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Locals from our nation’s snowfields are demanding answers from Jetstar today after yet another busload of loud, drunk and casually racist Japanese ski tourists arrived in the skiing gateway town of Jindabyne this afternoon.
Earlier this month, the Qantas’ discount airline offered bargain basement airfares to Australia from the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido where the majority of the archipelago’s ski fields are located.
The result of that fire sale has been felt all over the country’s alpine snow slopes.
One business owner from Thredbo said many of the visiting Japanese are poorly behaved and fail to adhere to many local customs which is putting them at odds with those who call the town home.
“A group of young Japanese men have taken it upon themselves to learn a few choices swear words and then scream them out at the top of their lungs after a few drinks,” said the business owner.
“It’s not what we do around here. It’s extremely disrespectful. Swearing in public is heavily frowned upon. The fact that I can hear Japanese people dropping the c-bomb all night would indicate that there’s been a breakdown in what’s acceptable behavior,”
“They also take their shoes off at every door, blocking doorways and making them unsafe. They like to sit on the ground when they eat and get on the laughing juice. I tell you what, Jetstar has a lot to answer for.”
Qantas’ bogan missile division released a statement this afternoon after news broke of the controversy in the New South Wales snowfields.
In the statement, they refused to apologise for offering great service at unbeatable prices but said they felt for the business owners of Thredbo being kept awake by packs of Sapporo jet ski owners shouting the c-word at all hours of the night.
They consider the matter closed.
More to come.
