(keitai-l) Re: keitai etiquette?

Yes, I agree that its not the noise, but rather the interference with the
pacemakers. I had a situation once where I was mailing away and the guy
beside me bent over like he was gonna collapse, and then got up and was like
"turn that off..."

After I got out of the train...
<http://www.photokyo.com/keitai-show.asp?uid=1&entry=177>

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.
net]On Behalf Of Paul Bryan Lester
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 7:36 AM
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: keitai etiquette?

    Mostly everyone I know Japanese or foreigner talks with their keitai
on the train.... you just talk very quietly.  It happens all the time.  The
reason
for its restriction on trains did not stem from the noise, it stemmed from
the danger than keitai's pose to people with pacemakers, because of Tokyo's
crowded subways, close contact is a reality.  And danger to people with
pacemakers
is a fact.

    But people still use their keitai's on trains all the time.  The
restriction
is to shut off the power to stop it from killing people with pacemakers if
one
happens to be on your car and you are in close contact.... but instead I
think
some people think it refers to talking so lots of people use mail or read
the
news on their keitai's (or take pictures of funny neighbors snoring away).