Stop Waiting for the Check. It's Already on Your Table.
To say Please take your slip to the register. in Japanese, say 伝票を持ってレジへお越しください (denpyō o motte reji e okoshi kudasai).
Dessert's gone. Ten minutes. Nobody's coming. The little slip under the cup is the bill, and you walk it to the register.
In this video
- 伝票を持ってレジへお越しください。 denpyō o motte reji e okoshi kudasai. Please take your slip to the register.
- 伝票を持ってレジへお越しください。 denpyō o motte reji e okoshi kudasai. Please take your slip to the register.
- 伝票はどこですか？ denpyō wa doko desu ka? Where is the slip?
Why this phrase
Kofuku is the diner at a casual cafe or izakaya who sits there waiting for a check. Hana is staff. In a lot of casual places the 「伝票」 under the cup already is the bill, and the line on the wall is 「伝票を持ってレジへお越しください」. He picks it up and pays at the register. If he cannot find it, 「伝票はどこですか」. Distinct from asking 「お会計」 at a table-service shop and from konbini 「あちらで」.
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