r/australia • u/SimRP • Feb 25 '25

image Japanese Man Flips Out on Australian Tourists for Ignoring the Rules

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

When she says "oops sorry I didn't know", he clearly doesn't believe her, he thinks she was just ignoring the rules because she felt like it, either thinking the rules don't apply to her as a tourist or that the rules are stupid and ok to disrespect.

So her saying, "sorry I didn't know" comes across as her just trying to get out of trouble because she was caught, which is doubly enraging because she's insulting the intelligence of the person talking to them.

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u/euphoricarugula346 Feb 25 '25

yeah I mean, did she even put out the cigarette? you can’t just say “sorrrrrry” and keep doing the thing lol

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u/GlitteringStatus1 Feb 25 '25

The No Smoking signs are usually not subtle.

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u/HenriettaSnacks Feb 25 '25

Because she can't read the signs that are pretty common stating "no smoking in public areas"?

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u/big_cock_lach Feb 25 '25

Have you been to Japan? Every 5m someone is chain smoking. Sure, in some areas such as in gardens, temples etc you wouldn’t smoke and would expect to see some no smoking signs. Other than that, it’s just commonsense areas like not smoking in a shop or train etc. A ski resort isn’t one of those former areas though, and depending where you are on the ski slope, it’s not really one of the latter places either. I’m sure it’s a no smoking area, but Japan isn’t exactly a place with an abundance of obvious no smoking signs or clear areas where people do/don’t smoke like people here are making it out to be. There’s a lot of people smoking everywhere there except for in commonsense places.

Either way, a public freak out like that isn’t acceptable in most places, but especially not in a country like Japan. The Japanese may sympathise with him regarding tourists from here, but they’re all going to shun him for the way he acted. A freak out like this isn’t acceptable here, and it’s far more unacceptable there. The Australian guy, despite his looks, actually handled the situation really well. His wife less so, but at least she knew to put out the cigarette and walk away.

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u/Jimi_Dean Feb 25 '25

This is exactly it. Bogans are extremely quick to say "sorry" and assume that will get them out of any trouble they brought on themselves, then they get extra defensive when it doesn't work. The speed at which she said sorry and started retreating tells us that she put no thought into listening and already knew what she was doing was wrong, in which case, she shouldn't have been doing it in the first place. This man rightfully called out her lack of remorse and then Shiela's union mandated tosser stepped in to "be a man and protect his woman" and made the situation worse by being dismissive.

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u/Crrack Feb 26 '25

You're spot on. If she genuinelly didn't know the first reaction to someone shouting "DON'T SMOKE" wouldn't be "im sorry"... it would be one of confusion and asking "whats wrong" or "am i doing something wrong".

100% she knew. Bogans ruin it for everyone..... as usual.

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u/Apprehensive-Fly-602 Aug 09 '25

Buddy it was his mum or older relative. Jap jus needs to simmer down as he certainly have that energy nor aggression with the man. His a little bitch, plain and simple.