Originally Posted by
Travelin_the_world
I've realized that most of the rules have exceptions to them. The hard part is figuring out what is okay, and whats not okay. Japanese people say you're not supposed to talk on the phone in the train..... But I see so many Japanese men and women so drunk in the train that they puke inside. Now why do they care so much about me talking quietly on the phone, but some guy puking is okay. Pretty weird culture if you ask me. I have the kinishanai or "I don't care" approach to it. Seems I can get what I want most of the time. haha
Apart from foreigners, I have not seen anyone actually puking on a train, and I assure you Japanese people do mind. Foreigner or Japanese. Like the phone "rule" they won't actually say anything directly in the situation. It will be conveyed by other means. Means that are often, sadly, missing when it comes to us foreigners. So we tend to think we get away with it....