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Japanese Smile-Manner Squadron

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Etiquette Police - Japanese Smile-Manner Squadron
Japanese Smile-Manner Squadron
 Published: Mar 28, 08
 Views: 2,200

Hot on the tail of their Minister of Animation,  “etiquette police” are set to enforce manners on a Japanese metros where the bulk of bad etiquette can be seen.

People travelling on Yokohama’s, a port city south of Tokyo, metro transport will soon be told to behave properly in public. Behaving properly including turning down their headphones and giving up their seats for their elders and betters.

Randomly called the Smile-Manner Squadron, the team is mostly made up of over-60s with younger body guards (I love this detail).

I think it is a GREAT idea - but not a chance in hell of it working in London. They would not know where to start.


Meanwhile in China, they’re busy training girls etiquette for the Olympics…

 

 

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Who knew a beautiful smile could get you a spot in the Olympics? In preparation for the Beijing Summer Olympics 2008, Chinese high school girls are going through a grooming process in which they’re expected to wear painfully high heels and smile from ear-to-ear around the clock. They’re in competi… [More]

 References:  news.bbc

Filed In:  bizarre,  bizarre,  olympics,  pop culture,  unique,  world








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