On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 19:08:21 +0900, The 2-Belo  ...
>
>another fool and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:
>
>>"Ryan Ginstrom" <ginstrom@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:<bs5ouc$9le6e$1@ID-101276.news.uni-berlin.de>...
>>> 
>>> bakayarou should suffice, but depending on your accent it might have the
>>> opposite of the intended effect (intimidation I guess?)
>>> 
>>> I always just smile and say sumimasen, myself. Although to be honest, when
>>> people bump into me they tend to kind of bounce off. No idea what size you
>>> are, but if I were smaller and more frequently in large crowds, I might get
>>> upset at all the jostling.
>>
>>I actually asked her for what a Yak would say.
>
>Hah. My term, seen in the wild!
>
>>Basically something so
>>rude and insulting that the guy would either want to hit me or know he
>>was about to get hit.  Either way would be appropriate.
>>
>>Noone is going to bump into me and make a dent short of a sumo - I`m a
>>big guy and a good bit past hefty to boot.  My problem was people
>>trying to run over my stroller and 4 month old - the guy who got
>>pushed almost got his ass kicked when he almost knocked the stroller
>>over then proceeded to give the wheel a kick as he was going past.  If
>>my wife had been nearby to hand the stroller to so I wouldn`t have had
>>to leave it unattended I probably wouldn`t have started anything
>>anyway but expressing my opinion of his jackassian manners in a
>>language he understood would have been nice.
>
>Not only is it the words that count, it's the way you say them, and the look on
>your face while saying them. Yaks have the monopoly on the scary language, with
>the near-scream and the furrowed brow and the rolling R's. Especially the
>rolling R's. Temee DOKO ARUITONNJA ORRRRRRRRRAAAAAA. Makes the common citizen
>flee in fear, and Yaks respond in kind whether they're outmatched or not. 
>
>Not that I've ever used this sort of threat display, however, except when I was
>almost T-boned by some stupid obasan who barreled out of a side street right in
>front of my grille one day. I can do a pretty good impression of an angry Yak,
>for a gaigin.
>
>>Anyone who thinks the Japanese are polite and orderly has never been
>>between a herd of them and the free food at a supermarket on Sunday
>>afternoons - the second that free sample is put down you had better
>>not be between them and the food...
>
>You don't even need food to get people to be assholes. All you need is an open
>train door during the U-Turn Rush. BGRF#`$+&#XG{`%LFUCK#`{+%'GET THE FUCK OUT OF
>THE W`#$&{`D&HGODAMMIT"#%`&#`{$%+&LEMME OFF YOU FUCKING PRIC#$%{&+${`%'(.
>

I use the Odakyu-sen which has a reputation for being one of the worst in Tokyo
(100 trains between 7am and 9am). In spite of the crush I find the people are
very good.  There is always someone making room to read a book or drapping a
newspaper over a girl head but these are not that common. Getting off is easy,
just gently push and a path opens, no one says sumimasen (if you do, people look
embarrased), a simple orimasu (getting off) is enough.

However everything changes on Friday nights when drunk people are trying to get
their sorry arses home. People hanging from the straps doing circles with the
movement of the train or sleeping leaning against people get well placed elbows.
I cracked one guy on the head with my mobile as he was leaning all over the girl
sitting next to him.

Amazing these people wake up when they get to their stations. It is a miracle.



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