Im not sure why but it really pisses me off to see 5 guys waving batons when
there is a huge friggin hole with barries flashing lights etc already on
display.
why do I need to be told this when I can see it with my own eyes? Are they
there because perhaps there are blind people around?
I think its all about controlling the masses.
Isnt it odd that most people here will not cross the road when the lights
are red but seem to deliberately run every red light they find whilst
driving.

rant over
wheres my noodles


"John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.komm> wrote in message
news:4004AD01.6050009@yahoo.komm...
> thegoons wrote:
> > We have all seen it:
> >
> > - three men waving flags on a highway to indicate a lane closure
> >
> > - five policemen standing at the pedestrian crossing outside Lumine in
> > Shinjuku to direct pedestrians across a street that maybe 1 car in 5
minutes
> > uses
> >
> > - five security guards directing traffic/pedestrinas at a quiet
intersection
> > outside JRA betting-hall in Shirahama, Fukushima-ken
> >
> > - the seemingly pointless lone flag-waver/whistle-blower directing buses
> > into/out of the bus terminal at Nagoya Station
> >
> My favorite was the policeman in Himeji directing traffic in the Uomachi
> district in the mornings. Nary a car in sight; probably less than a
> dozen total for the entire morning (he was outside my office window and
> the street was rarely used).
>
> > Is this disguised unemployment on the downturn or still a "necessity" of
> > Japan? I am not totally against it, as it keeps people off (living on)
the
> > streets in a country with such a poor social welfare system.
> >
> What about their social welfare system don't you like?
>
> John W.
>