Comments on: Subway Etiquette http://pdberger.com/subway-etiquette/ A British freelance writer living in New York Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:04:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The Unlawyer http://pdberger.com/subway-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-9821 The Unlawyer Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:48:21 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=759#comment-9821 [...] Read Englishman in New York [Don’t forget the comments! - Ed.] for more subway stories. Permalink | Trackback URL | RSS Feed | TechnoLinks TagIt! in:  del.icio.us •  Spurl •  Furl [...] [...] Read Englishman in New York [Don’t forget the comments! - Ed.] for more subway stories. Permalink | Trackback URL | RSS Feed | TechnoLinks TagIt! in:  del.icio.us •  Spurl •  Furl [...]

]]> By: A New Yorker http://pdberger.com/subway-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-9707 A New Yorker Sat, 01 Apr 2006 10:11:37 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=759#comment-9707 Question about the cleanliness of the subway sit? I never sit on a NYC Subway sit after this AwFuL experience. One day I was minding my business on the subway I noticed a smelly old man sitting down across my way. The man stunk up the whole subway car. It was a hot summer day. The man got of the subway for some reason and left his sweat stain on the seat. New people entered the crowded subway and some girl with a really short dress sat down on the same spot. Has any studies been done on germs being passed from one human to another on crowd stinky subways. Question about the cleanliness of the subway sit?

I never sit on a NYC Subway sit after this AwFuL experience. One day I was minding my business on the subway I noticed a smelly old man sitting down across my way. The man stunk up the whole subway car. It was a hot summer day. The man got of the subway for some reason and left his sweat stain on the seat. New people entered the crowded subway and some girl with a really short dress sat down on the same spot.

Has any studies been done on germs being passed from one human to another on crowd stinky subways.

]]> By: A New Yorker http://pdberger.com/subway-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-9706 A New Yorker Sat, 01 Apr 2006 10:00:11 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=759#comment-9706 One day in 1977 I was commuting home from school. A guy that appeared homeless was asking for money on the F train. I notice people were giving him lots of money. Maybe it’s because he did not smell bad. He just so happen to get of the same station I do. He happened to be taking the same route I do so I follow. Once he got out into the street he got into his late model Lincoln Continental with was parks next to the Essex St Station exit with is on the westbound side of Delancey St. He got in his car and made a hasty u Turn and disappeared on the Williamsburg Bridge. My point is does anyone pay any taxes on all the money earned begging on the subway? One day in 1977 I was commuting home from school. A guy that appeared homeless was asking for money on the F train. I notice people were giving him lots of money. Maybe it’s because he did not smell bad.

He just so happen to get of the same station I do. He happened to be taking the same route I do so I follow.

Once he got out into the street he got into his late model Lincoln Continental with was parks next to the Essex St Station exit with is on the westbound side of Delancey St. He got in his car and made a hasty u Turn and disappeared on the Williamsburg Bridge.

My point is does anyone pay any taxes on all the money earned begging on the subway?

]]> By: babs http://pdberger.com/subway-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-9004 babs Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:43:51 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=759#comment-9004 I've lived in NYC since 1977 (interruped by 8 years in Paris) and have seen nail clipping, nose picking, etc., on the trains but the only masturbation I've ever seen was on the RER in Paris. Howver, a friend of mine once had a guy jerk off on her on a crowded subway -- she was totally unaware of it until a policeman approached her when she got off the train -- he'd seen the whole thing, collared the offender, and asked her if she wanted to press charges. She had no idea what he was talking about until he directed her attention to the stain on her coat. She screamed, refused to press charges, and went immediately home to be sick and change clothes. I’ve lived in NYC since 1977 (interruped by 8 years in Paris) and have seen nail clipping, nose picking, etc., on the trains but the only masturbation I’ve ever seen was on the RER in Paris.

Howver, a friend of mine once had a guy jerk off on her on a crowded subway — she was totally unaware of it until a policeman approached her when she got off the train — he’d seen the whole thing, collared the offender, and asked her if she wanted to press charges. She had no idea what he was talking about until he directed her attention to the stain on her coat.

She screamed, refused to press charges, and went immediately home to be sick and change clothes.

]]> By: A Guy In New York http://pdberger.com/subway-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-8883 A Guy In New York Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:48:20 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=759#comment-8883 <strong>Big Apple Blog Festival - February 20, 2006</strong> Welcome to the Big Apple Blog Festival (BABF), a representative roundup of this week's posts by NYC bloggers. The Big Apple Blog Festival likes to go on tour, and different blogs host it ... if you have a NYC... Big Apple Blog Festival – February 20, 2006

Welcome to the Big Apple Blog Festival (BABF), a representative roundup of this week’s posts by NYC bloggers. The Big Apple Blog Festival likes to go on tour, and different blogs host it … if you have a NYC…

]]> By: Jay http://pdberger.com/subway-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-8864 Jay Sun, 19 Feb 2006 02:59:09 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=759#comment-8864 I wish you warn it to him. They should do that at home. Subway is public place people have to consider other people. ^^; I wish you warn it to him. They should do that at home. Subway is public place people have to consider other people. ^^;

]]> By: Roger http://pdberger.com/subway-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-8849 Roger Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:40:43 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=759#comment-8849 Oh, yeah...that's nothing....some dude with long curly sideburns was riding the train and picking his nose the same way. Then, delicately putting his nose proceeds into his expecting salivating mouth. Oh, yeah…that’s nothing….some dude with long curly sideburns was riding the train and picking his nose the same way. Then, delicately putting his nose proceeds into his expecting salivating mouth.

]]> By: Kate http://pdberger.com/subway-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-8848 Kate Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:30:11 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=759#comment-8848 I sat next to a woman on the orange line last week. She looked normal, though somewhat eccentrically dressed, and was doing a sudoku puzzle. I nabbed the seat next to her and she glared at me, which I ignored. After a few minutes, I shouldn't have, but I looked at her. She was digging in her nose, almost up to her wrist. She alternated nostrils, but seldom paused for more than a few seconds for the next 20 minutes. No one in the car would make eye contact with me to be outraged, though. I sat next to a woman on the orange line last week. She looked normal, though somewhat eccentrically dressed, and was doing a sudoku puzzle.

I nabbed the seat next to her and she glared at me, which I ignored. After a few minutes, I shouldn’t have, but I looked at her. She was digging in her nose, almost up to her wrist. She alternated nostrils, but seldom paused for more than a few seconds for the next 20 minutes. No one in the car would make eye contact with me to be outraged, though.

]]> By: Caren http://pdberger.com/subway-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-8847 Caren Fri, 17 Feb 2006 21:19:06 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=759#comment-8847 Flying back from LA, I once sat next to a man wearing the robe-like attire and sandals of possibly some Indonesian locale. At the beginning of the trip he proceeded to clip his nails. He concluded this by taking off his sandals and then clipping his toenails. Yuck. Maybe airport security should resume confiscating nailclippers. Flying back from LA, I once sat next to a man wearing the robe-like attire and sandals of possibly some Indonesian locale. At the beginning of the trip he proceeded to clip his nails. He concluded this by taking off his sandals and then clipping his toenails.

Yuck. Maybe airport security should resume confiscating nailclippers.

]]> By: Jenny http://pdberger.com/subway-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-8829 Jenny Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:06:14 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=759#comment-8829 I was on the train once and some guy was clipping his toenails! I was on the train once and some guy was clipping his toenails!

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