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June 30, 2005
NO PREACHERS OF ANY KIND!
-GD
rowdy high school students should lose their train passes.....3 p.m. is dangerous on platforms and trains
-AS
No Picking Your Nose Wiping It On The Pole! I've seen it happen on
the B train!!
-I
How about no spreading your legs so wide that you take up a half seat on each side of you? This is a rule for MEN, who are the main culprits. It should be a double offense when there is a woman in one of those seats (usually she is cringing and trying to make herself as small as possible to not have to rub thighs with the offender). Call it the CLOSE YOUR LEGS RULE.
-CJ
I would like to see a spandex-free zone and a covered navel rule-no more exposed belly-buttons
-JK
A rule I’d like the MTA to enforce is directing passenger traffic. Walkways should be split into two so that one is solely for entering while the other is solely for exiting the subway. This would reduce chaos and aggression, especially during rush hours. This exists in London subways and other European cities; New York should follow suit. I believe this would greatly improve the quality of subway commuting.
-AN
Having been riding the #6 for the better (or worse) part of my 72 yrs., I am an accreditted authority on subway riding ; my recommendations :
- BACK PACKS ON THE FLOOR BETWEEN YOUR LEGS ; on the back the damn things take up another person's standing room (good luck with that one )
- We all know the cops will not be bothered with most of the nonsense being proposed w/o an immediate complaint or even with same. I was once doused with coffee by a rocking standee, a cop was on the train and he told the guy to "be careful ". As you may or not know, there IS a law on the books already prohibiting open containers on trains).
- I also watched a cop FLEE a car when he thought the guy opposite me, arguing with his friend, reach down into his pants leg/sock to retrieve something - FLASH, THE COP WAS GONE (through the connecting door, of course !) . The kid was getting his cigarettes !
Again, as an (cynical but realistic )authority, I will tell you NOTHING WILL CHANGE .
-TT
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