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Ride any local bus in Japan.When people step off,listen.Every passenger.Every single one.Says arigatou gozaimashita to the driver.The eight-year-old whispers it.The teenager grunts it, embarrassed.The old man says it slowly, like a prayer.The driver bows without lifting his hands from the wheel.Fifty stops. Two hundred passengers. Ten hours.He thanks every one of them back.Some countries only thank peoplewho did something spectacular.Japan thanks the manwho drove you three miles,because driving three miles for someoneis spectacular.
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