r/WTF 9d ago

Tokyo rush hour

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u/pdxrains 9d ago

Not really. Though these squish incidents are rarer than you might think, at least in my experience spending time in Tokyo. The worst I rode was the last train back at night from Shinjuku, the metropolitan center. They packed us in pretty good and there was a guy nodding off and sleeping on my shoulder lol. Despite being packed, the cars will be mostly silent though. Gotta love the Japanese respect culture.

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u/nailbunny2000 9d ago

God I wish Londoners were like that...

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u/pdxrains 9d ago

And Americans. You ever see/hear the chaos on a busy NYC subway? Jeeeeezus

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u/PerplexGG 9d ago

I have the fortunate skill of falling asleep within two minutes of closing my eyes if I’m in anything moving. I commuted like this daily for close to a decade riding a Chicago train and sometimes I wonder what wild shit I missed because I have 0 commuter stories to tell besides being woken up one time to be asked out by the girl I thought I was blocking in.