"Memes, New York, and School: In Japan, it is an extremely rare event for the train  to arrive late. But when it happens, they take it  very seriously. The train conductors will walk  around and personally apologize to every one on the  train instead of just announcing it on the mic, but  that's not the best part!  Even the delay is just over 5 minutes, they  actually hand each passenger a printed ""Proof of  Lateness"" slip so that you could show it to your boss  or school to know it was not your fault of being late,  saving you the embarrassment of excuses. Imagine if New York City was like this..."
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