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"In any sufficiently large group of people, most are idiots". Take the subway in Boston. You'd be baffled at the ingress/egress difficulties encountered. Peo
by MrFoof 17y ago
"In any sufficiently large group of people, most are idiots".
Take the subway in Boston. You'd be baffled at the ingress/egress difficulties encountered. People block the doors. Passengers boarding don't wait for passengers departing to exit the cars before they attempt to force their way in. People are reluctant to take a seat between other people (especially women when the seat is between two men), reducing standing space. Standing passengers do not move towards the ends or center of the cars to allow more passengers to board.
This is usually accompanied by at least 30 seconds of announcements from the on-board spotter over the train's intercom system. Per stop. I've seen this take as long as 90 seconds.
- Nwallins 17y agoWow, that's pretty awful. I've only been living in NYC for 2 years, but I've totally absorbed all of these etiquette rules that are fairly well ingrained in the local culture. Still, I find myself gritting my teeth a few times a week when they are breached. I've never thought of myself as a tense person, but I swear my body temperature goes up a few degrees when boarding passengers either stand right in front the door, blocking those exiting, or worse, attempt to board through the exiting passengers, somehow. I might need medication if I ever move to Boston ;)