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I just got off a packed Yellow Line train, and just can't believe how rude some people are!!! While on the train, a man stepped on a woman's feet with his full weight and full force when the train made a jerk. She was wearing flip flops (bad idea), and started crying for several minutes, as I'm sure she was in a lot of pain. This man clearly saw what he had done, but didn't even apologize! When we got off the train, he tried to dart off, but at a bottleneck I confronted him, telling him (loud enough for others to hear) that the least he could have done was apologize. He promptly said "thanks" and ran off.
Question for you all... when you see such grossly inappropriate and rude behavior, do you watch it complacently, or do you confront people? I feel like more and more, as each year goes by, we just let stuff like this go, but I really think that people need to be held accountable. Any thoughts on being confrontational with super-rude people?
That's not rudeness--it sounds like it was an accident. Anyway, if the train was packed, how were you able to get a clear view of someone's feet? Story does not pass the smell test
Sorry it doesn't pass your smell test, stars99. He knew what he did, especially right after when he looked her in the face when she was crying. He knew what he did, and refused to even acknoweldge it. Smell any better to you?
I just got off a packed Yellow Line train, and just can't believe how rude some people are!!! While on the train, a man stepped on a woman's feet with his full weight and full force when the train made a jerk. She was wearing flip flops (bad idea), and started crying for several minutes, as I'm sure she was in a lot of pain. This man clearly saw what he had done, but didn't even apologize! When we got off the train, he tried to dart off, but at a bottleneck I confronted him, telling him (loud enough for others to hear) that the least he could have done was apologize. He promptly said "thanks" and ran off.
Question for you all... when you see such grossly inappropriate and rude behavior, do you watch it complacently, or do you confront people? I feel like more and more, as each year goes by, we just let stuff like this go, but I really think that people need to be held accountable. Any thoughts on being confrontational with super-rude people?
I got shoved, walked into, and someone stepped on my shoe, causing it to fly off, none got apologies, and it's no big deal. these things happen.
The incident is certainly plausible, but not typical. Most of the rudeness I notice consists of young people, mostly guys, not giving their seats to the elderly or women who are pregnant. And there seems to be a few out there who commandeer an extra seat with their bag and then leave it there even as the car fills up.
The incident is certainly plausible, but not typical. Most of the rudeness I notice consists of young people, mostly guys, not giving their seats to the elderly or women who are pregnant. And there seems to be a few out there who commandeer an extra seat with their bag and then leave it there even as the car fills up.
"people" like that tend to be oblivious to the world around them. One has to confront them, wake them up in a sense, and ask them if they can move their bag.
This morning, a young heffa was sitting with her legs crossed toward the aisle. I saw people walking around her legs. She had this look of, "so what". She was sitting across from me. When I was leaving the train, I hit her legs with my bag.
"people" like that tend to be oblivious to the world around them. One has to confront them, wake them up in a sense, and ask them if they can move their bag.
I agree. And I do just that.
Nonetheless, how many crowded Metro trains must one ride with their bag before the learning curve is ascended? That is why I suspect some do it in the hopes that it will dissuade others from asking them to move their bag.
I do it as well- if the car has only a few people (a rarity) and there is a surplus of empty seats.
This is such a non issue. Next time you go grocery shopping, look at how how people, and possibly you yourself behave there. I see the most self absorbed actions in supermarkets, FAR worse than on the metro. People will block entire aisles, they see you, they won't move their carts, like you came there to watch them shop. Just watch. My pet peeve is grocery shopping because of how rude people are there, but I know that happens, and I expect it, and it doesnt' ruin my day, because I know that's what happens in grocery stores.
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