Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things

Re:Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things by mavdi on Saturday April 01, 2017 @09:06AM (#14011919)

Wow this is fascinating. Clockwork, like everything else in Japan. I first noticed this when in Kyoto. The driver would point at the schedule, speedometer, sensors and all else. I found it slightly odd but made a mental note to google it later, which I eventually forgot.

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Re:Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things by dom0 on Saturday April 01, 2017 @09:13AM (#14011944)

> I found it slightly odd but made a mental note to google it later, which I eventually forgot.

See, that sort of thing doesn't happen with pointing-and-calling :)

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Re:Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things by lovemenot on Saturday April 01, 2017 @09:33AM (#14012024)

>> made a mental note to google it later, which I eventually forgot.

Perhaps you should have made a large "search" gesture while calling out potential keywords.

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Re:Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things by krapp on Saturday April 01, 2017 @10:04AM (#14012152)

It's funny because that's probably how "googling" will be done in the future.

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Re:Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things by suls on Saturday April 01, 2017 @09:14AM (#14011946)

I think the "clockwork" reference is somewhat overrated. Local trains are often late due to wind or snow ..

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Re:Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things by lovemenot on Saturday April 01, 2017 @09:37AM (#14012038)

Do you live in Hokkaido? Or maybe on a really local branch? I live in Tokyo, take around four trains a day on many different lines and that is just not the case here.

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Re:Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things by kalleboo on Saturday April 01, 2017 @11:03AM (#14012457)

My experience with Tokyo (I only visit about once a year, live in Kyushu) is the trains there are always off-schedule due to "accidents" :/

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Re:Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things by suls on Saturday April 01, 2017 @07:43PM (#14014831)

Sendai, Miyagi it is. Trains come in from a bit more country side.

I'd like to think of Tokyo As the exception to Japan. Having said that, all the pointing and calling is happenening everywhere.

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Re:Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things by spectistcles on Saturday April 01, 2017 @11:04AM (#14012461)

In Japan they might be a little delayed. In Boston the trains just don't come at all. One time I was stuck on a train for four hours because a switch was frozen (normally a 40 minute trip).

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