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Vent from the T
No problem with the service this morning, but I'm sure we have all had issues with certain passengers.
This morning it was a woman with a huge wet 'puffy' coat that basically sat on half of my lap with her arm, soaking my leg with the coat and her dripping umbrella. During the ride she also hits me twice in the face with said wet arm, while flipping her paper.
Granted, I will admit that I fell asleep. Perhaps I was leaning in her direction, but I woke up quite frequently and that did not seem to be the case. Plus, it would have been pretty darn hard for me to be moving anywhere with her wedged on top of me. Even if I was, a simple nudge or an "excuse me" would have been fine, and I would have apologized. I don't think that she even noticed that she hit me, b/c she certainly didn't acknowledge it. I hope that she at least noticed that I had to dig my way out from under her when I left.
Grrr... such a minor thing, but a lousy way to start the day. Thanks for letting me vent. Please feel free to dump your own commuting vents in here!
Re: Vent from the T
I take the Red line everyday, I hear ya girl. Most of the people I seem to ride with are okay, but there are certainly some assholes (thanks jCam for pointing out the other month that I can indeed say ass without $ signs
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For example, yesterday we were pulling into Alewife and two lines had formed by the door. I was second on one side and after the door open the guy who was third in the other line tried to push me (and probably the woman in front of him) out of the way so he could get out first. I stood my ground and didn't let him, but it's like, hello common decency!
There another guy I cannot stand so much that I know notice him on the train. Luckily I hardly ever see him anymore. He has no sense of personal space because he wants to be first off the train. One time I happened to be standing at the door we would be exiting out of and he was so close behind me I could feel his belt bucket ON MY BARE BACK (it was summer and I was wearing a halter; I'm 5'1 and he's like a giant). GROSS!
Yep, I'm on the red line too. I think that people get so antsy about the long trip that they get so anxious to leave.
That is really disgusting about the guy pressed against you. I get so grossed out by the lack of basic respect for personal space. Yes, it can get crowded, and I understand that, but many times people take it to an unnecessary level. There have been many times when I happened to sit at the end of a row, and someone by the door decides to sit on the bar next to my shoulder -- seriously, how do you think that putting your butt on someone's shoulder is ok?!
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That happens to me sometimes too. I want to elbow them in the butt, lol.
Ugh I hate that too. I'm small and need to grab onto a poll, so I just put my hand practically in their face and most people get the picture and stop leaning the hold the poll instead.
I don't sit on the end for this very reason.
The green line is by far the worst of all of them. There is a stop a block from my office and I choose to walk a mile to the orange line instead because I just can't handle it any more. Too many obnoxious kids, mostly, but also the unpredictable delays, constant stops and starts, ugh.
Last week was a bad T commuting week for me. Because of all the rain it flooded the tracks so for the ENTIRE week part of the Green Line was shut down. I would get on, get off three stops too soon, take a bus (they had them shuttling people back and forth), and then would walk from there because my stop was in the closed section, it was unnerving to say the least!
I don't usually have problems with other passengers, I'm lucky enough to get on early and get off the T before we're really far inbound so its never too terribly crowded. And the earliest I typically have to head in to work or school is 9:30-10:30, so its not really overcrowded.
Mrs C poor you! This sounds awful!