Thoughts while here in 'Pointless' ,
ref: the You Tube vid Matt b posted:
I'd just like to mention that 'groping' on Japanese trains is one subject -
and being pushed into the train is another.
But yeah, put the two together -and they do go together ...
In Tokyo, you really can get smushed together.
Better have your arms in a good place when the crush comes - arms down by waist when the hordes push into the car and you may not be able to scratch your eyebrow if you get an itch.
Until a stop comes where enough people get off and you can scratch, wipe, shift position.
Literally ...
Watching it via YouTube,
one may not get to understanding that the people in the vids need to get home ,
these are not pleasure seekers, hipsters, a population of perverts heading off down the pub.
They have to do this every day and often again at night because if you miss that last train
you may face a $50 -100 taxi ride home ( plus - minus ) depending where you live.
The citizens in the You Tube vid - that looks like everyday 'rush hour' either morning , evening or that last train rush.
They are just getting on with it to borrow a phrase ...
Most big cities have a variation of this phenomenon but it IS one of the crazy times in Tokyo.
Re: Groping. It's been a pretty big problem,
the trains notorious situations -enablers if you will - for it to happen.
Salaryman logic ( and up to say a decade ago, a predominant 'man's world' logic ) is that daily porn reading on the train , loads of mags at the ready on the subway stands are there to make that ride easier.
It has been a nightmare for women ever since it began.
By now though, women are calling alot of the shots in the house, the bank, the clubs and in their own 'ladies only' train cars.
Or they get out of the country and come to visit your city.
Some may have seen the TV dramas where someone was a victim of groping or
a guy accused of doing so and what follows in the Japanese legal system.
Of course, some never change and take that chance to grab what and when they can.
For dealing with those types I suggest a stun gun.
When you see the Japanese then full on sleeping in the train cars , you realize how bad things could really get if the same behavior was transported to any other big city in US, Europe, UK , Africa anywhere urban where pervs, criminals , all freaks would take the opportuny to would come out the woodwork and prey.
When I see the innocent sleep deprived heads nodding off, I wish them good luck and a safe ride home.
Head not quite done in , but probably something close ...
ref: the You Tube vid Matt b posted:
I'd just like to mention that 'groping' on Japanese trains is one subject -
and being pushed into the train is another.
But yeah, put the two together -and they do go together ...
In Tokyo, you really can get smushed together.
Better have your arms in a good place when the crush comes - arms down by waist when the hordes push into the car and you may not be able to scratch your eyebrow if you get an itch.
Until a stop comes where enough people get off and you can scratch, wipe, shift position.
Literally ...
Watching it via YouTube,
one may not get to understanding that the people in the vids need to get home ,
these are not pleasure seekers, hipsters, a population of perverts heading off down the pub.
They have to do this every day and often again at night because if you miss that last train
you may face a $50 -100 taxi ride home ( plus - minus ) depending where you live.
The citizens in the You Tube vid - that looks like everyday 'rush hour' either morning , evening or that last train rush.
They are just getting on with it to borrow a phrase ...
Most big cities have a variation of this phenomenon but it IS one of the crazy times in Tokyo.
Re: Groping. It's been a pretty big problem,
the trains notorious situations -enablers if you will - for it to happen.
Salaryman logic ( and up to say a decade ago, a predominant 'man's world' logic ) is that daily porn reading on the train , loads of mags at the ready on the subway stands are there to make that ride easier.
It has been a nightmare for women ever since it began.
By now though, women are calling alot of the shots in the house, the bank, the clubs and in their own 'ladies only' train cars.
Or they get out of the country and come to visit your city.
Some may have seen the TV dramas where someone was a victim of groping or
a guy accused of doing so and what follows in the Japanese legal system.
Of course, some never change and take that chance to grab what and when they can.
For dealing with those types I suggest a stun gun.
When you see the Japanese then full on sleeping in the train cars , you realize how bad things could really get if the same behavior was transported to any other big city in US, Europe, UK , Africa anywhere urban where pervs, criminals , all freaks would take the opportuny to would come out the woodwork and prey.
When I see the innocent sleep deprived heads nodding off, I wish them good luck and a safe ride home.
Head not quite done in , but probably something close ...
