Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things
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Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things
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#2I've taken the bus often and the driver always announces when he breaks, accelerates, and takes curves, is this for the same reason?
People have explained to me that the driver announces everything so that standing passengers don't fall over, but I'm skeptical.
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#3This is similar to a yoga in the Hindu religion. I read about this a while back. When performing this yoga, you call out every action silently or quietly. So, for example, when picking up your cup of coffee..."I am going to pick up this coffee", then.."I picked up the coffee".
I have to go look this up again.
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#4Wow this is fascinating. Clockwork, like everything else in Japan. I first noticed this when in Kyoto. The driver would point at the schedule, speedometer, sensors and all else. I found it slightly odd but made a mental note to google it later, which I eventually forgot.
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#5MTA train conductors need to do something similar in the New York metro, as there is a striped black-white sign they need to point to at each stop (it gets recorded on camera):
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#6MTA train conductors need to do something similar in the New York metro, as there is a striped black-white sign they need to point to at each stop (it gets recorded on camera): http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4178532
It's in the article :)
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#7Wow this is fascinating. Clockwork, like everything else in Japan. I first noticed this when in Kyoto. The driver would point at the schedule, speedometer, sensors and all else. I found it slightly odd but made a mental note to google it later, which I eventually forgot.
> I found it slightly odd but made a mental note to google it later, which I eventually forgot.
See, that sort of thing doesn't happen with pointing-and-calling :)
Re: Why Japan’s Rail Workers Point at Things
#8Wow this is fascinating. Clockwork, like everything else in Japan. I first noticed this when in Kyoto. The driver would point at the schedule, speedometer, sensors and all else. I found it slightly odd but made a mental note to google it later, which I eventually forgot.
I think the "clockwork" reference is somewhat overrated. Local trains are often late due to wind or snow ..
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#9I've taken the bus often and the driver always announces when he breaks, accelerates, and takes curves, is this for the same reason? People have explained to me that the driver announces everything so that standing passengers don't fall over, but I'm skeptical.
> People have explained to me that the driver announces everything so that standing passengers don't fall over, but I'm skeptical.
That makes sense actually, especially if many passengers are elderly. Around here the bus drivers don't announce what they do, but they take off and brake significantly less abruptly when they have unseated elderly passengers (either looking/reaching for a seat or standing to get out).
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#10This is similar to a yoga in the Hindu religion. I read about this a while back. When performing this yoga, you call out every action silently or quietly. So, for example, when picking up your cup of coffee..."I am going to pick up this coffee", then.."I picked up the coffee". I have to go look this up again.
Yoga in itself is religion.
Can be done irrespective of one being Hindu or not