on May 9th, 2008Japan Creates ‘Manners Squad’
Japan is starting a manner squadron to shame people into being polite on the trains. From the article:
the spiraling decline of train-seat etiquette may be about to end with the arrival of an elite, fearless and impeccably polite “manners squadron” - to be unleashed on the Yokohama underground network in an attempt to avert a breakdown of the “Japanese way”.
The unit’s mission is simple: to patrol the length of the train and make sure that any seats - highly prized on Japan’s packed commuter lines - are vacated by the young and offered to those who need them.
the squadron will consist almost entirely of officers over the age of 60.
I quite like the idea of an army of old people giving hell to those young whippersnappers.
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