(Last year's survey results)
The Asahi reports (Japanese) the findings of a survey into what passengers most dislike about other passenger's behaviour.
1. Noisy conversations and boisterous behaviour
2. Noisy headphones
3. People slouching on seats, taking up too much space.
4. Mobile telephones
5. Pushing and shoving to get on and off the train
6. People doing their make-up
7. People leaving rubbish behind
8. People sitting on the floor
9. Drunks
In the same survey last year, the biggest gripe was about the way people sat on the seats but, this year, two noise-related bugbears top the list. The survey also found men were more annoyed by mobile phones - making it their number two irritant - while women only had it in seventh place. On the other hand, women placed drunks as high as fifth place while it was only the eleventh placed annoyance for men. 4,247 people answered the survey. They were given a list of unmannerly behaviour and asked to select three. The survey results are published in more detail here(Japanese PDF)
