Obviously a very old fail.
This is a line in Tokyo, but the train design dates it to the late 80’s or early 90’s during Japan’s bubble economy years.
They’ve since stopped help shove people in recognizing it was a safety hazard. You can now freely breathe on even the most crowded trains.
And about putting more trains in service… I don’t know about then, but now on most busy lines, theres a train every 3-4 minutes at rush hour. And every 8-10 minutes during off peak hours.
ummm you know this really is not a fail. In japan almost every major subway is packed tight like this. It is not any fun riding these trains, and no one should be making fun of these people. This is not a fail at all.
What happens if they reach critical mass and all the people meld into each other forming a giant that destroys Japan? Or is it going to be In The Hills, The Cities all over again?
What I’m wondering is: How do they got OFF the train? If they ALL get out at the same stop it would work, but if someone wants to get off at an “earlier” station, how the ??? do they get out of that sardine can?
I agree – I don’t get it, either! This is what they do in Japan; and sometimes it feels as though they do it in the UK, too, although actually they don’t.
in context, this if funny but the reality is actually really sad… There’s a video on utube called china train (This might be japan, i’m not sure). In it, a kid suffocates because its too crowded
i show high respect to them because their life isnt easy – like the most common office workers, they need to go to work everyday it’s an hour or so on a train.
in asia people are so hardworking, it’s the culture to be diligent –
last time i saw a documentary saying a jp husband left his wife and little child at 5 AM to get on a train to work…and gets home at about 11 pm…it’s normal to stay in the office till 10 pm.
when i was a Customs Broker in Shanghai I worked till 11 pm every friday b/c i needed to finish so much export stuff…
Well, genius: In some parts of Africa, cutting away half a girl’s vagina, and sewing it to a tiny hole, so her man can rip it open later is “normal” too.
Does this make it right for you*
It’s NOT a *normal* situation. It’s an insane situation. Seeing it every day there, just proves the insanity.
Would you want to be the first in there, suffocating from the pressure of people shoved on you? What about a kid, falling, and getting trampled to death?
You know where else such a situation was normal? In south American stadiums, where people pushed the others against the fence, and trampled on them, until they were bloody lumps.
WalMart should have closed the store immediately and allowed the Police
to hold everyone on suspicion of murder/assault…. BUT they stayed Open and probably sold the killers stuff at a better discount… DEATH SALE!
Bob, I have to correct one part… They DID close the store, after finding out that an employee was killed. However, What happened to security BEFORE the incident? Why weren’t they prepared, like most other major retailers are, for the mad rush of idiotic animals pretending to be humans?
Thanks LB, the news clip I saw, showed everyday people walking in the doors past the covered up guy when Fire & EMS Personnel were there waiting I guess for the police or coroner.
well im from south america in Chile (beside of argentina) and people dies from suffocation and lack of oxigen in subways. and in stadiums we are sooo
stupid b cuz we climd the containment fence and people fell off it and died
and kill each other betwen teams at the exit of the stadium. and then we
destroy the nearest houses in celebration of victory or defeat or just for
doing it.
and thats china not japan becuz china is overpopulated that tries
everything to make the population lower, like they legalized abortions
and police pass tickets to families with more than 4 members. THATS WHY THEY DONT LOWER THE PASSENGERS AND LET THEM SUFFOCATE. AND ANOTHER REASON TO SOO MANY ASIAN INMIGRANTS IN AMERICA
(NOT U.S. THE WHOLE CONTINENT) AND EUROPE
Having seen female circumcision up close and personal, I agree. But aren’t you being a tad….I don’t know…..ANGRY???? All the bad stuff you listed is not shindos fault.
quite safe. when the train moves around everyone is packed so tight, there’s no chance you’ll fall if the train hits a bump. if you crash, who needs airbags where there’s mr. tanaka.
Well, in North America people are tied to fences and beaten and left for dead for being homosexual. There was slave trading and there are underground child prostitution rings. But at the same time, a little while back, there was a guy who jumped onto a subway rail to save a child and barely saved his own life while saving the kids; proving that sometimes a moment of insanity does have a positive effect.
Good one Barefoot. Writing all that proves moreover that YOU FAIL at life more than he does if you have the time to write all that instead of doing something productive.
Whether its the norm or not, it definitely a fail. Just because everyone vomits on Vietnamese buses doesn’t make it a good thing. It’s amazing no one ever dies from suffocation or trampling.
its actually WIN, for the perverts who will ride the train, have you seen the usual uniforms of high school teenage girls? i would definitely stand behind those girls and hope that my crotch are pushed on their behind.
You try having that many people on one island, and you see if YOUR trains don’t get overloaded to the point of requiring special Pushers to get onto your trains.
In London they just shut the train doors and (in theory) there’s another train within a couple of minutes. I don’t know why they don’t just increase the frequency of trains in Tokyo. The station staff will specifically say (in London) that there’s another train 1 minute away, so to avoid delaying *this* train please stop pushing and let it leave.
JR is already pushed to the limit as is. Hopefully they’re looking into getting more trains to run more trains, but more trains means more staff means more money means, well you get my drift. For the moment, they’re doing the best they can with what they have.
It’s a no-win situation for them. Increasing the number of trains with their current budget would more than likely lead to some pretty bad accidents. Going slow & careful (like they are) gets people upset at delays, which is why they have the pushers on the train platforms…
Sorry but if you’re putting that money paying customers on each train you’re making a fucking mint. In the rest of the world train service operators manage to run their businesses and make a profit with a fraction of that amount of people on each train. And there’s no way you can convince me that running a train is that much more expensive in Japan that they need to squeeze on that many people to break even. Elementary economics here, if the demand is this big, raise your market price and supply.
Sorry, but I fucking wonder if there are any restrictions in place to control the price that JR charges for their tickets. They are a private company now, but they used to be a government service. I don’t know, but they could be sub-fucking-ject to a larger degree of scrutiny that other train services are in Japan.
And there’s no way you can convince me that you’re correct just because you use strong language.
Sounds like you’re angry about something. Want a *HUG*?
Assumption fail. No successful commuter railway in the world runs at a profit.
The more trains you run, the more subsidy it needs. If you don’t believe
me then you need to check your stats.
“Elementary economics” dictates that if a service generates more economic
activity than it can reasonably get in revenue, it deserves subsidy because
to not subsidise it would actually cost the economy more. You also can’t
price people off railways if they have no alternative.
I forgot to mention it’s also NOT on every train that you get that many people – only in rush hour, and only in one direction. Therefore the fact that there is a rush hour and the service needs to be more frequent makes it less profitable, not more. The only profitable railway would be one where every single train in both directions is at least 75% loaded – which they aren’t. If you got on a train going out of town at that time, you’d probably get a seat and be one of only a few people in the car – which isn’t profitable in the slightest.
To cite elementary economics in such a way as you did shows a complete lack of understanding of how a railway operates.
wait, am i on the right URL? is this failblog.org? you guys are actually discussing the topic? wheres the moronic off-topic post like “FIRST”, ‘your mother” etc.
I say this discussion is WIN, i hope this continue and every post will have sensible discussion like this.
Well, you know, I think they CAN run more trains.
In Moscow, during rush hours, a train comes every minute. One train is off – minute passes – another train comes in.
Moscow metro is one of the busiest in the world with over 10 million passangers per day, which is more than 3.65 billon passangers per year (Tokyo metro transfers about 5-6 million passangers per day (~2.8 billion per year)).
And, somehow, we do not need pushers.
I’m in Tokyo now for study abroad…..try being on that train in the morning ALREADY inside when the pushes come….I’ve concluded that if everyone were to just face the same way and make a spooning train, it would save space.
But yes, JR really can’t increase the number of trains…The Chuo line has a train every two or three minutes, and it’s also the most notorious for delays because for some reason, all the suicide jumpers like that one…I think it’s because Chuo is the cheapest train to die by, since if you commit suicide by train, your family has to pay a penalty.
hate to say it but you cant really fit more bullet trains on a track. In Japan pushing people into the train is a valid profession, but everywhere else it makes for good fail!
