One of the catering companies I worked for was in the running for a contract to provide food for 3 for-profit prisons. My boss showed me some of the menus he was working on for it and I nearly fell over laughing because he’s doing stuff like “Pan seared salmon with farro and grilled vegetable salad.” Apparently no one had told him the target food cost was 7 cents per meal.
I heard it was a way to show how sorry you were for fucking something up or dishonouring your family. You’d present your severed pinky to your boss as an appology. Apparently it’s not done much anymore. I’ve played all the Yakuza games so I’m basically an expert.
I recently watched a great documentary about the Yakuza (on Arte) and apparently that ritual is increasingly considered old-fashioned among the Yakuza, or what’s left of them.
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