Top 5 things you hate about living in Japan

[InspectorGadget]

Shits who sit in the priority seats on the train (eg for the elderly, disabled and people with infants) and don't get up.

I was on an express train this summer on one of these days where is was over 40C, heading onto Tokyo (1 hour away). The train was full, my partner and I were both standing along with a number of other people. Then at a stop, a young mother with 2 very yound kids (one strapped to her front), and several bags gets on the train. . . . . and no-one did anything but ignore her.

I eventually hauled a couple of salarymen out of their seats and sat her and her child down.

That's the kind of thing that REALLY gets under my skin.

[Rezz]

I eventually hauled a couple of salarymen out of their seats

Now THAT would've been funny to watch.... :zap:

[Evo_Lee]

True but unfortunately they don't mind it especially the elderly who are so used to the male dominate generation. I did the same one time to offer my seat to an elderly woman and she said "it's OK I don't mind standing". Then what do you know a salaryman dashes into my seat. I politely said to him "did I offer you the seat?", he ignored me at first but had enough looks from everyone around to feel guilty then got up. I again insisted the elderly woman to sit and when she finally did, everyone around started to give me a weird stare...

But these things are changing I have seen others offer seats to others in need.

[Sciby]

That'd just irritate me, personally. Is it possible to get kicked off a train for verbally abusing salarymen for being jerks? (wait, don't answer that.)

[Demon Dave]

after reading all these posts regarding trains, I'm suddenly glad I only ride on them about...ohh, maybe twice a year at most...

[Evo_Lee]

hehehe same mate I don't catch trains these days...well I get enough of it at work

[DCD]

What about sh1t squatting? I personally don't like people sitting like monkeys smoking yannis and drinking coffee. I guess it must be a thing to do with the Japanese anatomy as I certainly can't do it without falling over like a bowling pin:D

[Rezz]

What about sh1t squatting? I personally don't like people sitting like monkeys smoking yannis and drinking coffee. I guess it must be a thing to do with the Japanese anatomy as I certainly can't do it without falling over like a bowling pin:D

Yeah, even squatting with the feet pointing out is my idea of semi-self torture... it must be their anatomy coz I find it (not that I do it but I've tried) quite uncomfortable.

[InspectorGadget]

Ordering a beer and it coming to the table with 30-40% head.

[InspectorGadget]

The fact that students don't have even pay attention in class to graduate.

Damn thinking of that

There was that elementary kid, a number of years back, who went to school early one day, killed a fellow student, cut his head off and left it impaled on the school gate for the other kids to see when they arrived. . . . . . .

AND HE STILL GRADUATED WITH THE REST OF HIS CLASSS!