Subways are for sleeping: NYC Transit survival thread

that's just obnoxious.

so's bringing your smelly food on the train/bus

xpost - haha, i almost dropped my unused JAM awards tix in lame-neuron-invading-rapper's hat last night, but that probably would have been a disproportionate response

morbius, do you also hate street corner kebab sellers?
how about people eating popcorn at the movies?

and gabbneb, i feel there's a big different between passively violating someone's idea of personal space and actively harassing them.

you're from somewhere else

and you're a douchebag, if we're going to be stating the obvious.

the subway is not outdoors - you're forced into a compartment with other people and limited ability to move

my douchebaggery has well-defined and -defended contours, tho

forced is a bit of an extreme word choice. you can select any car you choose, and if you're unhappy with it, then you can move.

you guys are such nazis about the food on the train thing.

oh no godwins law bell labs loses ;_;

And how else are you supposed to get your dinner home? Jesus Christ, shut the fuck up. There are lots of people taking take-out on the train even in CLOSED containers and you can still smell it. Depending on how I feel, greasy McDonald's or whatever may not be my idea of a good time but it's the TRAIN, it's EVERYONE'S transpo.

outdoors, if you want to yell at me, i can walk away from you. in a subway, i am forced to listen to what you say after the train leaves unless i want to take life in hand by walking between cars, where you'll probably follow me shortly.

you get your dinner at home

unless i want to take life in hand by walking between cars,

^^^ i doubt you have ever done this. it is in fact quit easy if you have four working limbs.

i understand that travel time is some peoples' only time to eat - i don't wanna lock people up for the shit - but i'm not gonna pretend that that's everyone who brings food on the train or that it isn't fucking annoying

who is forcing you to take the subway? take a car haughty-pants

xxxp You suck.

haha

i used to ride the bus next to l.a.'s famous thai elvis. he always smelled, somewhat incongruously, of kimchee.

once i was tripping really hard and couldn't get him to stop vibrating

i probably car-hopped before you'd ever been to ny, if you want to get personal about it

it's smelly & obnoxious, but sometimes people can only eat on the run. so the way that i see it, it's just as obnoxious for me to make a stink (no pun intended) as it is for them to eat on public transportation.

u old

subway food is always preferable to subway farting

yes, you're old.
yes, you've lived in new york a long time.
no, moving between cars is not "taking your life into your hands" any more than crossing a street against a light is. stop being a baby. xppp

you guys take me too seriously :D

also, i don't take cars

you'd be happier if you did. private, cozy, no odd smells...

yes, i'm more than familiar with cars but i take them only in extremis. fyi.

how bout you...MOVE TO THE SUBURBS

extremis like what, you gonna get out a station early and switch to a car cuz you don't like the dude eating fried chicken? or extremis like, you're only a downtown brooklyn tourist and are scared of walking from train to destination...?

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i want fried chicken now

I'm not pro-eating on the subways, but what I said earlier since everyone has glossed right over it is that plenty of unpleasant food smells result from people just carrying prepared food, not nec eating it IN THE SUBWAY. Gabbneb are you SERIOUSLY saying that people should only get take-out from within walking distance of their apartments? Because you know god forbid I misjudge you but that would be some asshole pronouncement.

i have always wanted to get a really greasy fried chicken meal and stroll around the santa monica promenade eating it as messily as possible out of a giant bucket

It should run all the way to Jackson Heights EVERY TIME
Are you sure about this, Dan? I have never, ever seen a G train at Roosevelt, I think it is only supposed to be there at some weird hour.

On nights and weekends (I think), the G is supposed to run all the way to 71st/Continental. It hasn't done so regularly for a long time (though it was last weekend), they just post a new service advisory at the begining of every month.

i used to ride the bus next to l.a.'s famous thai elvis. he always smelled, somewhat incongruously, of kimchee.

once i was tripping really hard and couldn't get him to stop vibrating

-- remy bean, Tuesday, December 4, 2007 2:02 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

excuse me, but THIS IS FUCKING HILARIOUS

in london they had signs on the train saying "please do not eat stinky food on the train, it is rude!" or something. and i ate burger king on the train just because it seemed stuck up and i am a rude american.

ian: I'm walking past kebab sellers, plus kebabs smell OK.

I don't think people should eat ANYTHING at a movie less than 2-1/2 hrs long (I miss the old Film Forum -- it sold no food), and I often want to put the popcorn-crunchers and plastic-bag rustlers in a headlock.

Don't think the 'Neb was suggesting you can't carry food.

And how else are you supposed to get your dinner home? ...

-- Laurel

you get your dinner at home

-- gabbneb

OK, I may have been trying too hard to look for downtime to his douchiness

i just hate people who live in a huge city and think only about their own needs for personal space and comfort. that is not what city living is about, move to the goddamn suburbs if those are your priorities.

LOL, I am thinking about the needs of everyone on the fucking train!

maybe you would get it if you didn't grow up in the burbs!

do you also hate homeless people on the train in the winter? sometimes they smell funky, so do you stop thinking about their needs?

i am going to sneak into your apartment building and hide fried chicken in the vents.

don't get any on your shirt! :D

lay a deuce in his oven

priorities plz

eating on train >>>>>>>>>>>>>> dumping your gum on the platform

All I like on a train is a minimum of personal space and comfort. And the other passengers occasionally don't reach this benchmark.

YOU ARE NOT ANSWERING THE QUESTION YOU ARROGANT FUCKING YUPPIE.
DO YOU HATE THE HOMELESS?
DO YOU HATE FAT PEOPLE?
DO YOU HATE SCREAMING BABIES?
ALL OF THESE AND MORE MAY INCONVENIENCE YOU WHILE YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT THE NEEDS OF "EVERYONE ON THE FUCKING TRAIN."

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eating on the train is rude. hands down. If you were raised in a crowded urban area you'd see how annoying it can be. Who cares if people are from the suburbs, but eating on the train has its closest equivalent to guzzling down Big Macs in your SVU