They’ve increased the frequency to the max, it seems. Now the train comes every 2 to 4 minutes during rush hour. They say if they run any more trains the track will be filled with them from one end to the other like a belt conveyor.
Hell, this only lasts for about an hour every single morning and evening.
I think I saw pushers in Osaka only once or twice in the two years i was living there. That was a couple of years ago, though. It could be different now.
True, I got on trains in Hiroshima and Kanazawa, no pressure at all. Unless you count trying to get a group of 30 foreign students onto a bullet train in under a minute. That was fun.
The pushing went on for 1 1/2 minutes. If there was a train every 2 to 4 minutes later, then we should already see a new crowd of people equal to at least half of what was pushed onto that train. I don’t see anyone new showing up, so I’ll assume the trains are a lot further apart than 2 to 4 minutes.
Additionally, I don’t think the people that say there isn’t the budget for more trains are quite understanding the point. Manual labour is one of the most expensive components of an operation… how much would be saved if you didn’t have a bunch of uniformed pushers hired to stand on every platform?
I think you’re missing the point about manual labor. Every train requires a crew, engineers, & administrators in order to make it run safely & smoothly. Skilled full time labor like that is much more expensive than the part-time college kids they sometimes employ to do the pushing during the 1 hour of rush time per day. Most times, the regular train staff does the pushing, which means there is no increased overhead.
Yes, plus they have people who are responsible for keeping the doors on the other side of the car closed. Imagine how many people they could push in if they just keep falling out the other side.
The average wait time for a train in Tokyo is 3 minutes – the problem is, around rush hour, they’re all like that you’d have to wait 30 minutes to an hour to go anywhere if you don’t want to be crushed. You get used the to crushing.
“What about you Dang, what is it you do? “Well Wang, I too am a train people pusher person, although I got stuck with the ‘first time riders’, if only you could imagine.”
I hope your bank fails, your car breaks down too far from home to be towed, and your ex use a voodoo doll of you to start the arson fire in your new house.
My point is, this happens every freakin’ day in Tokyo and other large cities in Japan.
It is funny to note that the “pushers” yell “ONEGAI SHIMAAAASU!!” (something like “with your permission!!) before getting all the people in xD.
Then when the person pukes blook all over and it gets in somones eyes and they bite somone and then people are “the infected” and then they :O oops………………………………………………………
Have lived and worked in Tokyo for years and can attest that this is FAIL even by Japan’s standards.
Looks like the JR Chuo line. Perhaps it was so crowded that morning because of delays caused by someone deciding to jump in front of a train and commit “Chuo-cide.” If you faced lifetime of getting shoved on crowded trains, you might consider it too. The whole situation is a Human Dignity Fail.
Even on a less crowded train than this, the air inside becomes stuffy and unbreatheable, even if you can take full breaths because your ribcage isn’t crushed. In any case, you’re going to be contorted and uncomfortable, making this a Health & Safety Fail.
Incidentally, with Japan’s aging population, any frail old folks (there are plenty of them) could easily be suffocated in this crush of people. That makes this an Extra-Dumb Fail.
So, you’re uncomfortable as hell sucking in unbreatheable air, begging for the train ride to come to an end, but the train is overcrowded and because mass+speed=momentum=slower acceleration and stopping speed, you end up spending longer on the train. Fail.
NONE of Chicago’s trains get that bad. EVER. There have been days when it might feel like that, though.
The upshot is you don’t need to hold on to anything to stay standing. The downside is you can’t breathe.
You don’t know how right you are. Women on public transport are considered fair game and objecting is actually considered rude. I punched a guys lights out in Tokyo one day. He stuck his hand up my girlfriend’s skirt and carried on when I indicated pretty plainly that she was not available for this sort of thing. It was pretty clear from the reaction of my fellow passengers that I had committed a grave social sin; one guy followed us when we got off the train and actually told me I should not have done it. Sigh.
I took Chicago’s El for several years while I went to Loyola from the suburbs. While the el is not THAT packed, I’m sure it rivaled theirs in terms of urine smell.
The El is indeed a stinky public transportation system! You should see what happens on the BUSES here!
True story : I was taking the bus to work, and one of the seats was covered with newspapers. And there were newspapers on the floor in front of it. I sat across the aisle and settled in for my 45 min ride. A woman wearing flip flops attempted to sit in the newspaper seat. She moved immediately. The newspapers were covering human SOLID waste. I NEVER wear flip flops if I even think I might have to take the bus!
Been taking the El for over ten years. They used to be bad but are much better now (no solid waste to speak of – eeew)
Brown and Blue are great. Red and Green sometimes fail. Still, the CTA gets less funding than any metro light-rail system in the States and also has one of the lowest fairs per rider.
PS to Avis: you sure it was #2? More than likely it was vomit from the night before, especially if it was an O.W.L. bus. (still eeew)
Wow, my CTA experiences are sunshine and roses in comparison – scary drunks and one fondler on the El and vomit on the bus (some woman who kept barfing and didn’t realize it *might* be a good idea to get off the damned bus, so the rest of us did). Any of which are preferable to poo.
I bet I know which bus that was!! The Western!! I used to work with someone who went out one night with her boyfriend and she had waaaaaayy too much to drink. She has a ridiculously low tolerance! If she tried to match me drink for drink, she’d be out by drink 4. But, that never stopped her from continuing on!
After stories like this, I promise never to bitch about BART again. That was a very nice public transportation system, when compared to everything you’ve all said here.
No, Dragon dear, you and all the others are safe, I’m here for the souls of trolls… assuming, of course that trolls have souls… Bring out yer dead,
bring out yer dead…
Lived, yes, past tense. Novato was home, worked in Alameda. We were in drydock at pier 71 for 3 months, as well, so I got quite familiar with riding BART. By ‘here’, where do you mean?
When I travel to Chicago, I arrange for Limosene transportation from either the station or from Midway, I refuse to fly into ‘O’Hairy’. And the limo service is less expensive than an airport or train station shuttle , and also FAR cheaper than a cabby.
I initially read “The El is indeed a stinky public *restroom* system!”
Oh, and EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW. Although there is one guy I used to see on the bus pretty regularly who often had very obviously wet himself. I even had to sit and watch him to make sure he was breathing one time, because I was afraid his bladder had let go because he’d died.
It felt like that on the trip “over there” anyway, didn’t it? I know mine did. The idea of hiding in my “DeadHookerBag” instead of the cabin of the C-5 was quite appealing.
LOL, no, that’s just the nickname… ’cause it’s large enough to carry around a dead hooker… wait, I’m not helping any, am I??? I’ll just be over –>here by myself..
They do get packed til where u can’t move….at least on red and brown (most definitely brown line)….However we do not require special pushers and people get on without freaking out, dry-humping each other…..and our trains only come every 6-10 mins or so, so that’s an accomplishment for patience here i suppose…
At least he’s smart. But, alas, no. Colbert just doesn’t do anything for me… .think taller. Dragon knows who I’m talking about, we’ve discussed him here before, ages ago.
The man in question is 6′5 I think. Which makes him very close to being a foot taller than I am.
But in reality, I just want the guy to be taller than me.
Flattery will get you everywhere! This was oh, about a month or two ago. And because it really isn’t a big deal, the guy is Vincent D’Onofrio. I cannot ruely explain it.
I agree! When they said fail, I was expecting someone NOT to get on. Personally, I think it would be fun to be on these trains…it would be like a mosh pit c(=
My guess is a claustrophobic person would just walk instead. Hell, *I* would walk instead. Even if it’s 50 miles away and snowing outside. And uphill. Both ways. Something about dying like a sardine doesn’t appeal to me for some reason – I can’t put my finger on it. Oh, maybe because it’s a SAFETY FAIL!?!
No, its perfectly safe. Actually according to recent studies due to there being no free space for moving objects inside of the cars, in the event of a crash the energy would be transferred equally through all passengers.
I’ve been in Japan and experienced this kind of ‘packing’. The people pushing the crowd and actually very well trained (no pun intended), gentle, and otherwise polite. And for the people trying to get on the train, it is actually an appreciated service.
