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Re:The last new subway line in Japan by jackschultz on Friday December 18, 2015 @08:33PM (#10762195)
Very true, but I'm not sure what you mean by the other way around.

I definitely noticed the busybody jobs. Bunch of people working at the subway stops for safety I guess? Trash collectors on the streets sweeping leaves into their collections. People guarding semi-obstructed parking exits to make sure no accidents occur, no matter how easy it is for the drivers to see the sidewalk.

Then again, it's really hard to know that much about a culture in only a week. And these are pretty giant generalizations we're talking about.

Re:The last new subway line in Japan by ansible on Friday December 18, 2015 @09:38PM (#10762379)
Bunch of people working at the subway stops for safety I guess?

They act as "pushers" during rush hour. Actually shoving people in so that the train doors can close.

Re:The last new subway line in Japan by masklinn on Saturday December 19, 2015 @04:08AM (#10763086)
> Very true, but I'm not sure what you mean by the other way around. […] Then again, it's really hard to know that much about a culture in only a week. And these are pretty giant generalizations we're talking about.

And that you don't make the other way around, was to note that others may see some of the things in our own cultures as way out of date while others are surprisingly futuristic, we wouldn't know because for us that's just the normal "now", we've grown with these things there or developing so them meshing together is normal