Subway Question!

[fvalle24]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:05pm

Hi All,

I’ve been to New York before and ridden the subway. I think that compare to the LA transit system, it is the greatest thing ever. I’ve search to see if there was any post on subway horror stories, but I could not find any. Do any of you New Yorkers have any horrors stories? About delays, accidents, other riders? I’m just curious.

[Patronus]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:08pm

I was really concerned during the tomato scare earlier this summer that my 6in Spicy Italian was going to be contaminated.

[Chance]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:28pm

lol patronus.

Worst thing that's ever happened to me on the subway is seeing a bum pee on a platform.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:32pm

Patronus, I used to date a 6 in spicy Italian...

[Melicus]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:36pm

Updated On: 7/25/08 at 01:36 PM

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:37pm

Updated On: 1/15/09 at 01:37 PM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:38pm

London's Tube has them all beat. Signs that tell you when the next train is arriving, maps painted on the walls so you know what direction you are going, non-metal tracks for a quiet station, candy machines on the platforms, pay for where you are going--not subsidizing everyone else's ride, turnstiles that take the ticket rather than NYC's swipe til you gripe turnstiles, a nice calming voice that advises you to "Mind the gap".

Updated On: 7/24/08 at 01:38 PM

[LePetiteFromage]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:41pm

Updated On: 1/15/09 at 01:41 PM

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:44pm

that sounds wussie!

[LaurenB]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:44pm

Just don't stand near the edge of the platform. I've witnessed two fights break out, and you never know which way the bodies will fall.

[Calvin]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:45pm

Yeah, but even it stops running in the wee hours.

[Patronus]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:48pm

Most subway horror stories will end with, "...and then he pee'd."

[Calvin]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 1:54pm

Just always remember this advice:

If the train is even moderately crowded, and you see a fairly empty car, it's empty for a reason. At best, the A/C is out. At worst, you're going to be knee-deep in hobo droppings. And some valiant riders think tolerating even that is worth having a seat during rush hour.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:13pm

One day I was riding the subway and it pulled into Times Square. There was a hippopotamus of a woman about to get on. She had that wicked gleam in her eye when some fat slob sees an empty seat and is determined that their fat caboose is going to sit in it. As the doors open, she didn't even wait to see if anyone was getting off, she corrals all her fat to move in one direction and runs straight into me as I'm getting off the train. She has the nerve to start yelling all kinds of obscenities at me for getting in her way when she's trying to get on the train. After all, we all know the rule is obese slobs get on before anyone departs the train.

[Calvin]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:16pm

Just yesterday on the A train there was a guy who actually took up all three seats on that section by the door. Some skinny old man made him scooch over so he could fit in one of them by the time the train reached Port Authority.

I make it a point to use my bag to "accidentally" whack anyone trying to get on the train while I'm still getting off.
Updated On: 7/24/08 at 02:16 PM

[LaurenB]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:22pm

"I make it a point to use my bag to "accidentally" whack anyone trying to get on the train while I'm still getting off."

LOL. I used to lead with my briefcase, and used it to sort of force a wedge through the crowd.

[nygrl23]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:22pm

I'm with doodle, gotham. Can't Londoners handle a little track clack?

[Calvin]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:23pm

Umbrellas are great for that, too! Like a battering ram.

[Kasie]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:24pm

I work at Subway. It sucks.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:25pm

"I make it a point to use my bag to "accidentally" whack anyone trying to get on the train while I'm still getting off."

Me too...and that is why Calvin and I will likely die a nasty subway related death.

Recently, the opposite happened. During rush hour the subway opened in front of me and I held off people trying to shove on so that those exiting could do so (which makes it easier to get on, duh!) but one ahole decided to stay seated and waited so I went to move onto the train and he jumped up and stood in front of me with some nasty comment about letting people off first. I gave him my "yeah, well you've got bad breath" look of disgust.

It was so odd!

[fvalle24]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:28pm

OMG you guys are hilarious! I've never been to London, but their system looks very slick!

LA transit sucks...

Speaking of obese riders...Here in LA there is this obese lady who reeks; she KNOWS she reeks. On any hot sunny LA day, she'll go from car to car walking up and down tormenting us poor riders. IT'S DIGUSTING!!! She does it on purpose, I know!

But here in LA there seems to be a delay every day, not very reliable or consistent.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:28pm

I always wait to make sure that everyone is off before I get on, but there are some people that are fakers. While standing in the doors of the train: "Is this our stop?" "No I think we wait until Houston Street" "No this is Christopher we get off here". "But on the map Bleeker is closer to Houston." These people need to be smacked with a Lonely Planet.

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:30pm

Goth why do you take the subway? Aren't subways "SOCIALISM"? After all, the rich are taxed to build them but the poor ride them more often! Doesn't the existance of this inequality OUTRAGE YOU?

[Chance]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:34pm

I just yell at the dumb ****s that try to get on the train without letting anyone get off. and then i push them out of my way.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/24/08 at 2:36pm

"Doesn't the existance of this inequality OUTRAGE YOU?"

Yes it does. The fact that I have to pay $2 to ride from 42nd Street to 14th Street, while someone else pays $2 to ride from Far Rockaway to 125th Street is robbery.