I know it looks ridiculous, but given the circumstances, it’s a win for the travelers who otherwise would be left on the platform.
Still seems weird that they don’t increase that to every 2 minutes (two subway lines in London have trains every 2-3 minutes in the morning peak, it can still be a squash, but no one bothers to push on like that). It would seem a worthwhile investment.
The train on this line in Tokyo (the Yamanote line, the world’s busiest) DO come every 2-3 minutes during rush hours, and EVERY one is this crowded. Every day. There is no escape. And to answer another question, the Japanese don’t wear deodorant!
Because the trains are already as long as the platforms, so to add more cars to the train, they’d also have to lengthen all the platforms. Which might be an idea, except they may not have room.
Yamanote line, actually. In the Tokyo metro area; it’s the one that loops around all of the major (but slightly smaller) cities around Tokyo. You get kinda used to it…
It’s a problem.
lol, they’re actually doing research on building robots as health care workers, they’re so concerned that there won’t be enough people to care for the elderly in the future.
I think this is Japan. Actually with the low birth rate and high suicide rates, Japan’s population is getting too low. The reason you see these train crams is cause EVERYONE wants to live in Tokyo. They chose to be sardines. The countrysides are all empty.
oh, you should see it, those gloves are everywhere in japan: elevator attendants in malls, bus drivers, restaurant hostesses, etc. and they have a little routine that comes with it. it fantabulous (competing with ri-gosh-darn-diculous)
I agree: NOT a Fail. I lived in Japan for 3 years and this is a daily occurance!
Still funny tho!
And by the way: Doesn’t smell but you’ll probably get groped! I did.
Sorry, saving them for my date with Christopher. He mentioned something about ED and I wasn’t sure if it was a friend or a problem so I got the pills just in case.
Whoever says this is a fail doesn’t ride the 4 train in Manhattan during rush hour. Hell, they probably don’t even live in the tristate area. This is a total win.
ever been stuck in the london tube? with your head tilted so the door won’t decapitate you? and ride a whole 20 mins like that? at least in japan, you can stand up.
I’m down with that, bro. His name is ur wrong – referring to Retaba…. Retaba mixed up CO and CO2. You’re not gonna catch me that easily, you wily boy. But *hugs* anyway. *goes back to the lab*
I’ve totally been pushed onto the train in Shanghai too! There people-pushing is a bit more of an art because the doors are much more dangerous. They’ll snap those little hands right off!
It most definitely was a fail indeed
Why ? What’s the fail ? I don’t get it ?
Fire hazard fail? Personal space fail? Just plain ol’ fail.
Breathing Fail
and i thought my commute in NYC was bad… it’s a pleasant experience compared to this.
Personal space? Who needs it?
How ’bout breathing?
i would love to fart in that train and watch every1 have to take it LOL I WIN
theres NOBODY in the other cars after the first three
It’s win for being cheap asses and not putting more train services on >.>
Obviously a very old fail.
This is a line in Tokyo, but the train design dates it to the late 80’s or early 90’s during Japan’s bubble economy years.
They’ve since stopped help shove people in recognizing it was a safety hazard. You can now freely breathe on even the most crowded trains.
And about putting more trains in service… I don’t know about then, but now on most busy lines, theres a train every 3-4 minutes at rush hour. And every 8-10 minutes during off peak hours.
ummm you know this really is not a fail. In japan almost every major subway is packed tight like this. It is not any fun riding these trains, and no one should be making fun of these people. This is not a fail at all.
You’re a bitch
Cheap public transit fail?
Health and safety fail?
Customer service fail?
If the Japanese subways are packed tight like this too, then they fail for all reasons mentioned above.
It looks like a WIN to me? They got everyone on – hooray!
i just wanna see them all come flying out XD just imagine….
Oooh! Yea! How the hell do they get the doors open without people springing out?
Recognizing the train is overcrowded fail
MASS transportation win!
What happens if they reach critical mass and all the people meld into each other forming a giant that destroys Japan? Or is it going to be In The Hills, The Cities all over again?
I couldn’t help but notice that the timestamp on your comment is 4:20, Mikey. Coincidence? I think not.
how is that a win? hows everyone gonna get out? they wont b able to move….
Yeah, but think of how easy it would be to grab some ass.
i thought it was a win too.
What I’m wondering is: How do they got OFF the train? If they ALL get out at the same stop it would work, but if someone wants to get off at an “earlier” station, how the ??? do they get out of that sardine can?
What if the guy who wants to get off at the next stop is waaaaay in there?
System fail!
Excect the woman in black… she had to go home sad and alone.
thats what i was thinking.
I don’t get it either. That’s a normal situation on Japanese trains.
This post is a Fail FAIL.
Its abit fucked up ya know.
I agree – I don’t get it, either! This is what they do in Japan; and sometimes it feels as though they do it in the UK, too, although actually they don’t.
in context, this if funny but the reality is actually really sad… There’s a video on utube called china train (This might be japan, i’m not sure). In it, a kid suffocates because its too crowded
that’s in Japan b/c they are speaking Japanese……
this suprised me a bit too.
i show high respect to them because their life isnt easy – like the most common office workers, they need to go to work everyday it’s an hour or so on a train.
in asia people are so hardworking, it’s the culture to be diligent –
last time i saw a documentary saying a jp husband left his wife and little child at 5 AM to get on a train to work…and gets home at about 11 pm…it’s normal to stay in the office till 10 pm.
when i was a Customs Broker in Shanghai I worked till 11 pm every friday b/c i needed to finish so much export stuff…
what can you say?
Well, genius: In some parts of Africa, cutting away half a girl’s vagina, and sewing it to a tiny hole, so her man can rip it open later is “normal” too.
Does this make it right for you*
It’s NOT a *normal* situation. It’s an insane situation. Seeing it every day there, just proves the insanity.
Would you want to be the first in there, suffocating from the pressure of people shoved on you? What about a kid, falling, and getting trampled to death?
You know where else such a situation was normal? In south American stadiums, where people pushed the others against the fence, and trampled on them, until they were bloody lumps.
Way to go, idiot! You FAIL at life!
Don’t forget Walmart on Black Friday.
WalMart should have closed the store immediately and allowed the Police
to hold everyone on suspicion of murder/assault…. BUT they stayed Open and probably sold the killers stuff at a better discount… DEATH SALE!
Bob, I have to correct one part… They DID close the store, after finding out that an employee was killed. However, What happened to security BEFORE the incident? Why weren’t they prepared, like most other major retailers are, for the mad rush of idiotic animals pretending to be humans?
It’s awfully hard to have faith in humanity when people keep proving that it’s so often misplaced.
AMEN.
*hugs Dragon*
*thinks of something prolific in order to snag a hug from LB*
…”prolific”??
:p
I think it’s a reference to a previous fail.
D’oh!
I usually catch those.
*HUGS RYANNON*
No Prolific reasons needed, you can have hugs and more, anytime!
Thanks LB, the news clip I saw, showed everyday people walking in the doors past the covered up guy when Fire & EMS Personnel were there waiting I guess for the police or coroner.
Whenever I fear that my faith in humanity has been restored, I just watch them drive.
“Oh no, it’s the first snow of the year. I’ve forgotten how to drive.”
“Hmm… this left lane must have been specially made for me.”
Do you live in or near St. Louis? Because that is exactly what happens EVERY SINGLE TIME it snows. Also? This happens when it’s only snow flurries.
OMG THATS SOOOO TRUE!!!
well im from south america in Chile (beside of argentina) and people dies from suffocation and lack of oxigen in subways. and in stadiums we are sooo
stupid b cuz we climd the containment fence and people fell off it and died
and kill each other betwen teams at the exit of the stadium. and then we
destroy the nearest houses in celebration of victory or defeat or just for
doing it.
and thats china not japan becuz china is overpopulated that tries
everything to make the population lower, like they legalized abortions
and police pass tickets to families with more than 4 members. THATS WHY THEY DONT LOWER THE PASSENGERS AND LET THEM SUFFOCATE. AND ANOTHER REASON TO SOO MANY ASIAN INMIGRANTS IN AMERICA
(NOT U.S. THE WHOLE CONTINENT) AND EUROPE
this is japan they are speaking japanese >.> and so what if the chinese legalized abortions? i believe in abortion
Having seen female circumcision up close and personal, I agree. But aren’t you being a tad….I don’t know…..ANGRY???? All the bad stuff you listed is not shindos fault.
psssst….there is a 55 gallon drum of prozac with your nam all over it…..
quite safe. when the train moves around everyone is packed so tight, there’s no chance you’ll fall if the train hits a bump. if you crash, who needs airbags where there’s mr. tanaka.
