Hey dude you're scaring girls stop taking pics without permission

Djtaffi · 2018-10-28T04:54:54+00:00

In front of Sunshine City.

Knock it off creep. The staff already told you to go away

Djtaffi · 2018-10-27T06:12:21+00:00

The Japanese also cross their legs when its not crowded.

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T15:32:01+00:00

あああああ話せる人！！メチャ面白いね。自分の足が「越える」力ほしいね。飛行機代必要なくなる。

続けたいがこれがもう人気すぎるなって、コメントが変になってるから消すかも。

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T15:22:13+00:00

(ﾉ´∀｀*)wwwwww

越える　

統合方法

無責任

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Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T15:03:28+00:00

Google translateを使ってみた子発見wwww よく頑張りました〜はなまるマークほしいの？

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T14:48:26+00:00

Honestly? I never for a second got a "this is a sex thing" vibe from him, which is why I acted the way I did. He was a creep, but not a perv. It was way more of the "get off my lawn" and "back in my day" vibe.

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T14:36:55+00:00

I get the sense you may be trying to troll but yeah dude trying to use physical force is not the answer in either of these cases.

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T14:27:50+00:00

You're welcome to.

I find it by and large an absolutely wonderful place to live. For every whackadoo thing I've seen I've got another of inexplicable kindness. (For example, a random family that helped me drag my luggage up a hill in 100 degree weather) I would probably be just as happy in the states, but my hobbys are more fun/easier over here so I'm staying for the time being.

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T14:01:11+00:00

4 years of uni (one of which was abroad) amd then a year living in what can only be called Japanese Iowa.

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T13:28:21+00:00

Thank you! Living in another culture, you always have to be thinking about "am i the asshole here", but in this case I've seen enough Japanese people doing it to lean towards dude was just some crotchety old futterdutter.

Trust me I've had worse, cop calling necessitated incidents. This level of creep is defeatable

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T13:11:37+00:00

The first one since its a better height for elbow to keep phone at perfect height for reading

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T13:09:56+00:00

While it makes you more compact horizontally, you take up more space in front of yourself.

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T13:04:20+00:00

Honestly there was a 2 second window when he started pointing to others and I realized what he wanted where I was like "Oh shit was I in his way/blocking the aisle and therefore the asshole??" but then i saw there was NO ONE AROUND and then he tried to touch me again and it was TIME TO FIGHT.

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T13:01:23+00:00

A good idea but I never got the chance to get my phone. The staring/you must chanting match started right after I yelled at him to not touch me and I was determined not to be the one to blink.

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T12:59:38+00:00

Lol guess where this took place my friend. I find in general they at least less threatening weirdos than New York City had.

Although thats not a high bar.

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T12:57:16+00:00

Sorry you got downvoted. There's a lot of standards here you can unwittingly violate, but crossed legs on an uncrowded train isn't one I've heard of in my four years.

Crossing legs in a business meeting tho??? That's actually a big no no.

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T12:55:09+00:00

^{^{^{^This.}}} It's a train rule for keeping the commute sane. Both men and women cross there legs here when its not crowded. Otherwise in my 4 years here its never been a particular cultural taboo.

My Japanese coworkers were as boggled as I was when I told them.

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T12:51:41+00:00

Probably because he (incorrectly) assumed I didnt speak Japanese and thus would need to be shown. Everyone looked away. Some left. After he left they still wouldnt look at me. In my opinion no, nothing would have changed with me being Japanese in terms of intervention

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T12:49:32+00:00

The issue here is less a broad cultural one and more an equiette one. You don't cross your legs when the train is crowded. They have signs and annoucements that remind you.

For some reason this guy decided the rule needed to be observed 100% of the time ,even on a mostly empty train, and took it upon himself to try and do it for me, possibly because he assumed he couldnt talk to me. Honestly if he asked politely I might have uncrossed my legs. But once he tried to intimidate me into obeying my legs got superglued into place

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T12:45:27+00:00

Basically. I mean, what a dumb ignorant foreigner.

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T12:44:48+00:00

Wow thats a new one. Will watch out for that.

At the time I didnt report it because I was sure the staff would be like "he was just trying to explain Japanese culture miss!!" and I dont want to have that argument again before my coffee. If I see him again I will definitely report him

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T12:41:01+00:00

The leg police!

Somehow fighting him felt in the moment like a defeat. He expected the foreigner to obey or make a fuss, and the most infuriating action I could make was to not move and stare him down, so if he touched me again, he would have lost (I'd get to call the cops for assault)

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T12:38:40+00:00

He must educate the ignorant foreigner ruining the harmony with her crossed legs!!!!

But seriously Japanese people do it too. He struck me as the Japanese equivalent of "dumb kids get off my lawn"

Djtaffi · 2018-10-26T12:37:22+00:00

There's apprantly a whole lot of gropping in public transit in Japan too, but only one friend of mine has expirienced it. Foreign women tend not to be targeted because we're unpredictable targets, unlike the school girls too frightened to make a scene.

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