My Initial Thought whenever I Get in an Elevator.

I have an interesting observation, one that I happen to think about every single time I get on an elevator. Whenever a Japanese gets in, as far as I have noticed, if no one else immediately gets in, almost all Japanese will push the close button before the doors close automatically. However, the majority of people from other countries do it differently—they simply wait for the elevator doors to close by themselves. I feel that this shows a big difference, namely, that Japanese people do not like to wait, even if it only seconds, as they want whatever the next action is to happen as soon as possible. We refer to this character trait as “Sekkachi” (せっかち), and if you pronounce it badly, we Japanese might not have enough patience to wait for you to try it again!*

There's something I always think about when I get in an elevator.

There's something I always think about when I get in an elevator. It seems to me that when we Japanese get in an elevator, if there aren't other passengers, most Japanese will push the close button without waiting for the door to close automatically.

However, people from other countries are different; they wait for the elevator door to close automatically.

I think that this shows one character difference between Japanese and people from other countries. Compared to people from other countries, Japanese don't have time to wait; they want to move on to their next activity as soon as possible.

This is described as "sekkachi" - impatience - in Japanese.

I'm sorry to say this, but Japanese might not have enough patience.

I have a thing which I always think when I get in an elevator.

I have a thing which I always think when I get in an elevator. As far as I'm concerned, when we Japanese get in the elevator, if the other people didn't get in, almost all Japanese push the close button before it closes automatically. However, people from other countries wait for the elevator door to close automatically. I think that it shows the difference in character of people from other countries, compared with Japanese people. If we compare people from other countries with people from Japan, Japanese don't have enough time to wait, I mean, they want to do their next action as soon as possible. It's said called "Sekkati" in Japanese. If I say it badly; Japanese people might not have enough patience.