Comments on: Photo Moment: Only in Japan…. http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/01/14/photo-moment-only-in-japan/ Destinations, Lifestyles, and Cultures in Asia Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: globetrotteri http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/01/14/photo-moment-only-in-japan/#comment-1222 globetrotteri Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:55:29 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2008/01/14/photo-moment-only-in-japan/#comment-1222 I know. It's sweet and funny. I love this photo too. I was particularly impressed with the automated robots waving flags at passing cars to warn them to slow down for construction work. We drove for ten days and passed construction sites everywhere. My over all impression is clean, efficient and as busy as worker ants. They're always striving for perfection. MJ's comment is perfect. The Japanese really are classy. I know. It’s sweet and funny. I love this photo too. I was particularly impressed with the automated robots waving flags at passing cars to warn them to slow down for construction work. We drove for ten days and passed construction sites everywhere. My over all impression is clean, efficient and as busy as worker ants. They’re always striving for perfection.

MJ’s comment is perfect. The Japanese really are classy.

]]> By: Frostfox http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/01/14/photo-moment-only-in-japan/#comment-1223 Frostfox Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:18:16 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2008/01/14/photo-moment-only-in-japan/#comment-1223 It's because the dirty hard workers are the foreigners they import. It also reminds me of a racist joke. 2 friends were walking down the street and saw some Mexicans working for a landscaping company. One friend turns to the other and asks, "How come I never see white people doing landscaping work?", his friend replies, "Because they own it." It’s because the dirty hard workers are the foreigners they import. It also reminds me of a racist joke.

2 friends were walking down the street and saw some Mexicans working for a landscaping company. One friend turns to the other and asks, “How come I never see white people doing landscaping work?”, his friend replies, “Because they own it.”

]]> By: MJ Klein http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/01/14/photo-moment-only-in-japan/#comment-1225 MJ Klein Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:53:43 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2008/01/14/photo-moment-only-in-japan/#comment-1225 the Japanese are all class! the Japanese are all class!

]]> By: Lisa Bettany http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/01/14/photo-moment-only-in-japan/#comment-1224 Lisa Bettany Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:19:47 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2008/01/14/photo-moment-only-in-japan/#comment-1224 *smiling* *giggling* tee hee! *smiling*
*giggling*

tee hee!

]]> By: fightingwindmills http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/01/14/photo-moment-only-in-japan/#comment-1226 fightingwindmills Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:36:10 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2008/01/14/photo-moment-only-in-japan/#comment-1226 Japan is the most bureaucratic country! This is a great photo. I love the suits and the poncho. Sometimes I think men in Japan have "jobs" but they are not really expected to actually get anything done. The important part is the appearance of being a diligent worker. I remember seeing some construction workers in Japan who could have easily been replaced by sign posts (they were holding "slow" signs) and I thought, "How nice to have a government who will employ you just for the sake of employing you." And then I heard and saw some evidence that a second "Tomei Express" was being constructed. It seems like the government uses construction projects to stimulate the economy, which I don't think is a very well-thought-out plan. Japan is the most bureaucratic country! This is a great photo. I love the suits and the poncho. Sometimes I think men in Japan have “jobs” but they are not really expected to actually get anything done. The important part is the appearance of being a diligent worker. I remember seeing some construction workers in Japan who could have easily been replaced by sign posts (they were holding “slow” signs) and I thought, “How nice to have a government who will employ you just for the sake of employing you.” And then I heard and saw some evidence that a second “Tomei Express” was being constructed. It seems like the government uses construction projects to stimulate the economy, which I don’t think is a very well-thought-out plan.

]]> By: Naomi http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2008/01/14/photo-moment-only-in-japan/#comment-1221 Naomi Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:54:00 +0000 http://myseveralworlds.com/blog/2008/01/14/photo-moment-only-in-japan/#comment-1221 I love this pic! I love this pic!

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