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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.

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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.

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What about sh1t squatting?:P 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

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What about sh1t squatting?:P 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.
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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!

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