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Story 64

Conveyor Belt Sushi

It happened when I was eating at a conveyor belt sushi chain.

The ordering tablet pinged to let me know that the squid I’d ordered was on its way.

At this place, the sushi is delivered on little vehicles shaped like different things. When my order arrived, I looked inside the approaching “vehicle”—but there wasn’t a plate of sushi on it.

Leaning in a bit closer, I saw a whole fish lying there, cloudy-eyed and giving off a foul smell.

I immediately filed a complaint.
The manager came over, bowed deeply, but looked genuinely puzzled.

Well, of course he was.

It’s a sushi restaurant, sure—but the staff only ever put sliced fish on plates. There’s no way a whole fish would end up on one of those trays.