Ha, the homeless man I saw at 7:00am on the train who seemed to forgot his pants somewhere and was masturbating was definitely at some kind of happy place. They even closed the whole car he was in down so he could be alone all the way until heritage where the transit cops took him to a different happy place.
I understand giving the seat to older folks, the disabled, and people who obviously need it (pregnant women, person with kids), but for some brash lady to sprint to catch the bus, then pull on a fake limp is more than enough reason for me to keep my seat. Some people think they deserve preferential treatment just for being alive; this isn't the case.
I'm sorry, but I've paid my dues to society, and now I'm entitled to a seat; and only special conditions will require me to give it up, as per bus rules. There are even times past when asking someone if they'd like the seat was offensive to them, in the sense that they look too old and frail to stand.
Book + MP3 player = happy place. Find a stretch of wall, and zone the F out. Only way to ride the loser cruiser (pubic transport).
In any city.
Actually that's the way to deal with Calgary trains, and other similar systems. Not all cities have crappy subway lines. Sydney, Australia comes to mind among other places.
I’m taking the train home from work around 4:30 last week and as per usual the train is ass to ankles full and we still have two more stops left in down town. I think it was City Hall station that a couple of people manage to squeeze in, now at this point I’m standing as I had given my seat to an elderly Chinese women. I turn and see that one of the people who got on is a woman who must be 8th months pregnant she has one hand on holding up her belly the other grasping the hand rail. She is standing in front of those 3 man seats that run parallel with the side of the train and face each other. Of course there are already three people sitting there two old people having a conversation and one long haired emo kid who is drawing picture of dragons on his notebook. The women looks down at him and smiles doesn’t even ask just assumes that he will have the decency to let her take his seat. The kid looks up at her smiling scowls turns up his head phones that are already blaring and resumes drawing. The poor women looked crushed. Now I saw this all from a distance but I should have or at least someone should have said something, seriously just recalling this occurrence makes he want to punch him in the face.
In vietnam war terms, I would have given that kid flying lessons right off of the train at the next stop.
Teenagers suck.
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What about hammered people? Seriously, when you get on the train and there is this crazy drunk person.
The drunks that pass out in the seat are alright, albeit an uncomfortable situation at least they arent going grade A looney all over the train.
Its not the passed-out gooned drunks that are the problem, its the ones that are in that zone where they're feeling good, still have energy and want to consult you on your opinions concerning tibetan freedom and the low, low quality of public restroom toiletpaper.
Also, this voodoo regarding the "Last Train." When I have to hunt for transportation from 17th because I couldnt get a cab if I had a gun let alone just calling one and its 3am and the train isnt running anymore is a huge pissoff. Where is the courtesy for the incapacitated?
I should just act crazy drunk in a parking lot with my keys out until someone calls the cops and I get a free ride....hopefully home.
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So I was taking the bus home from downtown, rush hour, its busy, nothing new. The bus is just about to pull away when this 35+ year old women runs after it to catch it, so the bus driver stops lets her in. I'm sitting in one of the front seats, she comes walking back and all of a sudden has a limp when 5 seconds ago she was running no problem. She comes up to me and says "umm excuse me that sign says "For persons with limited mobility". Now im in the seat that can fit 3 decent sized people and of course since its rush hour all of the seats are taken. The fact that out of everyone she picked, she picked me kinda made me a little upset (Maybe because im in my 20s). I was so close to saying, "Yea It does say For persons with limited mobility and you had a ton of mobility to run and catch the bus", but I didn't :S
You should have told her, "Wow! You can read and run! You're pretty talented.", and then ignored her.
What about hammered people? Seriously, when you get on the train and there is this crazy drunk person.
The drunks that pass out in the seat are alright, albeit an uncomfortable situation at least they arent going grade A looney all over the train.
Its not the passed-out gooned drunks that are the problem, its the ones that are in that zone where they're feeling good, still have energy and want to consult you on your opinions concerning tibetan freedom and the low, low quality of public restroom toiletpaper.
Also, this voodoo regarding the "Last Train." When I have to hunt for transportation from 17th because I couldnt get a cab if I had a gun let alone just calling one and its 3am and the train isnt running anymore is a huge pissoff. Where is the courtesy for the incapacitated?
I should just act crazy drunk in a parking lot with my keys out until someone calls the cops and I get a free ride....hopefully home.
I find hammered people on the train entertaining. Especially when they puke, and total strangers are suddenly thrilled to be working together for the common good and group-beating the idiot.
The women looks down at him and smiles doesn’t even ask just assumes that he will have the decency to let her take his seat. The kid looks up at her smiling scowls turns up his head phones that are already blaring and resumes drawing. The poor women looked crushed. Now I saw this all from a distance but I should have or at least someone should have said something, seriously just recalling this occurrence makes he want to punch him in the face.
This is the point where I would have grabbed the kid by the scruff and "suggested" to him the courtesy of letting this poor woman sit down. WTF is wrong with these kids?
I don't mind taking the C-train to and from work at all during rush hour. Its so packed that they never check for validated tickets. I do the park and ride so I never end up paying the fare. So I save $4.50 a day. Spend $7 on lunch a day. So my true cost for lunch is only $2.50
IMO that is not something you should be proud of.
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I find hammered people on the train entertaining. Especially when they puke, and total strangers are suddenly thrilled to be working together for the common good and group-beating the idiot.
Well, I'm as much of a fan of a good curb-stomping as the next guy but public transport is for drunk people too.
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Well, I'm as much of a fan of a good curb-stomping as the next guy but public transport is for drunk people too.
Yeah, but puke? Come on man, some people can't handle it. One time a drunk puked on the C-Train, and it set off the totally sober elderly woman sitting next to me, who let me have it full bore clean onto my chest.
Well then, for the greater good of women in calgary so they can get their own train, LET THE GROPING BEGIN...
Japan is messed up.
Lordy, have you seen some of the women that take the train there? I was half tempted to grope them myself (then I came to my senses)..Like supermodels, some of them are...The funny thing is, it isn't even men trying to pick up women; it's just usually horny little business guys who cop a feel a women's butt and then run off giggling.
Still, if that's the most pressing public crime, Japan is actually quite sane lol...
Lordy, have you seen some of the women that take the train there? I was half tempted to grope them myself (then I came to my senses)..Like supermodels, some of them are...The funny thing is, it isn't even men trying to pick up women; it's just usually horny little business guys who cop a feel a women's butt and then run off giggling.
Still, if that's the most pressing public crime, Japan is actually quite sane lol...
To argue the other side, men in Japan are often falsely accused as well as was shown in this movie.
In Japan you're pretty much guilty if it goes to court so they force you to take a settlement.
That would definitely be an interesting film to watch; I'm going to buy it online later today I'm so intrigued.
False accusations are few and far between though in Japan; even if the guy is guilty, the vast majority of women will not risk challenging the status quo and stick out like a sore thumb; they will keep quiet about it.
Japan's legal system is far from perfect; although it should be fair to mention that repentance is often times the only way a case will be closed; guilt is bestowed upon the perpetrator, and the case is not solved until he apologizes to himself, the victim, and society in general.
(Coffee on monitor moment there...)