Good point, man
Well, in North America people are tied to fences and beaten and left for dead for being homosexual. There was slave trading and there are underground child prostitution rings. But at the same time, a little while back, there was a guy who jumped onto a subway rail to save a child and barely saved his own life while saving the kids; proving that sometimes a moment of insanity does have a positive effect.
i agree and i mean y does everyone have to criticize it, its just supposed to be funny and be a fail so laugh and go on to the next one.
ps, i know about my speeling.
Good one Barefoot. Writing all that proves moreover that YOU FAIL at life more than he does if you have the time to write all that instead of doing something productive.
Barefoot, you ARE the weakest link, Goodbye
chill the f–k out dude. this is NOT the spirit of FAIL.
Not to mention the fact that this video went around months ago. Originality FAIL.
Old fail, new fail, funny fail, blew fail.
Yeah, it’s just different from the way we do things. More like a cultural knowledge fail
WD40 FTW!
This is true. This is an everyday thing in Japan. The men pushing people on the trains are actually hired people at train stations.
Just ‘cuz it’s normal doesnt mean it’s not a fail. . . Britney spears releasing a song is normal, and yet. . .
Just because it’s normal does not mean it is not a fail. . . Britney releasing a CD is normal and a fail.
So it’s a normal fail
Hooray, i cant see my comments
if you look at things that way, then the chair over the hole is a normal toilet in certain third world countries. you take the fun out of failing.
Right, UNFORTUNATELY, those Japanese attempt to carry it over to New York City subway trains. THAT’s a FAIL.
Yeah, that looks like a fucking win to me. Everyone got on, nothing hanging out the doors, and nobody fell off–nobody even so much as spoke hardly.
That has win written all over it. And everyone was on time, too.
Whether its the norm or not, it definitely a fail. Just because everyone vomits on Vietnamese buses doesn’t make it a good thing. It’s amazing no one ever dies from suffocation or trampling.
They have no room to move, or breath! Why don’t they just go in an orderly
line?
No fail in sight to me.
People gotta stop posting no-fail videos.
They see fails everywhere, even when there isn’t one.
THIS IS NOT A FAIL.
Agreed.
um, that being “normal” seems like a fail to me
This is a normal situation on Japanese trains? WTF? People are standing by to help push the crowd into the train? HAHAHA. Wicked!
Maybe the fail is for the sucker who wants to get off the train at the next stop!
Normal situation fail…
Just cuz its normal doesnt mean its not FAIL
good, glad i’m not the only who knows this really happens. I feel bad for ht guy in the back who has to get off at the next stop though
It’s fail if some dude in the middle of the train got on the wrong subway.
haha, but the normal stiuation on Japanese trains is the fail
Quote shindo: I don’t get it either. That’s a normal situation on Japanese trains.
This post is a Fail FAIL.
yeah duh have you guys never seen this before? geez its not a fail at all
I suppose because its normal in Japan makes it safe and ok then? Big Fail!!
fail Fail you say..? that’s a double negative, which technically makes it a positive
its actually WIN, for the perverts who will ride the train, have you seen the usual uniforms of high school teenage girls? i would definitely stand behind those girls and hope that my crotch are pushed on their behind.
What if your crotch was jammed into an old man’s?
thats because there is no fail this is a more then daily happening in japan
All aboard!
It’s a society fail, STOP HAVING KIDS! Or some day it will be like that every were.
what? are you retarded? you don’t get the fail? they are shoving hundreds of people into 1 train!!!! that’s a fail!
when the train is full u wait for the next one. no make the guards compact u all in there. but we dont do that in western contries. lol
Agreed.
As a New Yorker, any squished commute I survive is a win.
Do u know how they got Jews to concentration camps during the Holocaust?
It looks downright painful.
Alrighty just 1 more hour of this and THEN WORK! BOY i love Japan
The most amazing thing is how disciplined and quiet everyone is.
Only if you’re crammed on with fat, stinky Americans.
Does it have to be stinky Americans, specifically? What about nice-smelling Americans? Also, what about thin ones? Or just average ones?
How do Americans feel when they’re next to a stinky Asian? The public wants to know!
You try having that many people on one island, and you see if YOUR trains don’t get overloaded to the point of requiring special Pushers to get onto your trains.
Amateur.
In London they just shut the train doors and (in theory) there’s another train within a couple of minutes. I don’t know why they don’t just increase the frequency of trains in Tokyo. The station staff will specifically say (in London) that there’s another train 1 minute away, so to avoid delaying *this* train please stop pushing and let it leave.
If they sacked all the pushers they’d probably have the money to run more trains.
Looks like they are on their way to a slaughterhouse.
JR is already pushed to the limit as is. Hopefully they’re looking into getting more trains to run more trains, but more trains means more staff means more money means, well you get my drift. For the moment, they’re doing the best they can with what they have.
It’s a no-win situation for them. Increasing the number of trains with their current budget would more than likely lead to some pretty bad accidents. Going slow & careful (like they are) gets people upset at delays, which is why they have the pushers on the train platforms…
Sorry but if you’re putting that money paying customers on each train you’re making a fucking mint. In the rest of the world train service operators manage to run their businesses and make a profit with a fraction of that amount of people on each train. And there’s no way you can convince me that running a train is that much more expensive in Japan that they need to squeeze on that many people to break even. Elementary economics here, if the demand is this big, raise your market price and supply.
Sorry, but I fucking wonder if there are any restrictions in place to control the price that JR charges for their tickets. They are a private company now, but they used to be a government service. I don’t know, but they could be sub-fucking-ject to a larger degree of scrutiny that other train services are in Japan.
And there’s no way you can convince me that you’re correct just because you use strong language.
Sounds like you’re angry about something. Want a *HUG*?
Assumption fail. No successful commuter railway in the world runs at a profit.
The more trains you run, the more subsidy it needs. If you don’t believe
me then you need to check your stats.
“Elementary economics” dictates that if a service generates more economic
activity than it can reasonably get in revenue, it deserves subsidy because
to not subsidise it would actually cost the economy more. You also can’t
price people off railways if they have no alternative.
I forgot to mention it’s also NOT on every train that you get that many people – only in rush hour, and only in one direction. Therefore the fact that there is a rush hour and the service needs to be more frequent makes it less profitable, not more. The only profitable railway would be one where every single train in both directions is at least 75% loaded – which they aren’t. If you got on a train going out of town at that time, you’d probably get a seat and be one of only a few people in the car – which isn’t profitable in the slightest.
To cite elementary economics in such a way as you did shows a complete lack of understanding of how a railway operates.
wait, am i on the right URL? is this failblog.org? you guys are actually discussing the topic? wheres the moronic off-topic post like “FIRST”, ‘your mother” etc.
I say this discussion is WIN, i hope this continue and every post will have sensible discussion like this.
It happens every so often. We can stop now if you like.
And for the record, just what did this post of yours have to do with the topic?
did I hurt your feelings Avis? are you one of those moronic posters?
Go find a crowded train and rub your crotch on a stranger.
…and then get arrested for pedophilia. Theng-kew!
ooh… you messed with the wrong FB regular..
You’ll notice he didn’t answer my question.
what about just adding an extra car or two to the trains….
that would not require more staff, but would add extra space.
Well, you know, I think they CAN run more trains.
In Moscow, during rush hours, a train comes every minute. One train is off – minute passes – another train comes in.
Moscow metro is one of the busiest in the world with over 10 million passangers per day, which is more than 3.65 billon passangers per year (Tokyo metro transfers about 5-6 million passangers per day (~2.8 billion per year)).
And, somehow, we do not need pushers.
