A Tokyo subway company has recently issued a new poster on good manners to follow on trains under its “Please do it at home” series. This time, it’s against people who make phone calls on the trains.

I must admit I find it quite annoying to have to listen to someone else’s phone call. On the other hand, people usually talk while on a train. The fact is that one often doesn’t realize one’s voice being loud when talking on the phone.

Another thing which I find quite annoying is that many people don’t switch their mobiles off when near the priority seats. Some even use them when sitting there. Subway is thus not always the place where people behave the best.

Recently, posters recalling good manners as the one below are being shown in Tokyo’s subway.

Here, we have a very frequent case. Japanese women, usually young, who put their make-up in the subway. Personally, I don’t mind much this, but it seems quite dangerous to put on mascara or get one’s eyelashes straight in the subway, especially as the train might brake suddenly.