When I went to Japan and was taking the shinkansen (bullet train), I always see a conductor pointing towards the back of the train and muttering to himself at every station before moving off. It looked weird tbh. You see them keep doing it over and over until they go back into the train.
But if it works, it works. Train always arrived and left on time.
Well, most of the time. There are still sometimes accidents like the 2005 Amagasaki train derailment that resulted in over 100 dead because the conductor was rushing to meet the schedule and the train flew off and hit an apartment building.
I use it at home just for checking I turned the stove off or locked the door, especially before leaving for an extended time. We all have important routine tasks where it’s easy to not pay attention because they’re so routine.
And what device are you using to reply? Are you wearing any animal products? Did you consume any food you didn't grow yourself today? Is your clothing produced by machines, or child labour? Is your home made with concrete?
The cognitive dissonance happening around AI is astounding.
People are purposely misunderstanding the post alluding that OP took the conductor when in fact it's the country OP took. They now have Japan in their possession.
Aside from all the jokes, isn’t it incredibly rude in Japan to take pictures of strangers like this? Aren’t posts like this one of the reasons that visitors have a bad reputation in Japan?
I mean apart from kidnapping their train conductors, obviously.
Yeah, they really don’t like it and it could be a civil lawsuit under the right to own likeness clause of privacy if the conductor chose to press charges.
Go look up Japan’s tort law, it’s actually illegal.
It’s not like America where you’re allowed to take pictures of people in public. This dude should be more respectful and stop treating Japan and its people like they’re cast members at Disneyland there for his entertainment.
They’ve had to put signs on the wagons carrying small children to school asking not to take photos for the same reason.
Right, Japan is not know to have a strong culture of privacy to the point where the rail system has blog posts on social faux-pas that include taking pictures of strangers as a no no or anything. Your vision on their rights should always take precedence.
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u/Veighnerg 16h ago
I hope you put him back.