Polite Japan - the bowing station master

The Actionwork team tours to many countries. One of our regular trips is to Japan. Japan is often quoted as being one of the most polite countries in the world. Here you can see why. www.actionwork.com

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• japan
• bow
• osaka
• station
• commuters
• behaviour
• actionwork

[hellohal3]

that must be very good for his back if he gets paid to do that all day :)

[actionwork]

yay lol

[hellohal3]

mate its a good job

[actionwork]

thanks

[UNaruto1990]

These signs are most likely just because Japanese people are afraid of talking to a human that can't talk Japanese, it's not that racist, my proof is that if they were that racist they wouldn't have let foreigners with Japanese friends be welcomed.

[kensan0809]

But let me correct your misunderstanding that The Japanese often show disrespect to an "outgroup" if they are considered inferior. Its not true. Japanese dont often change the attitude to foreigners based on whether they are inferior or not. If youve felt being treated like that by stupid Japanese before, please ignore them. Theyre few and very poor Japanese who cant live without doing so.

[eowen515]

No freaking way that will happen in the netherlands. Besides everybody would just consider it as something weird.

[WABBITS8]

Not only are they super-polite, they are super-helpful. I know from experience!

[seonidh]

he bows because in Japan the service experience is "par-excellence" he bows to them because the customer is king, you'd only realize this if you'd been to Japan and seen how well the customer is treated there. Its like royalty I've never seen service as good across the world like there.

[RobCardIV]

Good men keeping the spirit alive !!

braver than many !!

[a48gno22r]

It's also for security.

[Shainingusutaru]

What a useless job, is his job to say "Thank you" to people who don't even acknowledge his existence? Didn't see anyone bowing back or nodding with the head. I guess in a country that is that populated, useless jobs appear. Same with the elevator ladies, people could just press the button themself.

[IGotPaks]

sad.. its like soo quiet.

[mikeccuk2006]

he should really make a robot version of himself that does that every xx seconds.. or so

[immagodify]

they should bow back. i feel sorry for him.

[wabawoba]

I was SO surprised... but I just made an excuse for the person. "Maybe they've never seen a black person before in real life", "maybe they're from a small town", "maybe... maybe... maybe"...

If I was in England that would be EXTREMELY rude, but I never wanted to disturb the peace, I just answered as if it was a normal question. That's the kind of person I am.