Smile Training for Japanese Workers

[bin1127]

whether the pretense is over the top or not, smiling even a fake one lifts a person's mood. As well the customers would be happier. I wish cashiers at target and walmart would smile more.

[MagikGimp]

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[hiashiro1]

I like it becuase it is polite for emplyees to smile in japan.. The customer is king and an unhappy emplyee could be the result of an unhappy customer.

[camreeno360]

I feel sorry for these employees. Yes, I'm sure we need technologies to force people to put on a fake smile so their managers are happy as the money rolls in. Nevermind the employees actually needing to be happy. It's amazing how no one is noticing the encroaching 1984 world we're living in.

[Arriss3]

@camreeno360

If you are not happy doing your job,...go find another one -_-'

[Kunyopinoy]

@Arriss3 @camreeno360 EPIC FAIL

[Robert697]

Idiots .. everyone with half a brain knows the old saying, "The eyes are the window to the soul." Meaning, the real smile is in the eyes, not on the lips.

I'd be more insulted by a fake smile than a real frown.

[109mytiger]

IN U.S., retail workers even don't say "Thank you ."

[Cuppedycupcake]

@109mytiger I do, and I say "Have a nice day" and "Hello welcome to _____" as well.

[gortex1us]

This is a great Idea and should be implemented in all American Government Agencies where direct contact with the public is necessary :) because it usually looks like they hate thier job and dont care about the customer.

[funaitv]

Being Japanese means always having to endure the stress of pretending to smile. We smile only in order not to lose our job.

[MisaMisa]

i had a bad experience a few days ago and im in australia. man she was such a bitch, i felt like slapping her.

[videomissionary]

Don't frown... cuz you never know who is falling in love with your fake smile

[LeeroyFan101]

YOU RAF YOU RUSEE!

[RobCardIV]

if the boss or the company forces you to smile or wave or say "hello how are you", its fake and I dont care.

Thanks for seeming polite. i apprechiate decency, but expect me to care or by it.

[audadvnc]

Is this so bad? People exercise their bodies to look better - why not their faces?

OTOH, I don't have a corporate overseer requiring me to go to the gym in order to keep my job. Are the executives and board members required to take the smile tests? Of course not - it's merely another form of employee subjugation.

[clawofraven12]

it's not fake, company really requires you to smile. one smile can change the world.

[rupazer0]

If only JR would take up this scheme. Their station workers are the rudest, most miserable people in Japan in my experience!

[SolAurum]

Of course, the downside of that is that the smile will be permanently stuck on their faces after awhile.

[SeeYouNextFall]

Whats next?

How to brainwash yourself to feel happy?

[CSIS25]

if that would work then there might not be any more depression lol

[nexterikasawajiri]

atleast theyll serving you because its their job.

unlike america, a lot of workers are bitchy and get away with it

[SeeYouNextFall]

Yes its true. But its not ONLY in America ,y friend. I have traveled the world over and met many workers that are rude,

Even in Japan!

[aznassassin2]

at least japanese rail guards smile, unlike usa and australian rail staff

[munden1971]

That is right.

[Cuppedycupcake]

@aznassassin2 We have rail stations in America?!

[leon6266]

@aznassassin2 i agree

[leon6266]

@aznassassin2 agree

[laduch]

interesting...

[awazha]

id like to fuk these sexy Japanese Career women and see them SMILE for me.. hahahaha

[aztec005]

having training to be fake. hmm well whatever helps them to keep buiseness going i guess

[Plarzmo]

@aztec005 way to make a positive a negative.

[seanliew94]

Smile training, lols.

[pclown]

this is just another way for japanese people to be even more talented at masking their contempt for appearing to be happy for the collective.