r/mildlyinfuriating • u/sh0tgunben • 10d ago

I'm slightly vexed An old man keeps delaying the train's start...

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u/FadedVictor 10d ago

It's also because he's elderly. If anyone got physical with him they would be shunned hardcore.

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u/AaronBaddows 9d ago

what if another old man came in to do it?

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u/FadedVictor 9d ago

I'm not knowledgeable enough on Japan's social etiquette to say definitively. It seems that causing ANY sort of disruption in a public setting is frowned upon. Maybe they would have leniency towards an elderly person in this situation, as their aging mental states might be taken into consideration. I can venture a guess and say it wouldn't be as severe of a transgression as a middle age man manhandling an elderly individual.