Originally Posted by
annintofu
About 2 years ago, I was sitting on the train, and noticed two Japanese students sitting in the row before me. Later an aussie guy sitting in the row before the girls looked back to strike up a conversation in broken Japanese. He looked about 35-40, and said his wife was japanese and they go to Japan every year and love the country etc, the girls were quite puzzled and mechanically said yes, sure etc. Later this guy stood up to get off the train and tried to shake hands with the girls who reluctantly shook his hands and their smile looked very much forced. The guy wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the name of a well known Aussie software company.
After the guy left, the girls started talking about him in japanese with a lot of disdain (who's that dude? who cares, so obnoxious, can't believe an uncle-like man would try to pick up school girls on a train, i'd call the police if this was in Japan. etc). To be sure, the guy didn't seem to be trying to pick up the girls, but he was very very interested in talking to them, yet the girls were horrified by his approach.