What? All these comments actually have something do with the video itself. That’s like a failblog Fail.
I’m in Tokyo now for study abroad…..try being on that train in the morning ALREADY inside when the pushes come….I’ve concluded that if everyone were to just face the same way and make a spooning train, it would save space.
But yes, JR really can’t increase the number of trains…The Chuo line has a train every two or three minutes, and it’s also the most notorious for delays because for some reason, all the suicide jumpers like that one…I think it’s because Chuo is the cheapest train to die by, since if you commit suicide by train, your family has to pay a penalty.
Increasing the JR rails would just be a disaster.
Which, in itself, is a fail.
no-win = fail
*note to self: NEVER COMPLAIN ABOUT MONTREAL’S TRANSIT SYSTEM AGAIN*
hate to say it but you cant really fit more bullet trains on a track. In Japan pushing people into the train is a valid profession, but everywhere else it makes for good fail!
They’ve increased the frequency to the max, it seems. Now the train comes every 2 to 4 minutes during rush hour. They say if they run any more trains the track will be filled with them from one end to the other like a belt conveyor.
Hell, this only lasts for about an hour every single morning and evening.
also, the rest of the country isn’t really like that, only tokyo, maybe osaka.
I think I saw pushers in Osaka only once or twice in the two years i was living there. That was a couple of years ago, though. It could be different now.
I dunno…I was on some pretty crowded buses in Kyoto.
Think it’s basically somethign that happens on the Yamanote and a few others lines in Tokyo never saw this in 6 months of living in Osaka & Kobe..
True, I got on trains in Hiroshima and Kanazawa, no pressure at all. Unless you count trying to get a group of 30 foreign students onto a bullet train in under a minute. That was fun.
The pushing went on for 1 1/2 minutes. If there was a train every 2 to 4 minutes later, then we should already see a new crowd of people equal to at least half of what was pushed onto that train. I don’t see anyone new showing up, so I’ll assume the trains are a lot further apart than 2 to 4 minutes.
Additionally, I don’t think the people that say there isn’t the budget for more trains are quite understanding the point. Manual labour is one of the most expensive components of an operation… how much would be saved if you didn’t have a bunch of uniformed pushers hired to stand on every platform?
I think you’re missing the point about manual labor. Every train requires a crew, engineers, & administrators in order to make it run safely & smoothly. Skilled full time labor like that is much more expensive than the part-time college kids they sometimes employ to do the pushing during the 1 hour of rush time per day. Most times, the regular train staff does the pushing, which means there is no increased overhead.
The question I have is this : do they have people who’s jobs are to catch the people when the train reaches it’s destination and the doors open?
Yes, plus they have people who are responsible for keeping the doors on the other side of the car closed. Imagine how many people they could push in if they just keep falling out the other side.
*Visualizes Reverse Clown Car Action*
LOL
I am the Pusher Robot. I shove around the blind people.
A Belt Conveyor might not be a bad idea!
I don’t see anything wrong with a get-to-work conveyor belt!
*sigh* i miss living in Japan
Good God I’d just stay at work another 2 or 3 hours to avoid that.
If they run any more trains than they do already they risk collisions, which is bad. So they just squeeze trains to 150+% capacity.
In Japan, it is not unusual to commute 2 hours to get to work. That train could be traveling for an hour or so, the next one not coming for a while.
The average wait time for a train in Tokyo is 3 minutes – the problem is, around rush hour, they’re all like that you’d have to wait 30 minutes to an hour to go anywhere if you don’t want to be crushed. You get used the to crushing.
In theory, a train should arrive at London on time. In theory.
Just had to add that
“So Wang what it is you do?” “Well, i’m a train people pusher person. “
I sincerely doubt the Japanese would tolerate a Chinese man pushing them into a train.
*snicker* I’m gonna be laughing at that all day.
PWN @ nato0519
Ha! so true…
Cultural Fail: This is in Japan, and Wang is a Chinese name!
“What about you Dang, what is it you do? “Well Wang, I too am a train people pusher person, although I got stuck with the ‘first time riders’, if only you could imagine.”
Japanese Name Fail.
“Wang” would be Chinese or maybe Hmong or another continental Asian name, you Orientalist dickweed.
Ethnicity FAIL – “Wang” is not a Japanese surname.
FAIL: Wang is a Chineese name
You don’t know anything about JAPANESE names, do you? Wang is not one, for instance.
whoa, comment echo…
I lol’d. Nice xD
Marry me, Nato.
Language FAIL! “Wang” is a Chinese name. This is in Japan…
Wang is a chinese name. P:
It would prolly be something more like Akira or Daisuke.
Prolly Daisuke.
I used to work as a train people pusher person trainer…
Never met a Japanese person named “Wang” – hmmm.
Haha except Wang is not a Japanese name.
You don’t know much about Japanese names, do you?
Here’s a tip: Wang is not one.
Wang is a Chinese name.
FAIL
Asian surname fail.
LOL.
the people you speak of need a new plague.
Officer fail: Those aren’t jews!
having class fail.
That’s just wrong. Funny, but wrong.
Oh! Look! A human being fail! Please wait for the next train and step in front of it.
We’ll take you to the “come a little closer” funeral home in Germany.
Just don’t stand in front of this door to read this sign that says not to stand in front of this door.
Intelligence fail, Moorz. That’s a horrible thing to joke about.
LOL!
You’ve hit the nail on the head.
@Mooz: Epic comment fail.
wow dude I’m almost dying… xD
Bad taste fail..
racism fail…
Aww, oh no…it’s too soon. =(
(To tell the truth, that’s what I thought of, too.)
If they were Jews, there would be more complaining.
I hope your bank fails, your car breaks down too far from home to be towed, and your ex use a voodoo doll of you to start the arson fire in your new house.
That’s disgusting.
That makes me wonder if they bother with no-smoking signs in there…
Nazi undertone WIN
No Fail? What do you mean? There was part of a coat sticking out of a door. Such untidiness is absolutely unJapanese.
I have ridden the Tokyo subway at rush hour. It is one of those experiences everyone should have once.
Possible emphasis on the ‘once’. I hope those trains are well ventilated.
this is unJapanese? Why do you say this? I happen to speak Japanese and I am telling you this is in Japan.
oh my god.
I agree with the lack of fail
This isn’t new, nor funny at this point… you guys seriously haven’t seen this before?
My point is, this happens every freakin’ day in Tokyo and other large cities in Japan.
It is funny to note that the “pushers” yell “ONEGAI SHIMAAAASU!!” (something like “with your permission!!) before getting all the people in xD.
I know! I mean, how do you get through everyone to get off at your stop?
this was a complete oshiya success – whoever decided to post this as a fail needs a culture fail.
Human in a can anyone?
Scares the heck out of me just to look at. What is the experience of anyone who has mobility issues in that sort of chaotic press?
First fail
Actually it is a WIN! They actually managed to pack the train, props to them. Too Bad it wouldn’t be a comfortable ride.
What they didn’t know was that this train was headed for Auschwitz.
Welcome to Commi land! hahaha
Then when the person pukes blook all over and it gets in somones eyes and they bite somone and then people are “the infected” and then they :O oops………………………………………………………
“Warning: Contents may settle during transit.”
Fail clusterfuck!
Have lived and worked in Tokyo for years and can attest that this is FAIL even by Japan’s standards.
Looks like the JR Chuo line. Perhaps it was so crowded that morning because of delays caused by someone deciding to jump in front of a train and commit “Chuo-cide.” If you faced lifetime of getting shoved on crowded trains, you might consider it too. The whole situation is a Human Dignity Fail.
Even on a less crowded train than this, the air inside becomes stuffy and unbreatheable, even if you can take full breaths because your ribcage isn’t crushed. In any case, you’re going to be contorted and uncomfortable, making this a Health & Safety Fail.
Incidentally, with Japan’s aging population, any frail old folks (there are plenty of them) could easily be suffocated in this crush of people. That makes this an Extra-Dumb Fail.
So, you’re uncomfortable as hell sucking in unbreatheable air, begging for the train ride to come to an end, but the train is overcrowded and because mass+speed=momentum=slower acceleration and stopping speed, you end up spending longer on the train. Fail.
