you may think that you are a joke

I think that it is an accident showing the problem which Japanese society has, although this is a guess. We Japanese consider automatically that a railroad is exact and natural. Even the young Japanese are educated in this accuracy. Therefore, people make a complaint if a train is overdue by just several minutes. A foreigner will be heard jesting about the following. If a train is several minutes behind, a conductor will announce an apology to the passengers in the car. Information is already displayed on the guidance display board of the station.
If a train is behind enough, a station employee will receive a complaint from a passenger. It will be reported on the television news if a train is 30 minutes behind, and the station is already heavily congested and gets confused.
A passenger will become irritated and get angry. If a train is 1 hour behind, it will be reported to a national newspaper. It is top news.
Generally, the news with the images of many passengers' faces of anger are shown. This is a fact although you may think that it is a joke. Present Japan is faced with an aging society. Japan may be unable to maintain such a delicate and precise society. As for the railroad of Japan, this accuracy is maintained by many railroad workers' efforts. However, a railroad of Japan is the structure of scarce equipment of a margin from the outset.