Tweet of the Week #122: Konbini Orders Too Much Pineapple Juice, Calls For Help

Life is hard for convenience store franchisees in Japan. The market is already saturated, with over 56,800 stores nationwide, and the ongoing labor shortage threatens the 24-hour model. Add the pandemic on top of everything else, and now franchisees are engaged in a war for survival.

The slightest mistake can have serious consequences, such as ordering too much pineapple juice. That’s unfortunately what happened when a manager of a 7-Eleven in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward tried ordering eight cartons of pineapple juice and ended up ordering 81!

The poor manager took to Twitter to plead for help, and just like that, the store’s stock of pineapple juice sold out in a single day!

That’s a lot of juice

誤発注してしまいました。助けて下さい。 pic.twitter.com/2n4kjK7rVf

— セブン-イレブン足立島根店 (@711shimane) February 27, 2021

誤発注（ごはっちゅう）してしまいました。助（たす）けて下さい。

“I made an order mistake. Please help.”

購入にいらして頂いたお客様！いいね！ＲＴ！コメント！お電話を頂いた皆さん！有難う御座いました。お陰様でもう通常の在庫になりました。遠くからも沢山の方にいらして頂き感謝の気持ちでいっぱいです。有難う御座いました。

— セブン-イレブン足立島根店 (@711shimane) February 28, 2021

購入（こうにゅう）にいらして頂（いただ）いたお客様（きゃくさま）！いいね！ＲＴ！コメント！お電話（でんわ）を頂いた皆（みな）さん！有難（ありがと）う御座（ござ）いました。お陰様（かげさま）でもう通常（つうじょう）の在庫（ざいこ）になりました。遠（とお）くからも沢山（たくさん）の方（かた）にいらして頂き感謝（かんしゃ）の気持（きも）ちでいっぱいです。有難う御座いました。

“Thanks to the customers who kindly made a purchase, to all of you who liked, retweeted and made phone calls! Thankfully, my inventory reached a regular volume. I’m filled with gratitude for all the people who came from afar. Thank you so much!”

Express what you intend or plan to do

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When @711shimane called his followers for help, he shared a picture of the pineapple his surplus pineapple juice. Above the refrigerated stand, he posted a sign explaining his predicament:

8本（はっぽん）発注の予定（よてい）が81本（はちじゅういっぽん）になってしまいました

“I intended to order eight, but ordered 81 by mistake”

Combined with a noun or a verb (at the dictionary form) 予定 helps express one’s intention or plan.

• 旅行（りょこう）は来月（らいげつ）に予定してます = I’m planning to travel next month.
• 今日（きょう）の予定は？= What’s the program for today?
• 週末（しゅうまつ）の予定は何（なん）ですか = What are your plans for this weekend?

予定 is vaguer and insists on the intention.

Here are a few key expressions based on 予定 to keep in your hat. Keep in mind that both 予定 and 計画（けいかく） mean “plan” or “to plan,” but they each have a distinctive nuance:

• 予定 is vaguer and insists on the intention. A decision has been made, but the details are left hanging.
• 計画 is about planning the details in advance, thinking about steps, methods or procedures.

Vocabulary

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