美國啊~ - 文化差異
By Anonymous
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承前一篇有關噪音的文章
在紐約搭地鐵其實是很有趣的一件事
除了形形色色的往來旅客各有不同的裝扮創意可看之外
地鐵的廣告和地鐵的營運也都很有意思 :p
◎「我一定要成功」之地鐵廣告
不僅僅是車廂內的小幅廣告,也包括車站內的大幅廣告
如果你細看每則廣告在講啥,你會發現有個關鍵字出現的頻率極高:
Success 或是 Successful
比如說像是 Your next stop to success、Success in your career、
或是 I teach, "be star"、還有 I teach, "be expert" 之類的
(已經離開紐約快要兩個禮拜,有些文案已經記不大清楚了:p)
除了地鐵公司本身的廣告和 If you see something, say something
的標語之外,其餘的廣告大概有八到九成是跟成功有關的
我跟旅伴都說這是一種「我一定要成功」的社會文化
而且這類的廣告通常都很直接
很明白的告訴你你就是要做OOO才能得到XXX的成功
以在瑞典來講,廣告很少會這麼直接地訴求 "be successful"
我在想,這大概也反映出紐約是一個極高度競爭的城市
每個人都希望出人頭地,所以廣告也反映出這樣急切的心理
不過或許也是一種加成效果
當天天搭地鐵所見都是這類廣告,連我也開始覺得是不是應該
去上個什麼課、拿個幾張證照、多學一種語言還是啥的
會有一種「啊別人都在拼,我不拼就要鳥掉了」的緊張感 XDD
(想到前一陣子拒絕了一個管理職的位子,美籍經理彷彿覺得很不可思議
怎麼會有人不想接管理職,又另外找人來跟我解釋該職位內容,怕我
miss it just because I didn't know it
可是我就是喜歡做我原來技術性的工作啊,而且我極厭惡辦公室政治和
開會協調。像這樣的事情,簡單一句 I'm not interested in it,
瑞典籍的同事大多能理解,但美籍的同事們則比較會不解 Why not take it)
◎東西方的捷運文化大不同
其實應該說是市區的地下鐵系統
在亞洲我搭過台北、香港、北京、曼谷的市區地鐵系統
歐洲的話我搭過倫敦、斯德哥爾摩、哥本哈根、柏林、巴黎、布拉格、和
維也納的地鐵
美國的話就只有紐約(在華盛頓兩天都是用走的,Richmond沒有地鐵)
大概比較的話,東方的捷運比較乾淨(北京可能是例外)
地鐵的乾淨程度在亞洲國家比較是要求的重點之一
可是在歐洲和美國紐約,地鐵髒亂彷彿是本來就該這樣
記得第一次去斯德哥爾摩的時候,從旅遊書上讀到該市的地鐵有多美
可是一旦親臨現場,就被地上的垃圾和尿漬給震撼到 XD
我問我的瑞典友人,為什麼地鐵公司會放任地鐵站那麼髒
他們的說法是因為在歐洲人工太貴,旅客量又不夠支撐起整個營運成本
所以只有做有限度的清潔
所以後來在歐洲其他國家看到地鐵髒髒舊舊暗暗我大概都解釋為因為人工太貴
可是來到紐約的第一天,我就覺得奇怪,美國的人工應該不算貴的
(相較於貴鬆鬆的歐洲工資啦...)
每日的旅客載客量也很大,為什麼也還是舊舊髒髒臭臭的?
是地鐵公司無法負擔這樣的清潔成本嗎?
還是說大家其實就習慣這樣髒髒臭臭的地鐵?
我問過不同的人
有的人是說地鐵公司寧願把賺得錢拿去投資開挖新的路線
有的人是說反正就算弄乾淨了也不會讓旅客量增加很多,所以不划算
也有說是因為會搭地鐵的人通常屬於收入普通或較低(外加觀光客)
所以對於地鐵的髒亂比較能夠忍受(有錢人才夠資格要求乾淨舒適?)
我自己是猜應該是習慣了,所以就覺得沒必要額外花錢去弄乾淨整齊
因為不只是地鐵,街道上常常有垃圾堆流淌出的黃臭汁液也是讓我一開始
很驚訝,因為在台灣通常店家的垃圾都是深夜或是清晨處理,很少會有
餐廳或小吃店就把大袋大袋的廚餘和垃圾就堆在店門口的街道上
(夜市除外,不過夜市通常也有大型公共垃圾桶,不會讓臭臭的垃圾水到處流)
但是在紐約這似乎是常態?我已經不止一次看到星巴克和其他店家在
大白天或營業時間就把垃圾提出來堆在街上
這不僅在視覺上是一種衝擊,嗅覺上也是
我在紐約的那一週正好天氣很熱,所以每天在街道上就常常聞到一陣陣飄"香"
腳下也要多注意不要踩到那些黃黃的垃圾汁,不然回飯店踩到房間的地毯上
然後又脫鞋赤腳踩過地毯上床睡覺,我會覺得自己像是抱著垃圾在睡覺一樣...
= =
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不過紐約的地鐵也不是都非常髒亂的
偶爾也是會坐到比較新又乾淨的車廂
但整體來講就不像台北捷運那樣要求明亮乾淨
坐過最舒服的一次是禮拜四搭地鐵到紐約水族館(不是長島上那一間)
乾淨明亮的車廂加上舒服的冷氣和窗外的好天氣~
長島鐵路 LIRR 的票價則是貴得讓我吃驚(長島水族館只好忍痛說掰掰)
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下一篇看是來寫餐廳或是廁所好了 XDD
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戀愛要訴諸感覺,而做愛只要刺激感官
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