newsflash.... there is a Karen in Japan. She decided "a train driver was “not devoting himself to his work,” " and bothered the train management about it. He was reading a book about trains while stopped to wait for the exact time on the train schedule to begin again. As one does.

the train was scheduled to wait at a station for eight minutes before setting off again, so the driver decided to kill some time with a book.

The driver admitted that he takes the opportunity to relax for a moment with a book when he has the time. 

Readers of the news online were largely defending the driver in their comments and condemning the person who tipped off JR Hokkaido about the reading.

https://soranews24.com/2025/10/14/jr-hokkaido-train-driver-in-trouble-for-reading-book-about-trains-on-stopped-train/amp/