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Old Feb 5, 2007 | 6:47 pm
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nishimark
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I live in Japan and usually fly NWA. It's always a great re-introduction to American culture when I get herded onto one of those Wiki Wiki buses. The drivers scare you half to death when they warn you that "THIS BUS WILL NOT MOVE UNTIL YOU GET BEHIND THE LINE!" The first time to the islands Japanese folks around me have no idea what the driver said, because their English is not so great and we don't usually have silly lines to stand behind. (Well, actually we do, but nobody pays any attention to them in Osaka where I come from.) But, they know that the driver is ANGRY, so they just move away from the front of the bus and end up behind the line. Finally, the bus jerks away and lands in front of the escalator a couple of minutes later. Then, at immigration there's always some person YELLING at the non-US citizens to go to the left for processing. Great way to start the day.
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