Being Polite in Japan

they are, extraordinarily. with the exception of the trains. this is where all the pent up emotional repressment is let loose, and authoritarian fury is seen.

If the train, as pictured, is a little packed, then you need to wait for the inevitable. Somebody boarding will take it upon themselves to heave, in a manner more suited to a rugby scrum, the entire population of the crowd. So you will be almost knocked off your feet, by some dude, rucking everyone further into the train. Real rude. Matt, my flatmate, summarised it quite appropriately:
'if this was NY, somebody would get the ass kicked. and then it would never happen again'.
- posted by Daniel @ Saturday, September 03, 2005