Culture Shock

Location: Nagoya Airport

Culture shock happens right when you get to the airport. For the past 3 years I've been surrounded by polite Japanese people who refrain from the slightest action that would cause the smallest inconvenience.
Just standing at the counter at the airport, I instantly remember how different Taiwanese culture is ...

1) There was a group of Taiwanese travelers crowding around the counter all over the place, yelling at each other. But one guy let me go ahead of him.
2) While I was being helped at the counter, this mother interrupted me and tried to get her family checked in ...
3) Her kids were all over the counter while they were waiting ... literally brushing elbows with me.
4) While I was in line at the security check, the guy in front of me dropped his boarding pass. I picked it up for him and got no acknowledgment.
5) I was sitting at the gate and the family sitting across from me ripped off their baby's diaper and started changing it.

It's interesting to see just how different cultures are, and I hadn't even left the airport yet.