Comments on: Time-lapse video: How Japan handles long shopping lines

By: GWB

GWB — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 01:26:49 +0000

lorien1973 on November 23, 2012 at 5:44 PM

Yep, thread-winner.

CoffeeMan on November 23, 2012 at 6:11 PM

It could be argued that it’s not just patience and respect, but submissiveness.

By: HitNRun

HitNRun — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:54:11 +0000

Oh, please. In most of the world, there is no such thing as a “line.” Any place where something is being given out and some people will have to wait for it turns into a mob scene everywhere except the Anglosphere and Northern Europe. And apparently Japan.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:27:41 +0000

Yeah, all the WalMart Black Friday mob animalistic vile videos Drudge is linking to seem to have a distinct dearth of the Japanese. Fancy that.

By: Dongemaharu

Dongemaharu — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:20:29 +0000

Waiting in long lines is standard for just about any event in Japan….like the Soba shop at lunchtime. They’re used to it. Don’t seem to mind it. Tokyo Disneland makes US Dinsey lines look like Pamplona.

By: cozmo

cozmo — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:12:46 +0000

CoffeeMan on November 23, 2012 at 6:11 PM

Not all Americans, just enough to get 0bama elected, and re-elected. Free stuff now and all that.

By: CoffeeMan

CoffeeMan — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 23:11:07 +0000

The Japanese have two things that make that possible that Americans are sorely lacking… patience and respect.

By: cozmo

cozmo — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:48:08 +0000

The scary thing about that is the number of people that interested in comics to go there twice a year.

By: lorien1973

lorien1973 — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:44:06 +0000

I assume it involves tentacles penetrating you in various orifices.

By: turfmann

turfmann — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:43:47 +0000

Moooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, just kidding. That was pretty cool. Never work here in the States, but cool nonetheless.

By: Transpo

Transpo — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:40:26 +0000

Neat, but it’s a two-sided affair.