China is so silly. That video so fails.
mendzlu pendzlu ja przepraszam
ja cie chujem moim zraszam
mendzel pendzel to przyjaciel seksu analnego i zwierzat
you said it
All those words just to say “it?”
And I though English was complicated!
Inspired!
Apparently you “though” correctly
Apparently you “though” correctly!
Engrish very compricate yes
No, you were not first. first fail.
He said “it” or “first”?
Ok, that was fail…
One of the reasons I rarely admit on the internet that I’m Polish…
polish people RULE
Couldn’t agree more.
mendzlu pendzlu I am sorry
I cock my list sprinkling
mendzel pendzel friend to animals and sex analnego
Dont wanna know the rest…
(Sorry if I double posted didnt send I dont think)
Pardon me, Mr. Christ? May I bother you for the name of your drug supplier? Thanks so much.
all i understood from above is – anal sex…
My screen reading software refuses to read this out loud. Software FAIL !
Tak. Bardzo inteligentny komentarz, możesz iść pochwalić się mamusi. Brawo.
Well, they got them all in…
Oh, and why does it say “unrated”? I know I voted on this one!
actually there were a couple people who got shunned there at the end.
I thought they were just running to another car.
GOD that train must smell like ass and B/O sooooo bad. No thanks, I will walk.
So true, so stinkily incredibly true.
Didn’t you know asians have almost zero body odor?
Ha… Dunno about THAT. Anyone care to sniff? Any takers?>
God yes. Can you imagine if it were filled with middle schoolers fresh out of PE? Ewwwwww…. Sounds like my school’s gym locker room.
Blasphemy, blas for you, blas for everyone!
*GRIN!*
Heee! I knew you of all people would get that
*hugs*
Of course I did!
*hugs back*
Ha!
Japanese people don’t have B/O like us white people. Living in japan, it was impossible to find deodorant. You are more likely to smell booze
That looks safe.
(sarcasm)
Even 5:30 at Penn Station on a Friday isn’t this bad.
NONE of Chicago’s trains get that bad. EVER. There have been days when it might feel like that, though.
The upshot is you don’t need to hold on to anything to stay standing. The downside is you can’t breathe.
Second downside is that old man’s hand up the skirt
Downside for her, most definitely!
I don’t know… I’ve seen evidence that “hers” wouldn’t be the only ones wearing skirts and getting felt up in trains!
that’s messed up…beyond all recognition
..And up (in)side for him!
You don’t know how right you are. Women on public transport are considered fair game and objecting is actually considered rude. I punched a guys lights out in Tokyo one day. He stuck his hand up my girlfriend’s skirt and carried on when I indicated pretty plainly that she was not available for this sort of thing. It was pretty clear from the reaction of my fellow passengers that I had committed a grave social sin; one guy followed us when we got off the train and actually told me I should not have done it. Sigh.
tl;dr I punched a Jap for being a dickhead.
I took Chicago’s El for several years while I went to Loyola from the suburbs. While the el is not THAT packed, I’m sure it rivaled theirs in terms of urine smell.
btw, this video is public transportation win!
I’m pretty sure Japanese trains would fail any contest to find urine on their trains. They’re just not a pissy people *sigh*
How would you even hit the floor in that train?
Aim up and miss?
literal lol #2
You’re getting lots of points today, Ret
Shades of 1930’s German railtrains. Where is the piss jar?Are they enroute to an ‘encampment’, where ‘work will set you free.’?
The El is indeed a stinky public transportation system! You should see what happens on the BUSES here!
True story : I was taking the bus to work, and one of the seats was covered with newspapers. And there were newspapers on the floor in front of it. I sat across the aisle and settled in for my 45 min ride. A woman wearing flip flops attempted to sit in the newspaper seat. She moved immediately. The newspapers were covering human SOLID waste. I NEVER wear flip flops if I even think I might have to take the bus!
…
*blink*blink*
I’m glad I don’t live in the Windy City
Been taking the El for over ten years. They used to be bad but are much better now (no solid waste to speak of – eeew)
Brown and Blue are great. Red and Green sometimes fail. Still, the CTA gets less funding than any metro light-rail system in the States and also has one of the lowest fairs per rider.
PS to Avis: you sure it was #2? More than likely it was vomit from the night before, especially if it was an O.W.L. bus. (still eeew)
…
*blink*blink*
I’m glad I live in the south where public transportation is almost nonexistant.
Wow, my CTA experiences are sunshine and roses in comparison – scary drunks and one fondler on the El and vomit on the bus (some woman who kept barfing and didn’t realize it *might* be a good idea to get off the damned bus, so the rest of us did). Any of which are preferable to poo.
I bet I know which bus that was!! The Western!! I used to work with someone who went out one night with her boyfriend and she had waaaaaayy too much to drink. She has a ridiculously low tolerance! If she tried to match me drink for drink, she’d be out by drink 4. But, that never stopped her from continuing on!
After stories like this, I promise never to bitch about BART again. That was a very nice public transportation system, when compared to everything you’ve all said here.
Erm…Lunchbox? Nice…um…new avatar.
*hides*
No, Dragon dear, you and all the others are safe, I’m here for the souls of trolls… assuming, of course that trolls have souls…
Bring out yer dead,
bring out yer dead…
oh? £υηçhþöχ is from the Bay Area? He says “was” though… must not be living here anymore, hhmm….
Lived, yes, past tense. Novato was home, worked in Alameda. We were in drydock at pier 71 for 3 months, as well, so I got quite familiar with riding BART. By ‘here’, where do you mean?
When I travel to Chicago, I arrange for Limosene transportation from either the station or from Midway, I refuse to fly into ‘O’Hairy’. And the limo service is less expensive than an airport or train station shuttle , and also FAR cheaper than a cabby.
I initially read “The El is indeed a stinky public *restroom* system!”
Oh, and EEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW. Although there is one guy I used to see on the bus pretty regularly who often had very obviously wet himself. I even had to sit and watch him to make sure he was breathing one time, because I was afraid his bladder had let go because he’d died.
You wouldn’t be that far off. If there isn’t one already there should be a blog where you can share your public transportation horror stories!
Whoa… Gross.
Fortunately, I used CTA while in Chicago in November and it was clean.
Whomever sat there before her must have been pooped
3rd downside is the plunger/crowbar/jaws of life tool needed to pry them out.
That, and the itch on your nose is going to have to wait.
Nah, just rub it on the back of the guy in front of you… Oops… that left a mark.
Screw this, I’ll put myself in a duffel bag and go on as luggage.
It felt like that on the trip “over there” anyway, didn’t it? I know mine did. The idea of hiding in my “DeadHookerBag” instead of the cabin of the C-5 was quite appealing.
Dead hooker bag? *scootch*
LOL, no, that’s just the nickname… ’cause it’s large enough to carry around a dead hooker… wait, I’m not helping any, am I??? I’ll just be over –>here by myself..
heheh thanks for that laugh LB!
Er, yes, and just think – some of them have to get off before others do. How does that work? Has anybody ever been killed in a train stampede? WTF!?!
Not really. Open the door and they’ll just fall. Don’t you love gravity?
Third downside, that weird creepy guy with a santa hat and no pants jerkin in the train is now much MUCH too close
Somehow I don’t think there is enough room in that train to move your hand enough to deliberatly masturbate.
But can you imagine the accidental erections from being pressed up against an attractive woman? Ew.
uber creepy win
They do get packed til where u can’t move….at least on red and brown (most definitely brown line)….However we do not require special pushers and people get on without freaking out, dry-humping each other…..and our trains only come every 6-10 mins or so, so that’s an accomplishment for patience here i suppose…
yeah
I doubt two million people a day pass through Penn Station…
Plus a NYer would push back.
With a sharp implement?
With a toothbrush shank, no doubt.
We so think alike in this instance!
Are you also trying to figure out how to get all the women commentators on failblog into a subway train too?
Easy! -places a cutout of Harrison Ford onto a train- Now we wait?
No thanks, not my type.
