Thursday, August 26, 2010

Quiet please! Noise irks Japan's commuters the most


Taking the train in Japan and want to avoid annoying fellow passengers? Keep conversation to a whisper, turn down your iPod and put your cellphone on vibration mode, a recent survey by the railway association showed. For Japanese commuters, noise is the biggest issue, with loud conversation and music from headphones the top two offenders and cellphone ringtones in fourth place, the survey by the Association of Japanese Private Railways showed.Here are the top 10 examples of bad rail manners according to the association's online survey, with responses from about 4,200 people:

1. Noisy conversation

2. Music from headphones

3. The way passengers sit

4. Cellphone ringtones and talking on phones

5. Pushing, shoving when getting on and off trains

6. Applying make-up

7. Littering

8. Sitting on the floor of the train

9. Riding the train drunk

10. Riding a crowded train with a child in a stroller

My opinion

Make a noisy is a very bad habit. It is not only on bus, also in public place like classroom, restaurant, hospital. In china, if you make noisy or strange voice in public place, the other people will think you are impolite. But for Chinese bus, many foreigners may complain about pushing and shoving that accompanies getting into the bus. However, the people will give up for senior citizens or pregnant women. But my Thai friend told me it is a strange thing in Thailand?! Anyway, we must have a good habit when we are in public place. We cannot disturb the others.

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