Have you ever been texting while walking and stubbed your toe and first thought ouch and immediately after think of yourself as an idiot?
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This guy was texting his teenage boy pals (what is a 'train enthusiast' anyways?) when he failed to yield and killed over 20 people. Very tragic so I hate to sound callous but wow.
There are often human deaths caused by trains in Japan. But not because drivers are TEXTING! Merely because it is the preferred way to commit suicide and so people, often men fed up with their shitty office job and/or broke from gambling on pachinko, decide to jump in front of a train.
My theory is the people that hate their job and with their last breath want to spare others from work for an hour jump in the morning. The people that hate their jobs and with their last breath want to spite the people jump at night so everyone is stuck on the crowded platforms instead of at home with their family.
Coincidentally the families of the people who heave themselves in front of the train are sent a huge bill from the train company to cover the loses incurred because of the stoppage.
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4 comments:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
you are so funny
id like to see what one hours downtime on a japanese subway/train costs.
i had to threaten a guy the other day with 8 hours of downtime at a brewery. he didnt want to deliver some labels... and it was our supplier that hired him.
he threatened that he would charge me a re-delivery charge, and i told him that I would charge him downtime @ a brewery.
his retort was that he would charge it back to the supplier.
i said that we would to, and that im sure they will give him a credit for his charges when they, in turn, charge him.
we got the labels in an hour.
I am sure it is huge. one station on a subway line is like 160JPY, then like 20JPY a stop thereafter, (its not flat rate like the TTC) During rush hour (typically when it happens) you can have 3000+ on each train and trains every 3 minutes.
Buses have to be arranged (for free) to get people to other stations. So not just lost potential earnings but also real costs. It would add up very quickly.
I actually live and work in the city where the train crash occurred (Chatsworth, CA). Terribly devastating, as almost everyone I know knew someone on the train. My friend's dad broke his leg, and had other injuries. So, of course, my prayers go out to the families affected by this.
From what I understand, not only was the jackass texting, but he had a lot of other mental issues going on. Now obviously we can't prevent suicidal people from carrying out their wishes, but there's gotta be some way to prevent this type of disaster.
As an aside, it took me 45 minutes to go 1.5 miles home the day of the accident, and not much better the next day. Small potatoes, I know, but it shows how much one incident can affect so many people.
Chris
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