Sometimes we run into the funniest stuff in the train stations or even on the trains.

As part of the culture, being a Japanese salary man has it's weekly requirement of going out drinking with the other salary men. This ends with a fair amount of very intoxicated men on the trains. Sometimes, it involves puking, passing out at the train station or on the train, very loud chatter on the train, and countless other rude behaviors. However, there is a bit of a stigma here that if you're drunk, then you're just drunk. Therefore, it is excused. For example, if I were on the train and my phone rang, no matter how important the call is or isn't doesn't matter. You don't talk on the phone while you're on the train.

Of course I have done it when I needed too, but it comes along with dirty looks from the (usually) older ladies on the train. But, if I were trashed, it wouldn't matter. Talk about discrimination!! ;o) Sometimes it's a trip to watch the drunkards on their journey home. Other times, it's annoying.
Anyway, sometimes we come across these posters. Jeremy wanted to savor the humor we found in them with a few photo's. Enjoy!
Just in case you can't read the sign clearly, the one Jeremy is next to says "Please do it at home", and the one that Marta and Cody are next to says, "Please do it at a pub". Funny stuff!
1 comment:
Hi Sarah!
Your blog is very nice. I have read all of it from the beginning!
It is very interesting to see Japan through your(foreigners’) eyes.
The posters are really funny. I hope my husband is not like that on the train.
I hate to see women put on makeup on the train.
Thank you for sharing your blog.
I'm glad to see your pictures and to know more about you.
You're beautiful!
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