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Originally Posted by steven
You are a better person than me for sure. Unless I saw a really worried look on someone's face I don't think I could go out of my way to say hello to someone in case they needed help. If asked, I'll do my part... but that's about it.
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I am talking families/groups with maps pulled out, squinting at the station boards, looking around desperately, one of them with a guidebook - mumbling things about having no clue where they are... Possibly with added looks of desperation searching for help from someone, anyone. That level of obvious lostness. If they just look vaguely confused, I`m not going to say anything.
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By the way, it sounds like you've had some terrifying experiences Nyororin!
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Not all that many, really, when you consider that I`ve been here for more than 10 years... But commonly enough that I sort of cringe and wait for it when I see that kind of group.
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I wonder if the average foreigner who does that stuff in Japan would have the guts to pull those kinds of stunts in their home countries?
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Who knows. Most likely not. I think that with a lot of the eikaiwa-"teacher" groups, there is an attitude of Japan being a playground, and of there being "gaijin-power". They seem to get a kick out of people cringing at their behavior, and the fact that no one will step up to stop them. Not to mention that no matter what they do, they can just "go home" and not ever think of it again.
Combine this with the power of a group, and you get a lot of people who would be decent alone and out of that situation who act like complete and total idiots.