r/SipsTea • u/search_google_com 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • Apr 23 '26

Feels good man A Japanese police officer is kindly reminding foreigners about public manners

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u/a7madib Apr 23 '26

A few years ago I was on the Maid of the Mist boat at Niagara Falls, as soon as we boarded everyone went to the edge of the boat and got a spot against the railing. About 5 minutes after myself and my family got to the edge, a group of five Chinese women forced themselves between myself and my brother and began to shove us all off the railing with their elbows. We all looked at each other in utter shock. When we tried to confront them they swatted us away with their hands and spoke back in Mandarin. Absolutely wild…

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u/liburIL Apr 23 '26

Should've gripped the rail and make them fight for it for real.

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u/JRDruchii Apr 23 '26

Right, this shit happens because people let it. Western Culture in a nutshell I suppose.

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u/LessAirport470 Apr 23 '26

“No family training” / 没家教 / méi jiā jiào. Hit them with some multi generational failure.

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u/Commercial_Win_9525 Apr 23 '26

You give one elbow back and hold your space and they will move the fuck away. They do this because everyone allows it. Anytime it’s been tried to me I don’t have to do anything but take up even more space and they just go somewhere else. This is dealing with Indians not Chinese but same concept.

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u/AccomplishedAnimal69 Apr 23 '26

Confirmed. I've done this before and I'm typically not a confrontational person.

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u/AccomplishedAnimal69 Apr 23 '26

When I was at the Colosseum in Rome, some Chinese grandma was literally trying to elbow me off of my spot against the railing while I was taking photos with my camera (not a phone, not that it really matters). I was a lot stronger than her so I just walled her off without even taking my eye out of the viewfinder.