The Japanese have no respect for personal space.

The Japanese have no respect for personal space.
The Japanese have no respect for personal space.

In Japan, there are (lucky) people that have the job of pushing passengers onto the trains during rush hour. See, the trains are so full that they need to push people inside for the doors to be able to close.


19 Comments:
    19.
    July 20th, 2008 at 6:57 am DanteVeroe666 says:

    and thus came the idea of a the clown car.


    18.
    July 9th, 2008 at 10:41 am The Misfits says:

    ive been through this experience. I was born in Japan you know.


    17.
    May 30th, 2008 at 4:02 pm jack is not my name says:

    id be like "god damn you friggin gaurds stop my friggin ass cant you tell im in enough pain" it seriously looks painfull.


    16.
    April 25th, 2008 at 2:54 am Robert Kiyosaki says:

    Personal space has no respect for the Japanese.


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    April 17th, 2008 at 4:48 am DONUT OF DOOOOOM!!!! says:

    funnier the second time :)


    14.
    April 16th, 2008 at 11:25 am nika says:

    Feminists scare me.


    13.
    April 16th, 2008 at 11:03 am MrMiyagi says:

    I have to say I am ashamed of my fellow Japanese.

    Nika is spot on in her assessment of the dangers of commuting for women in Japan. Just read this story to find out more:

    http://www.dose.ca/toronto/news/story.html?id=22d1112b-123b-4923-87cc-a763a633e057

    http://www.streetharassmentproject.org/


    12.
    April 16th, 2008 at 10:34 am wyse says:

    I would love that job. It probably pays badly, but it would be a sweet gig.


    11.
    April 16th, 2008 at 8:32 am Secondhandcreations says:

    sardines anyone....Anyone?


    10.
    April 15th, 2008 at 9:46 pm bluerocker says:

    How do people get that job anyway? It must be a really interesting interview and skills test.
    "OK. Take your hand and push it as hard as you can on my ass....Good. You're hired!


    9.
    April 15th, 2008 at 4:35 pm duckwariorrandom says:

    Donut, I am from the US, and we have screwed up measurments, so I thought you ment 43 degrees Farienheit, which is pretty chily.


    8.
    April 15th, 2008 at 3:51 pm nika says:

    First time I heard about this from a friend that lived in Tokyo for 3 years: my initial thought was that I'd have to take a happy pill before this train experience.
    Seriously, I dread of strangers rubbing against me on a public transit- and this kinda commute looks like perverts wet dream. Poor Japanese women.


    7.
    April 15th, 2008 at 3:24 pm Mr. P.I. Staker says:

    Jesus!


    6.
    April 15th, 2008 at 1:26 pm says:

    To the guy below me, I was in japan for a short time and while I'm not sure if this is the norm this is what i saw.

    If you anticipate getting off at a large station it doesn't matter where in the train you are the entire car will empty out no matter what, if you are getting off at a small stop then you will have to make sure you are close to the door or else you have to go to the next large station and then take a train going the other way.


    5.
    April 15th, 2008 at 12:16 pm says:

    so if you are stuck in the middle, and your stop is here, how do you get out?


    4.
    April 15th, 2008 at 11:00 am morhkt says:

    z0MG.

    Seriously, why don't they just add one or two wagons?


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    April 15th, 2008 at 10:03 am DONUT OF DOOOOOM!!!! says:

    "Shudder" I`ve just checked this on Google, so much sweat! It can be up to 49 degrees in trains. Not to forget about the horror of being stuck between 3 fat guys.


    2.
    April 15th, 2008 at 7:55 am cynnicysm says:

    the wmata should do this on the orange line every day coming into rosslyn. its ridiculous.


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    April 15th, 2008 at 7:46 am twan says:

    why not remove all doors, i estimate a high decline in train traffic if they'd do that



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