subways make me want to vomit......

[Liam]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:03pm

i think that the subways are filthy and i want to bath in purel hand saintiser when i come out.some poeple in NYC are filthy pigs and homeless people creep me out

[cturtle]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:07pm

i love the NY subway system. so much to see. historic decorations. contemporary art. faces faces faces ...

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:07pm

(To Liam) If you are serious, then you are a worthless idiot.
Updated On: 7/13/05 at 10:07 PM

[Liam]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:11pm

ummmmm thanks

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:15pm

You should definitely bath in Purell when you come out. Which should be just about any day now.

[More Cowbell]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:16pm

Liam, I take it you're not a native New Yorker?

[Popular]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:17pm

I'm sorry but as a Los Angelino I hate when NYers complain about the subway. AT LEAST YOU HAVE A SEMI EFFICIANT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM!!! I adored the subway system when I was there over the holidays.

[gymman]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:18pm

Amen to Popular--try taking the bus, or worse, driving
God, I miss NYC

[Joshua488]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:23pm

Wow. The subway is actually quite bearable. Just sanitize once you're out of there and you're fine. It's really not that awful.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:24pm

As someone who forutnately stopped taking NYC public transportation (the subway) to work 3 years ago, I can say that when I have to ride the subway it appears more and more unsanitary.

We all know that the majority of germs and infections are spread through the hands.

Touch a support rail, sit in a seat....Think about the other people who have been touching the same rail or sitting in the same seat before you. You touch it, you then take your hands and touch all your clothes, you touch your skin, you put your hands in your mouth or on your lips, the spread of germs is endless.

When I ride the subway I always try to ride without touching anything. It makes for an interesting trip.

Is God telline me something when the homeless always seem to bump into me in a subway car?


Edit...damn! my typos were awful in this thread. Updated On: 7/13/05 at 10:24 PM

[gymman]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:25pm

Yup--I miss it every day, as I sit in traffic, or dodge drivers doing 90 in a 65 zone...

[Joshua488]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:26pm

Travel size Purell is my best friend. I haven't been sick in I don't know how long.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:26pm

Once I touched the rail on the subway and got a FABULOUS new hairstyle.

[The Grovers Corners Yenta]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:29pm

If homeless people bother you.why not do something to help them?

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:31pm

Half of the "homeless" people on the subway carry cell phones. It is a business.

I loved the subway system. My first experience with it was in May.

I also took a train (Harlem line) out of Grand Central, which was exciting.

Updated On: 7/13/05 at 10:31 PM

[mominator]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:32pm

Liam if you think NYC subways are bad... Just stay far away from some of the Boston stations! (EWWW!)

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:32pm

Jesus Christ, 11.

Updated On: 7/13/05 at 10:32 PM

[Unknown User]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:33pm

Some of the homeless make a very good living, living as homeless in the NYC subway system.

Some are know to have 2nd homes for the off seasons.

[Marlene]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:34pm

I love the subway. (Well minus the rare and occasional exhibitionist.) Feeding the homeless is fun. (Though it's always the one's that don't have teeth to chew my granola bars that ask specifically for food...:/...I must bring apple sauce!) :sigh: Though I really wish there was somewhere they could go. (Don't start w/ the shelter business.)

I must say I am anal retentive. I do have my hand sanitizer and I just try not to touch anything I don't need to on the train. What I really hate is rubbing shoulders with someone who is sweaty or needs to exfoliate. Accccck.

[BwayTheatre11]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:35pm

Sad but oh so true, Jose.

Updated On: 7/13/05 at 10:35 PM

[morosco]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:41pm

His writing skills have improved somewhat.

[BwayLeadman]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:44pm

Buses make me vomit

[Elphaba]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:48pm

a couple of things become obvious

Liam, you are a child who has less class than all homeless people I have met. Better learn a little tolerance if you want to live on this planet

Also, when I have been in NYV I have found the subways clean, and fine........perhaps not as nice as Munich, Vienna, Paris..and even London....but definately fine.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 10:59pm

Over 5 million people take the NYC subways everyday (including lots of rich and famous folks I've seen on there who could well-afford to have a personal chauffer around the city). It runs 24 hours a day/7 days a week/365 days a year, the cars are generally well-air-conditioned (sometimes TOO well) and despite the occasional fire, suicide, and signal problem, for $2 a trip it is a marvel of efficiency. Is it pristinely clean like the Disneyworld monorail at all times? No, and neither should anyone expect it to be. It does its job and keeps the city moving.

And a little Purell is a very small price to pay to be able to use a system that can get you from point A to Point B faster (and cheaper) in this crazy city than any other means of transportation.

Updated On: 7/13/05 at 10:59 PM

[Joshua488]

Posted: 7/13/05 at 11:04pm

Amen.