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This article lacks context. For the past year or so, the term 'customer harassment' has become a trend in Japan. It's basically customers abusing the overly po
by SenHeng 2y ago
This article lacks context.
For the past year or so, the term 'customer harassment' has become a trend in Japan. It's basically customers abusing the overly polite service staff over very minor issues. This AI is introduced to combat this, as there is now a severe staff shortage in Japan due to the reducing population and companies are having trouble enticing younger people into these kinds of jobs.
Here's a good article explaining it.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/3105/ https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/3105/
> Tokyo saying no to 'customer harassment'
> Types of 'customer harassment'
> - Targeting individuals as a form of stress relief.
> - A distorted sense of justice, in which people express their feelings for a long time as advice.
> - Attack type, in which people demand things such as having a person kneel down on the ground.
> - Illusion type, in which people think they are passing the responsibility on to others.
> - Strong obsession, in which mentally unstable people are obsessed with listening to their own opinions.