TOKYO, June 24 — Always putting off housework, with the excuse that it takes too long?
Well, this video should convince you to pick up that feather duster.
It shows a super-efficient cleaning crew tidying up a bullet train at Tokyo station.
But here’s the kicker: They only have seven minutes before the train must depart the station with the next set of passengers on board.
On top of that, each worker is assigned one 100-seat car and takes 12 seconds to clean a row.
Amazingly, their diligence never waivers, as they patiently wipe the trays, sweep the floor and clear the seats.
The video was originally uploaded to YouTube by American journalist Charli James, after she returned from a visit to Japan at the invitation of the Tokyo metropolitan government.
She told Quartz, “I wanted to capture how Japanese people take so much pride in their work, and how they work really hard to make sure that the train is nice for people to ride.”
And in case you were wondering, more than 300 bullet trains depart daily from Tokyo station, transporting nearly 400,000 passengers.
We’ll let you work out the math yourself.
Journalist James said she wanted to capture how Japanese people take so much pride in their work.
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