Originally Posted by
invisible
In Asia, you would have to have repeat this pretty much every single time when leaving the lift. And nobody would care.
BTW I quickly found out that this - threat or intention to use force will make wonders in Asia. Otherwise you will be just run over.
You have to be careful when you use the word
Asia. Japan is part of Asia but is most definitely not somewhere where you find rude / selfish / uncouth / loud locals.