The narrative of this is hard to work out. The message is be considerate to others and the younger woman has stood up to get the older woman's furoshiki bundle from the overhead space, because she is too short to reach it.But that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. How did it get there in the first place? Why wasn't she standing to give the older woman a seat... puzzling.
The woman here has her feet on the seat... rather unusual, at least she had the good grace to take off her shoes (as per Japanese custom) had I been closer, maybe I would have preferred her shoes were on.
For me the irritation these days is people playing portable play stations engrossed in the game, standing by the door in a trance... oblivious to anyone getting on or off. A particular problem near Akihabara....
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Yeah...I can see I am going to have to practice Zazen more diligently when I get there...need to keep my German temper in check. Stupid people piss me off. Sorry. I'll go "sit" now.
I think you forget what public transport is like in other places.
Anonymous was me, Bous.
Quite so...
When I am back in Sydney next, it will be a good opportunity for comparative analysis.
My guess is if you asked Sydneysiders the issues with the trains the first several would be complaints with the system rather than fellow commuters. Here there are very few system complaints.
A public transport shame file for Sydney... I would probably get punched in the face!
Wanted to say THANK YOU for the Japanese lesson sites...great!!!!
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