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Erikku · Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 20

How about a little warmth overall in general? I don't really get the sense that people are happy or seem happy. After a while in Tokyo I end up wanting to just see two strangers talk openly and smile on the train instead of self imposed isolation and staring at keitais

Brooks · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1369 Location: Sagamihara

in Osaka people are friendlier.
Probably lots of people in Tokyo aren`t happy. That is what they get for just thinking about making money. But it also because Tokyo is big and crowded.
In Tokyo you should go to the Brazilian restaurant in Roppongi, and there you can see Japanese hug, kiss and dance. But then, they are Japanese-Brazilians.

I wish the ojisans would blow their nose instead of snort, and not slurp their tea and noodles, and not smack their lips when they eat but it won`t change.
I think politicians shouldn`t be allowed to speak at train stations at any time of the day and right wing trucks playing loud music should also be banned.

Big John Stud · Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 513

Those of you in Tokyo and think people are not happy need to go to Ikebukuro or Shinjuku on a Friday or Saturday night. I had such great times in those places. Life outside of Tokyo is so boring!

Mike L. · Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 519

Brooks · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1369 Location: Sagamihara

yup, the Chuo line, for example, is notorious for having 'accidents' which cause trains to be delayed and make commuters late to work.
I heard that JR either sues or bills the families of people who decide to jump in front of trains.

Lover · Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 86

Brooks wrote:

yup, the Chuo line, for example, is notorious for having 'accidents' which cause trains to be delayed and make commuters late to work.
I heard that JR either sues or bills the families of people who decide to jump in front of trains.

Yea my Japanese friend told me the government sues the person's family for the cost of cleaning up the mess. Kind of heartless, the family must be in some kind of grieving and then get stuck with the bill.

Gordon · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Posts: 5309 Location: Japan

stillnosheep · Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 2068 Location: eslcafe

Fine them! Fine them! They have it easy!

In the UK the penalty for attempted suicide (our bodies belonging to the Lord rather than ourselves and murder being murder and all that) used to be death.

Really.

BradS · Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 173 Location: Tokyo, Japan

Big John Stud · Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 513

nugget31 · Joined: 29 Jun 2003 Posts: 19 Location: London, UK

making such deliberate attempts to slurp noodles loudly...

And wearing face masks when having a cold

Brooks · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1369 Location: Sagamihara

I don`t mind people who wear face maks. It means they are sick.
It is better to wear a mask than to cough or sneeze without covering one`s mouth or nose, like I see when I take the train.

Influenza this year is really bad and my school has had make up exams.
I have been sick for over a week and I hope to get better.

Big John Stud · Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 513

Brooks wrote:

I don`t mind people who wear face maks. It means they are sick.
It is better to wear a mask than to cough or sneeze without covering one`s mouth or nose, like I see when I take the train.

Influenza this year is really bad and my school has had make up exams.
I have been sick for over a week and I hope to get better.

I do agree with you! Wearing a face mask prevents the wearer's germs from spreading as well as helps the wearer not breathe in any germs. But it does look funny at times. I was waiting outside a restaurant for my future ex-girlfriend to come out and saw a family all wearing a face mask. The sight was too funny for words!
Nothing against the family, just seeing the parents and their son and daughter all wearing the face masked looked like they were either up to something or all sick.

worlddiva · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:18 pm Post subject:

ok...ok...

re: the face masks, they're ok but...maybe less people would be sick if they had soap and paper towels in the restrooms. Some antibacterial stuff would be nice too. Using a handkerchief over and over, blowin' your nose in it, you're walking around with a pocket full of bacti! Shocked

So many diseases are spread by contact....maybe they should think about that too. I could only imagine if 20/20 did a bacti test on all the door handles in town! AGH!

Also, I would like all the toilets in Japan to be stardard. It's like one extreme or another. Either they're heated, with the bidet, and pressure & temperature control or...it's a squatter! And, why do you need a remote for the toilet if you are sitting on it! Do you plan on activating the bidet from a distance??

out of curiosity...do they have Purrell in Japan or any other antibacterial hand lotion?? I've only seen it in the hospital.

Rorschach · Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Posts: 130 Location: Osaka

The institutionalised alcoholism present in this country. When I used to ride the Osaka Loop Line home after work of a Friday or Saturday night I would see paralytic drunk sallarymen who couldn't even sit in their chairs properly. I remember one who peed his pants and didn't even realise it. Another came prepared, when he was about to vomit he pulled out a plastic bag, did the deed and then put the bag back in his briefcase.

Smoking is the biggest one though. Where is the smoking lobby in this country? Everyone seems to smoke here, or at least smell like tobacco. I particularly hate the fact that my work place has a smoking room on the teaching floor. You can't escape the smell and you see smokers running up to the room between lessons for a quick smoke like old circus monkeys.