Worst train manners
I found a blog reporting a Yahoo! headline supplied by the Mainichi from a press release from the private railway companies of Japan’s umbrella organisation, so excuse the fourth-handedness of the whole story. 6000 people were questioned to find out their views on bad manners on board. So, without further ado, first some of the complaints that didn’t quite make the top grade:
- Not following telephone manners (20%)
- Not following the rules when getting on and off (9%)
- Sitting on the floor
- Being noisy in the train
- Leaky headphones
- Putting on makeup
- Luggage in the way
- Ciggies (what aspect?)
- Eating and drinking on board
The worst three, gathering the majority of the votes were all to do with sitting down.
- Sitting with legs akimbo
- Young or fit people in the priority seats
- Not squeezing up when the bench seat is almost full
My pet hate is similar to the last one, people who don’t move away from the doors when they board.
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Michael(tm) Smith said,
January 25, 2006 @ 11:09
Note that the original survey is here:
http://www.mintetsu.or.jp/enquete/index.html
Johan Groth blogged about it as well.
http://lostinjapan.groth.hm/archives/2005/10/most-annoying-behavior-in-japanese-trains/
He also wrote it up for Japundit, and included a copy of a mintetsu poster illustrating various annoying behaviors -
http://japundit.com/annoying/
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