Is JR Kyushu going to the goats?

[Taro Toporific]

JR Kyushu to make stations staffless
The Tokyo Reporter January 18, 2015
FUKUOKA (TR) -- JR Kyushu will by 2016 operate its 100 biggest stations without any staff. The company, which plans to go public next year, is looking for ways to cut costs and improve efficiency. The first 50 or so stations will go staffless this spring...

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...So without staff, what happens to stations? One has solved the problem by making a goat stationmaster. Full story...

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[Coligny]

http://www.cruisetrain-sevenstars.jp/en/train_info.html

Ermugerd... Iz bi00tifull...

[matsuki]

They ain't got nuthin' on rich American train car collectors...

[yanpa]

Yeah, but you can ride the Japanese trains as a paying customer.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Yeah, but you can ride the Japanese trains as a paying customer.

Hasn't choko taught you by now that everything the Japanese do is stupid and subpar to the way Americans do things?

[Coligny]

Yeah, but you can ride the Japanese trains as a paying customer.

Hasn't choko taught you by now that everything the Japanese do is stupid and subpar to the way Americans the rest of the 1st world do things?

FTFY, and don't blame Choko for the systemic stupidity of the locals.

[matsuki]

Yeah, but you can ride the Japanese trains as a paying customer.

These dudes pay Amtrak to connect their cars to the back of their trains and such. Not exactly the same as getting on a green car but pretty rad if you get invited or are able to pay your way on to one of their trips.

Hasn't choko taught you by now that everything the Japanese do is stupid and subpar to the way Americans do things?

Plenty of things done better in Japan than in the U.S....unfortunately, for every one of those, there are 5 things that are done better in other countries SJ, keep in mind that if I bitched about Japan as much as I do here, I wouldn't be a very fun person to be around in person. Venting on FG, where others might actually understand my frustration seems a reasonable solution, no? (though my post above wasn't really a dis at Japan as much as just trying to expand on what Coligny posted)

[Samurai_Jerk]

Venting on FG, where others might actually understand my frustration seems a reasonable solution, no?

No.

[Coligny]

Great... SJ is PMSing again... The truce afforded by his previous vacashiun lasted exactly 2 weeks...