Originally Posted by Gaijin
How about some pet peeves from here in Japan?
-Sitting on the train between two older men who just put out cigarettes and smell like ashtrays. I bring filtering masks in my purse just for this purpose.
I love this! Do people commonly use filtering masks to filter out smoke? I no longer regularly take the train, but when I am in a situation where someone is reeking of smoke, I get up and move. And if they think I'm rude for doing so, well, I think they're ruder for exhaling the smoke from their lungs into my airspace. (And this can go on for quite a long time after they actually took their last puff.)
Gaijin, I really liked all the rest of your post, too.