You Won the Plastic Bag Argument. Now the Cashier Is Holding a Strip of Tape and Waiting.

Why this phrase

Kofuku is the customer at a Japanese supermarket or drugstore register; Hana is the cashier. He has just declined a bag. She holds up a small strip of tape and asks 「テープでよろしいですか？」. That よろしい form is what you actually hear, because it is the register staff are trained in. Same question, other wordings: 「テープ、貼ってもよろしいですか？」, a rushed part timer saying 「テープでいいですか？」, and with a small round sticker instead, 「シールでよろしいですか？」. Do not include 「そのままでよろしいですか？」, which is a different question asking whether to skip the bag entirely. Kofuku freezes, because nobody warned him that refusing a bag starts a second question. Replayed slowly, the reveal is what the tape is FOR: with no bag, that strip stuck across the item is your visible proof you paid for it on the way past the door. It is not decoration and it is not optional politeness. The normal answer is simply 「はい、お願いします」. If he genuinely wants nothing on the item he can say 「そのままで大丈夫です」, which is fine but leaves him carrying a loose unbagged item out of a shop. IMPORTANT for the writer: do NOT re-teach 「袋はいりません」, the bag refusal itself is already covered on the channel. This video starts AFTER the bag has been refused and is only about the follow up question and the one word answer. Keep the tone warm and slightly amused at how specific Japanese retail is. Train the ear on the sound of テープ and シール in a fast question, because that is the whole skill.