新紙幣を使うチャンスが少ない現代社会

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　７月に、新しいデザインの１万円札、５千円札、千円札が２０年振りに発行され、私はこれら新紙幣を使うのがもったいない程きれいに出来ているとその感想を昨日書きました。しかし、現代ではスーパーやコンビニ、ガソリンスタンドでの支払いに私はクレジットカードを使うので、最近は財布を持たなくなりました。ですから、実際に新紙幣を使う機会は意外と少ないです。

　一方、新紙幣の発行について、その識別に困るのは目の不自由な人たちです。お金ですから間違ったら大変と心配されることでしょう。紙幣には指で触れることによって、盛り上がりの形で識別する印があります。このため、新紙幣のそれぞれの違いを判別するのに最初は悩まれる想われます。識別マークは旧紙幣より分かりやすく改良されてるとのことですが、年数が経過すれば摩耗することもあり得るでしょう。今日から障害者週間です。

　先日、数枚の旧千円札の中に１枚だけ新千円札が入っていたとき、瞬間的に旧の五千円札が入ってるのかと戸惑いました。新紙幣は色彩的には良く出来ているので早く慣れたいです。年末になり、私には２～３回忘年会が控えているので、そこで使うことになります。新紙幣を間違ったら酔いが覚めてしまうので、飲み過ぎないようにします。

Dear my overseas friends who are interested in nature and great music

　In July, new designs of 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, and 1,000 yen bills were issued for the first time in 20 years, and I wrote yesterday that I thought these new bills were so beautifully made so that I felt wasteful to use them. However, these days I use credit cards to pay at supermarkets, convenience stores, and gas stations, so I no longer carry a wallet. Therefore, I actually have few opportunities to use the new bills.

　On the other hand, when new bills are issued, it is the visually impaired people who have trouble distinguishing them I guess. Since it is money, they will be worried about they wonder if make a mistake. The bills have a mark that can be distinguished by touching them with finger. For this reason, it is likely that at first it will be difficult to distinguish the differences between the new bills including old bills. The identification mark has been improved to be easier to understand than the old bills, but it tends to wear out over the years. Disability Week begins today in Japan.

　The other day, when I found a new 1,000 yen bill among several old 1,000 yen bills, I was confused for a moment, wondering if it was an old 5,000 yen bill. The new bills are well made in terms of color, so I hope to get used to them quickly. It's the end of the year, and I have two or three end-of-year parties coming up, so I'll use new bills there. If I drink wrong and mistake to pay, I'll end up sobering up, so I'll try not to drink too much.

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言葉の要らない未来が不安・・・セルフレジ

　昨年11月、倉賀野町下町地区に大型スーパーマーケットがオープンしました。３ヶ月経った昨日、私は初めて行ってみました。実は、オープンした日に倉賀野町の国道旧１８号は終日物凄い渋滞となり、車はほとんど動かない状態で、何事かと驚いたものです。このスーパーに行っても駐車場に入れ切れない車で溢れていたのです。

　昨日、駐車場は空いておりスイスイ入れましたが、それでも車は５０～６０台有りました。店内に入り、ずらりと並んだ食品の多さに驚愕です。しかし、これだけあると「生鮮食料品は売れ切れないであろう」と咄嗟に想うと同時に、これらは「廃棄処分になるのであろう」と複雑な気持ちになりました。同時に、それを見越して、すべての商品に値段が付いてるのであろうとも想いました。

　私は缶ビール１本、卵を１ケース、人参ジュース１本を籠に入れ、レジに行ったらまた驚きました。それはセルフレジです。つまり、客自身が購入する商品を自ら機械で一つ一つチェックし、会計を済ませるものです。ガソリンスタンドではセルフに慣れていた私も、スーパーで自ら購入する商品の一つ一つをレジの機械に通すなど未経験で心配であり、昨日は女性の係がいるレジを通過しました。説明では、午後８時過ぎはすべてセルフレジになるとのことです。

　セルフレジは人員不足が原因と想われますが、一人暮らしの私は「レジ係の人(特に女性)と何気ない話をするのが毎回の楽しみ」だったので、この先、世の中にますます言葉を必要としなくなるのかと思い、背筋がぞっとしました。

Dear my overseas friends

　A large supermarket has opened in Shimocho district in Kuragano-Town last November. Three months later, yesterday I went there for the first time. In fact, on the day it opened, the Old National Route 18 in Kuragano-Town was extremely congested all day long, due to no cars almost moving, which surprised me. This is because, when many customers went to this supermarket by car, there were so many cars that they couldn't enter into the parking lot. The cars were overflowing.

　Yesterday, the parking lot was empty and I could quickly park, but there were still 50 to 60 cars. When I entered the store, I was amazed at the amount of food items lined up in rows. However, with so much fresh food, I immediately thought that they wouldn't be able to be sold, and at the same time, I had mixed feelings, thinking that these items would probably end up being thrown away. At the same time, in anticipation of this, I thought that all products have a price attached to them.

　I put a can of beer, a case of eggs, and a bottle of carrot juice in the basket, and when I went to the cash register, I was again surprised. It's self-register checkout. In other words, the customer uses a machine to check each item one by one and completes the checkout. Though I'm used to self-service gas stations, I'm worried about passing each item that I bought here, so that yesterday I passed through a cash register staffed by a woman. According to the explanation, all items will be self-register checkout after 8pm.

　The reason of self-register checkout seems to be due to a lack of staff, but I live alone, I always looked forward to having casual conversations with the cashier, so I wonder if there will be less words in the future, it sent chills up my spine.

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