Food Samples in Japan

There is a real art to food samples in Japan. Just like in the states, many stores will give you samples of various foods to, of course, encourage you to buy their product. In America, you take the sample and wander about the store as you munch on it. Not so in Japan.
For example...they had kiwi samples at the store yesterday. They did not give you a tiny slice of kiwi, oh no. They gave you 1/2 a kiwi with a small, quite sturdy, plastic spoon in it. You hung out around the lady who was passing them out to eat your 1/2 a kiwi. However, you were left with a spoon and a kiwi skin. Never fear...there was a plastic lined (compost) can for the kiwi skin. There was a small bucket for the plastic spoon. Then there were some hand wipes for the fingers - after all, kiwis can be sticky. And finally, of course, there was a trash can (yellow liner - burnable) for disposing the wipes.
Only in Japan has food sampling been elevated to such environmental consciousness (now if only people would stop idling their cars while they run into the convenience stores.)