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What NYers think about this?
Is it likely to become law?
Technically there is a similar law but no one abides it. All open beverages are illegal on the subway. I hope they do pass this but the issue is about enforcing it. People don't realize that other riders don't want to smell other food or seeing people chow down like neanderthals. The issue is also that these slobs don't take their trash with them. They either leave it on the train, throw it on the platform or throw it on the tracks, which causes fires and feeds the rats. They need to pass this on buses also. It was pretty much a "rule" but no one pays attention. The city can't possibly have cops or conductors handing out tickets.
Well I don't want to hear people talking on their cell phones, picking their noses, lifting up their arms revealing hairy armpits, and clipping their nails but I've seen all that and more on the subway.
Well I don't want to hear people talking on their cell phones, picking their noses, lifting up their arms revealing hairy armpits, and clipping their nails but I've seen all that and more on the subway.
And these aren't vital functions like EATING.
I recently saw a woman, cut, file and polish her finger nails AND toe nails. When she was done she proceeded to take out a shaver and shave her legs. All this is ok - but you can't eat?? This Bill will never pass!!
Technically there is a similar law but no one abides it. All open beverages are illegal on the subway. I hope they do pass this but the issue is about enforcing it. People don't realize that other riders don't want to smell other food or seeing people chow down like neanderthals. The issue is also that these slobs don't take their trash with them. They either leave it on the train, throw it on the platform or throw it on the tracks, which causes fires and feeds the rats. They need to pass this on buses also. It was pretty much a "rule" but no one pays attention. The city can't possibly have cops or conductors handing out tickets.
Exactly right...on all counts!
There are signs posted in each car informing you that you aren't supposed to bring open food onto the trains. The problem, as ever, is enforcement. I, personally, lean in the direction of outrageously high fines; if you get hit with a $250 summons for bringing your fried chicken onto the subway (and the judge backs it up), you're not going to do that again.
If you make a rule but don't enforce it, then you haven't got a rule. It'll never get any simpler than that.
So you propose fining a woman for feeding her six year old a cheese sandwich or a diabetic eating to control their blood glucose level?
Do people think before they say these things?
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