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Originally Posted by wannabee
I'd certainly be writing to the local government authority that authorized it and reprimanding them and a comment to the editor of the papers.
But you don't do that in Japan do you. They'll probably just keep sending out ambulances to clean up the carnage.
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No... One does NOT complain in Japan. There is no 'Complaint Desk' in department stores and there is no official 'Consumer Protection Group.' In a few months, someone will suggest to someone else in authority when they are both suitably drunk so they can be forgiven their indiscretion, that 'perhaps' they shouldn't grease the manhole covers again. Then several months later, someone will suggest, again while drunk so they can be forgiven their aggression, that it actually be written down in the manual not to ever grease manhole covers. A year or so after that, a committee will be formed to look into the matter. I shouldn't take them more than another year or two to listen to all sides of the issue, and decide that such a sentence will be added to the maintenance manual. Once that decision is made, it shouldn't be more than a few more years until it is actually written into the book. But no one will EVER suggest that a mistake was made to begin with.
EDIT: If the newspaper ever reported such a thing, and reprimanded the local government, that newspaper's reporters would never be allowed to attend official meetings. There is no 'censorship' in Japan. There is 'denial of entry into meetings' for newspapers who report the wrong things...
Stitchawl