Fried Chicken

At Baskin-Robbins,
I bought a single scoop (420 yen) of "Holiday Greeting"
in a cone.

I thought the raspberry flavor was a bit stronger than expected,
and I wish the pistachio had stood out a little more,
but it was delicious.

I realized something while eating it.

"Wait, the color scheme is just like Mitsuri Kanroji from Demon Slayer..."

For some reason, I felt a bit rushed to eat it.

It felt like that time in childhood
when I was getting excited over a new toy,
and my mother pointed out,
"That's a girl's toy."
That feeling. The curse of gender.

The feeling of being embarrassed even though it shouldn't matter.

Baskin-Robbins has that kind of "curse" too.

"Isn't this where high school girls stop by on their way home from school?"

That kind of image.

I feel like if your social personality
is that of an "old guy," it's hard to enter,
especially alone.

It's a similar feeling with crepe shops or tapioca shops,
and they are also places where an old guy's self-consciousness explodes unnecessarily.

There is a forbidden phrase.




"Well then..."
This is the lamest one.

At Baskin-Robbins,
the staff asks if you want a cup or a cone.
At this moment, thinking that this place is unsuitable for him,
a flustered amateur old guy
will add a "well then" like,
"Well then, a cup."
This puts you on the defensive,
and gives off a "I don't really know what's going on" vibe.
Doing this actually makes it seem like you're trying to cozy up to young people,
which is lame, and furthermore, it could even count as sexual harassment.
(Cozying-up harassment, or "Cozy-hara" for short)

Having said that,
the kind of thing common to introverted old guys,
like ordering in a bulleted list saying "Popping Shower, cone, single,"
is a breach of etiquette.
In the customer service industry, this is called
"premature ordering."It is a taboo.So what should you do?

You have to go in
assuming your own "natural" self.

You must "express your true self."

In the past, at an acting workshop,
I once did an exercise where I had to play myself.

This is actually quite difficult.

Because you have to know yourself.

You can't do it unless you've grasped the core.

That said,

"If you want to order naturally at Baskin-Robbins,
go to an acting workshop!"

I can't say that,

so I think it's best to go in
imagining what you can buy that feels most like yourself.

For me, that would be the fried chicken from 7-Eleven.

The me who is buying fried chicken is the most like me.

You go in after creating that feeling.

That's why when you go to Baskin-Robbins,
you end up facing your own soul.

Baskin-Robbins... you're something else.