more than 3 million viewers.It strengthened at the end of July because Newsweek report, TikToker Julia Franco shared her shot of trying this trend, which has since received more than 14 million views, and audiences call it a “movie.”
Just last week, New Yorker Sabrina Hunsicker got more than 33 million views Shot of her on the sushi conveyor belt, And the trend does not seem to stop.
Other restaurants are not happy
Similar behaviors have caused criticism from other sushi restaurants in the past. In 2018, the popular YouTuber TkyoSam made this practice popular after posting footage from the Japanese conveyor belt to his channel.
This video went viral, but it was also widely criticized for hygiene and privacy issues. At the time, Akindo Sushiro, the sushi chain that shot the video, actually banned the use of cameras in their restaurants.
The company said in a translated statement: “From the perspective of hygiene management and the privacy of visitors visiting us, this is not allowed. We will consider adopting strict countermeasures, including legal measures.”
TkyoSam denied any dissatisfaction with the restaurant at the time, and wrote in the comments: “The staff are very friendly to the whole situation.”
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