-Also adds one of Ian Fleming- Better now?
Nope. I have decidedly odd taste in men.
Huh, I thought that one would of scored some points… I googled “Famous Bird-Watchers” and I got him ALONG with being a writer!
Seth Greene?
Tall, I like ‘em tall. And SMART.
not seth greene. me.
*looks in*
Hm. Nope. Won’t do it for me.
Finding the one for Dragonwriter isn’t as hard -Places an Admiral’s Cap on top of a Mannequin-
But Avis is making it a challenge! Tall and smart…
Oh feth this!
-places the last and final cut-out: Stephen Colbert-
Gimme the real thing, and I’m there.
*grin*
At least he’s smart. But, alas, no. Colbert just doesn’t do anything for me… .think taller. Dragon knows who I’m talking about, we’ve discussed him here before, ages ago.
Define taller. I’m 6′2. Too much taller than that and you start reaching basketba…
.
. Michael Jordan?
The man in question is 6′5 I think. Which makes him very close to being a foot taller than I am.
But in reality, I just want the guy to be taller than me.
How many ages ago? Couldn’t be that many! You look too young! -flattery to get the answer-
Flattery will get you everywhere! This was oh, about a month or two ago. And because it really isn’t a big deal, the guy is Vincent D’Onofrio. I cannot ruely explain it.
Ok, I’ll be honest… I would of never gotten that answer (without flattery!)
hey avis, i found this “t” on the ground. i think it’s yours.
Thanks! I needed that!
*tries to put “t” into her post above*
Drat!
Dangit…I’m late. I would have revealed all!
…um…*blush*…I mean the answer. The answer to Avis’ dream guy.
“truly explain it”? Nothing to do with gumbo then
*is disappointed*
Oh we have discussed the Edgar suit on a couple of occasions on here. D’Onofrio is definitely doable.
And how!
Avis, how do you feel about Grissom on CSI? He is very Edgarish, at least his character.
Not so much. I don’t know why. I don’t think he is as physically attractive as D’Onofrio. But then, like I said, my taste in men is odd.
Did someone say Gumbo???
*looks around hopefully*
Easy. We’ll just market the tickets as” Double priced tickets half off”. Failbloggers love a good bargain.
What a rip off… but I will take the “one ticket for double the price and get the second free” deal. What a bargain!
Oh no McFail. For you and me, I’ve got 2 tickets to paradise. Pack your bags and leave tonight.
lol
As long as you’re in the middle, you’ve got plenty of meat airbags. Looks like a pick-pocket’s dream, too.
i was thinking that
That’s assuming the pickpocket can move his or her hands.
old
stale
crusty
corpus Christi
Christ on a cracker (my ode to Mookie’s Christmas party)
Budda on bread?
Sorry, Budda on biscotti, belay my last. Over.
Woops…Chrishtopher, your “h”s fehll down into my post.
Keep the change, kid.
Brahma on a banana.
Yahweh on a yam.
Vishnu on Velveeta
Ra on rye.
Zeuss on Zebracakes.
Brigitte on a Bagel!
Christ on a stick
Christ on a bike.
Fail? Looks like win to me!
i agree the sheer number of people per square inch is really an incredible feat!
I agree! When they said fail, I was expecting someone NOT to get on. Personally, I think it would be fun to be on these trains…it would be like a mosh pit c(=
Yeah, real fun. Being next to someone who smells vaguely like rotten cabbage and someone else who keeps farting sounds like my idea of fun.
Oh, and the whole, “Oh Jesus fuck I can’t breath” really sells it.
I was expecting them to be stil pushing when the train started and someone fell…. this seems like normal rush hour tokyo to me.
Would you like to buy an “e”, Christopher?
Would you like to buy an “e”?
I thought the train would start moving while pushing the people in … that would be fail ..
Claustrophobia much?
Gotta love japan.
they are just trying to conserve and go green
Squeeze me that tightly and I’ll either go red or brown…
i think i would go blue
depends on what you’re full of
Wowwwwww!
OMG this is insane!
In the fail-train!
ALLL ABOOOOOOARD, HAA HAA HA HA HA HA HA ha ha ha ha ha ha!
WTF was that?
Rush hour at the sardine packing plant.
I think they could have gotten a few more in had they lubed them up with some olive oil.
The guy in the white dress coat might not take to kindly to that.
*wonders why anyone would wear white when taking any city’s public transportation*
You tin of everything!
Oh, Admiral…I wasn’t fishing for a compliment!
I hoped you would nibble on my line.
I think the innuendo machine just went belly up!
On a scale of 1 to 10, Admiral…you are definitely a twelvity-two!
*admires the avatars and the way cool juxtaposition of hues and textures they bring to this thread*
wow first time i dont see first and that there only 6 comments ^^
omg you’re right! Everyone here is just like WTF ^^
Scary! Not only is there a claustrophobia factor, there’s also a pervert factor. Chikan! http://www.japanfortheuninvited.com/articles/train-groping.html
Let me just say a quick Holy Mother of God…. To that url.
Haha. If someone did that to me, I’d shove them New-yorker style, despite being from Miami. XD
That’s right! NYers push back! And don’t be putting your hands on us either!
Good GOD. I can’t imagine that.
I was just thinking, like the comment before me, what a claustrophobic would do if they found themselves in a situation like that.
Of course, the passengers were already pushing each other in before they got help, so I guess they’re used to it. Sheesh.
A claustrophobic (me) would never willingly be in a Tokyo train station during rush hour, let alone trying to get on the train.
My guess is a claustrophobic person would just walk instead. Hell, *I* would walk instead. Even if it’s 50 miles away and snowing outside. And uphill. Both ways. Something about dying like a sardine doesn’t appeal to me for some reason – I can’t put my finger on it. Oh, maybe because it’s a SAFETY FAIL!?!
No, its perfectly safe. Actually according to recent studies due to there being no free space for moving objects inside of the cars, in the event of a crash the energy would be transferred equally through all passengers.
I believe Dalkorian was referring to suffocation rather than a crash.
Well, thats a sure fire way to get felt up in a public place.
Really? *Packs bags*
wait for me! i’m coming too!
No need to run, they still have plenty of space in that train.
scuse me.
*squeezes between christopher and lou*
sweet! let’s go!
I’ve been in Japan and experienced this kind of ‘packing’. The people pushing the crowd and actually very well trained (no pun intended), gentle, and otherwise polite. And for the people trying to get on the train, it is actually an appreciated service.
I know it looks ridiculous, but given the circumstances, it’s a win for the travelers who otherwise would be left on the platform.
Is there a reason for not having longer trains?
Or more trains?
Or thicker trains?
or smaller people…(if even possible?)
Or smaller people?
Most major lines that would get this crowded already have trains every five minutes or so. And the next train is going to be just as crowded.
Still seems weird that they don’t increase that to every 2 minutes (two subway lines in London have trains every 2-3 minutes in the morning peak, it can still be a squash, but no one bothers to push on like that). It would seem a worthwhile investment.
The train on this line in Tokyo (the Yamanote line, the world’s busiest) DO come every 2-3 minutes during rush hours, and EVERY one is this crowded. Every day. There is no escape. And to answer another question, the Japanese don’t wear deodorant!
Because the trains are already as long as the platforms, so to add more cars to the train, they’d also have to lengthen all the platforms. Which might be an idea, except they may not have room.
is taking the next train an unreasonable option?
Chances are that it’ll be just as crowded.
*nods* I’m thinking it’s in Tokyo somewhere. Even in Osaka, I’d never seen anything that bad.
Yamanote line, actually. In the Tokyo metro area; it’s the one that loops around all of the major (but slightly smaller) cities around Tokyo. You get kinda used to it…
Do they hand out deoderant at the turnstiles?
This is Japan (Ithink) we’re talking about here, Christopher! Automatic-Robotic-Spritzers
I’ll just hop on the back of the next scantily-clad saucerpan eyed superpowered anime woman into the next preficture, thanks.
So where are the robotic pushers?
They had to be shut down, pushed a little harder then expected… human goo
i thought that was how they made soilent green. don’t they make that anymore?
