Craziest Thing You've Ever Seen In the Subway (New York, York: camper, to move)

[Mobilemoll]

I didn't witness this, but after hanging out in Jamaica I was about to cross the street for the Q43 (Hillside Ave.) to take me to the Jamaica LIRR. Anyway, this guy exited the 169th Street F train stop looking shell shocked: he just got got! He was sort of zombie-fied and when I asked if was 'ok', he mentioned that a couple of guys made him give up the wallet after getting off the sub and he begged to keep his Metrocard and that was what he was clutching in his hand. I was beyond stunned to think about calling the police or anything for him, but he just wanted to go home and waited for the N6 back to LI. This happened in Fall 2007.

[Zizza]

I once saw a woman refusing to move her stroller for a man in a wheelchair (who was begging for money). The beggar then tried to bash the stroller out of the way (with a baby in it, mind you) with his wheelchair. Instead of protecting her baby, the woman threatened to knock the man out of his wheelchair, until the beggar GOT UP out of his wheelchair and lift it over the stroller. Don't ask me why he didn't just go around the other side of the subway pole... and don't ask me who is crazier, the woman or the man.

[juppiter]

I've never lived in NYC, but one of my college roommates did... he told this story.

He and his friend encountered an Asian woman selling bootleg DVDs. They were leafing through the collection when they arrived at the porn section. She yelled, "NO! Not for you!" And then proceded to bolt away.

[anders]

Originally Posted by Mobilemoll

this guy exited the 169th Street F train stop looking shell shocked: he just got got! He was sort of zombie-fied and when I asked if was 'ok', he mentioned that a couple of guys made him give up the wallet after getting off the sub and he begged to keep his Metrocard and that was what he was clutching in his hand. I was beyond stunned to think about calling the police or anything for him, but he just wanted to go home and waited for the N6 back to LI. This happened in Fall 2007.

I understand the shell-shocked feeling.
'Way back, I worked late hours for publisher. I was on the A train post-midnight, heading to the Rockaways, since I'd promised to help some friends who were moving. The only things I had on me were wallet, keys, and a foot-square cardboard box full of manuscript galleys and printouts.

When the doors opened at Utica Ave., one young - and BIG - guy jumped into the car, with two equally huge toughguys right behind him. He immediately tried to grab the box from me. But instinctively and stupidly, I wouldn't let go - though the stuff in the box was replaceable and nonvaluable, and I'm anything _but_ big, tough, or athletic.
We had a crazy 15-second tug-of-war, and the doors stayed open during it. I gave one big tug that sent the guy off-balance, so he fell backwards into his friends, they all landed on the platform - and the doors finally closed.
Two dozen passengers just watched this impassively, and I don't want to think about what would've happened if the doors didn't close, or if the guy's two friends had been completely in the car.
But my immediate reaction was: "Whew. I just want to get to the Rockaways."

On a lesser shellshock note was kids' token-booth scam, which happened to me and to friends: As you put your cash in the window slot, a short kid would rush up out of nowhere, grab the cash from the slot - right in front of you and the token clerk - and run off with it. (When it happened to me, the kid actually spun around and said "THANK you very much!" before he sped off.)
You and the clerk would be left staring at each other, you couldn't do anything except fish around for another bill, and the others on line would get irritated by the delay - since they had no clue that you'd just been robbed.

[Happy&Satisfied]

I saw a man wearing a dress!

[Viralmd]

Originally Posted by Happy&Satisfied

I saw a man wearing a dress!

That's not so strange. You can see that any day of the week in the Village.

[KRS88]

2 years ago I saw 2 gay men making love in the back.............

[ritanyc]

ive seen two straight people making love in the back too........not strange trust me. gay straight, trannie, UGH GET A ROOM!

ooooo, I was waiting for a train to Penn Station and this guy kept staring at me. I saw him out of the corner of my eye and I swear something strange was going on. My roomie was with me. All of a sudden she was like OMG lets get out of here. I look over at this guy and hes walking closer and closer to us while he put his hands in his pants and was proceeding to get off while wlkaing closer to us and stroknig himself off. Mod cut: language Obviously I guess no one says anything and let him do it and they run off but I was sooo pissed I stood my ground, stood up and started screaming at him to Mod cut: languageget the Mod cut: language away this and that. I had my umbrella with me and I started at him, and at this point he starts running away with his hands STILL IN HIS PANTS

FREAKIN PERVERTTTTTTTTTT UGHHHHHHHH

LMFAO but i will say that was the craziest/most hilarious thing I have EVER SEEN. My roommate was schocked, scared and rolling all at the same time AHAHAHAH

my god the nerve of these homeless sometimes I SWEAR! UGH!!!!

I also love the LEAN BACK, LEAN BACK guy who rides the train at like after midnight on the 1 uptown and does his Michael Jackson, spanish, Lean Back jokes and singing

Mod cut: languageHILARIOUS if you guys ever get a chance to see him.

lolololol

[Fred314X]

I haven't seen her in a few years, but there used to be a woman I called the Brimstone Lady. She was a heavyset black woman, who always wore a black dress, and carried a huge cross (it had to be at least a yard high!) wrapped in foil. She'd plant herself in the middle of the subway car, and in a voice that sounded like she had a bullhorn implanted in her throat, begin yelling about salvation--and if everyone didn't start praying immediately, they were all going straight to hell.

There was no way to get away from her. And when the train came into a station and the doors opened, people two cars away could hear her ranting. (They felt safe by virtue of distance, but that was just a temporary condition, because she was going to get to their car eventually!)

[Azzurra]

Originally Posted by Rachael84

"Do do you want to hang me? Well you can't, because slavery is done with." and kept calling me racist and going onnnn and onnnnn

I am originally from the "deep" south, and so this post really got to me, I was hoping that crazy civil war (war of northern aggression, as it is often time called down there) was over. Maybe she didn't get the memo. Thanks for sharing that.