They don’t use deodorant in Japan. Much to my dismay in the heat of summer. And my wallet’s dismay for having to import it for myself.
This is why Asia needs serious birth-control!!!
Actually, Japan has one of the lowest worldwide birthrates.
It’s a problem.
lol, they’re actually doing research on building robots as health care workers, they’re so concerned that there won’t be enough people to care for the elderly in the future.
Eventually, even the robots will be out of a job! (as the elderly die and there is no one to take their place!)
Some day even the robots will go out of work.
One of the many downsides of the “immigration is bad” mindset (ooh boy someone could write a whole thesis on that).
Closeness like that for an hour ride home would maybe deminish the desire for any further intimate contact at home?
Well, if wearing tight pants diminishes your sperm count, then what do you think this does?
make me horny!
And infertile.
Would that really be so bad, Christopher, would it?
Not if it’s Christopher we’re talking about! hey-yoooO! Get the kids outta the room!
I have every intention on being a daddy someday. I need to know that my kind of pervertedness is going to outlive me.
.
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Oh! You mean Hamst3r? No. Knock yourself out.
What!?! infertility is a blessing!
I’ll use my picnic supplies thank you very much.
Heh hopefully not due to ladies who are preggers trying to ride the train at rush hour.
I think this is Japan. Actually with the low birth rate and high suicide rates, Japan’s population is getting too low. The reason you see these train crams is cause EVERYONE wants to live in Tokyo. They chose to be sardines. The countrysides are all empty.
City life is more interesting.
Then you can spend an occasional weekend in the country,
where it’s different and relaxing.
not fail, that’s just how it’s done
They could have put one last gal in if they had slid her horizontally on top of the people.
japan alright. been there, been pushed, packed etc. had trouble getting off.
it was awesome!
that’s what she said
*hands berg a little blue pill*
*reluctantly hands berg a pamplet “Discovering your prostate”*
*leaves before people start making assumptions*
i’m rather troubled by the fact that berg’s claim that it’s “awesome” having troubles getting off. masochist maybe?
It just prolongs the pleasure!
the train the train ! getting off the train!
you people have twisted minds!
keep it up
well seeing as you’re the one having troubles “getting off,” it would seem you’re the one who should take the advice keep it up
oh it’s up, really it’s all the way up… all those people squished together,
sweating, breathing, moaning, it’s up and rubbing…
haha… remind me never to stand next to you on a train, or any public transportation for that matter.
and you were complaining your coach seats were cramped?!!
No wonder we won the war…
… how are you drawing any inference between WW2 and this fail?
I think he is just trying to create a reaction to his comment, I.E. Trollish
is that like trolling for trolls?
Implying I’m a troll?
hmm… no. just looking for the definition of trollish. perhaps we should check
the dicitionary?
Relating to troll(s) and their action(s) … I don’t know! I just like the “ish” part. I add it to everythingish!
a dash of ish and a pinch of esque and every conversation tastes better.
yeah, japanese subways win.
Train identification fail.
Claustrophobia win!
A sub-company of the parent Soylent Green, People-dines! Now 55% more for the same price!
55%… that’s more than half!
I did that just so someone could type that!
Setting up a prior fail running gag WIN.
Can you just imagine the explosion of bodies when the doors next open??? Folks will be spewing forth all over the platform!
I just came.
It would be spewing forth yellow though, not white… *snerk*
No. You just can’t tell the difference between that and peeing in your pants.
Yeah, I can. Pee doesn’t come out of your butt!
And what you produced does?
It does the day after you drink too much PBR.
What the hell was THAT? The train to Auschwitz? I know an individual doesn’t get much personal space in Japan, but that’s just ri-gosh-darn-diculous…
Kannten Sie sie sprechen Deutsches in Japan?
Sprechen Sie Deutsch in Japan?
i cannot begin to comment on: ri-gosh-darn-diculous
that a word from sunday school?
Well, John Wayne used to say “rigoddamndiculous” when he got liquored up…
BONZAI!
Begin to comment faile!
But, what’s with the Mickey Mouse gloves?
where do you think Mickey got his gloves? He’s a pusher.
oh, you should see it, those gloves are everywhere in japan: elevator attendants in malls, bus drivers, restaurant hostesses, etc. and they have a little routine that comes with it. it fantabulous (competing with ri-gosh-darn-diculous)
*humps other passengers*
*masturbates*
…and then, there was a fire.
Will it blend?
That IS the question!
Of course, except if chuck norris is a passenger
This is the WINning comment as far as I’m concerned.
I agree: NOT a Fail. I lived in Japan for 3 years and this is a daily occurance!
Still funny tho!
And by the way: Doesn’t smell but you’ll probably get groped! I did.
Then it’s a daily fail.
i did too and loved it.
long live groping
Train packer WIN
i’d like to get pushed from behind like that too… er wait… did i say that out loud?
Nope, just typed it on a public forum
drat… well at least i don’t, like, have a picture of me on here or anything…
*mumbles* Damned avatars are so damned tiny!
heh, sorry avis. didn’t mean to let you down like that.
let down, weren’t you the one commenting about being “up”?
hehe… oh. perhaps ry has some more of those blue pills.
Sorry, saving them for my date with Christopher. He mentioned something about ED and I wasn’t sure if it was a friend or a problem so I got the pills just in case.
Ry! I hope you are some manner of health professional, in case of the “lasts longer than two days” side effect.
No, she just got in plenty of coffee so as not to waste a minute.
I want anybody how is telling “FIRST” here to go first in that train.
I’m confused here… what is going on above?
I think Dj meant to post on the Engrish page.
He accidenty his coherence.
Else whether he sometimes who?
*nods* change “how” to “who”
it’s not too hard
Whoever says this is a fail doesn’t ride the 4 train in Manhattan during rush hour. Hell, they probably don’t even live in the tristate area. This is a total win.
ever been stuck in the london tube? with your head tilted so the door won’t decapitate you? and ride a whole 20 mins like that? at least in japan, you can stand up.
+1 FTW
I think I would rather ride on the top.
Really? I like to be on the bottom… I think this could work.
But what if the train wants to be the top
Finally, the video of what REALLY happened at that Wal-Mart on Black Friday comes out!
Was this shot in Sardinia?
Either way they were certainly packed in tight!
lulz
Bah-dum-bah-dum-PSSH!
No, really. ALL aboard…
This looks like a WIN to me
OK people, on the count of three, everybody exhale….
Carbon Monoxide poisoning ftw? I don’t think that would be right…
instant population reduction technique #4
(-.-) people don’t exhale carbon monoxide
Shhh, no one else caught on yet!
lol!
Wow, your name went well with your comment. CO2 fail.
Poor John…
He is no more.
What he thought was H2O
was H2SO4!
That goes:
There once was a chemist
a chemist no more
thought he drank water
but drank H2SO4.
H2SO4 being sulfuric acid.
Nope, it goes the way I said it goes. Your version goes differently. How nice
Interesting how you assume your version is the one that’s right. Oh wait, I forgot to read your name. Gee, how inoffensive.
I believe he was correcting Retaba.
CO = carbon monoxide
CO2 = carbon dioxide
I’m down with that, bro. His name is ur wrong – referring to Retaba…. Retaba mixed up CO and CO2. You’re not gonna catch me that easily, you wily boy. But *hugs* anyway. *goes back to the lab*
And here I thought I was doing a little preventative maintenance.
*turns red from either CO poisoning or embarrassment*
you exhale carbon monoxide? i would get that checked
or do they exhale carbon monoxide because the air pollution is really bad there
If all but two made it in, I’d say that’s a win!
Holy crap. And I thought the subways here in Boston were sardine canneries.
I’ve totally been pushed onto the train in Shanghai too! There people-pushing is a bit more of an art because the doors are much more dangerous. They’ll snap those little hands right off!
And who says more humans is a bad thing….?
One good bump on the tracks and it’s Mass Orgy Time!
I figured it out. SUBMITTER fail.
Apparently the correct response to not enough room on the trains isn’t to run more trains or build more tracks, it’s to push harder.
Spawn more Fail-Trains!
We require more Vespene Gas!