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Looks like you haven't ridden a Subway train in a while![/quote]
I ride both everyday. I see people get up and give up their seat for elderly, and women all the time on the subway. Never saw it once on lirr.
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Also, I had to take my 4 year old to see a specialist in Manhattan last year and 2 people offered us a seat on a peak main line train (we only took one seat, I stood).
I'll grant you, I hate my fellow commuters almost as much as the train itself, but your experiences seem extreme, but believable.
Clearly, these disguisting trains don't get that way by just being late. Nope, our fellow commuters are pigs and slobs, eating all manner of loud crunchy, smelly food, taking up more than one seat and playing their smartphones out loud (the new trend it would seem). Oh, and yes Mr. Oversize commuter, come sit next to me in the two seater so you can sweat all over me.
LOL brings back many memories! Thanks!
Rode the LIRR for decades - a dull moment was always appreciated.
Even learned how to play Cribbage on the train with a "regular" group of commuters.
IMHO it beats driving. And rude and nasty people aren't confined to the LIRR, they're all over (including on the highways/roads).
We make choices - make a living in NYC or stay and get a job on Long Island.
I remember being 8 months pregnant and being shoved by several people gunning for seats. No one gave me their seat going in or coming back from the city. After 9/11, people did everyday until I gave birth. The solidarity after those events still amazes me today. People stopped honking each other on the parkways for awhile, didn't cut each other off, there was little to no aggression. Does anyone else remember how peaceful we were with each other after the towers went down?
I remember being 8 months pregnant and being shoved by several people gunning for seats. No one gave me their seat going in or coming back from the city. After 9/11, people did everyday until I gave birth. The solidarity after those events still amazes me today. People stopped honking each other on the parkways for awhile, didn't cut each other off, there was little to no aggression. Does anyone else remember how peaceful we were with each other after the towers went down?
I do!
"So glad to see you" was heard and said often - to fellow commuters whose names we often didn't even know, only their faces; but we were glad to see them.
Everyone was grateful to have survived the unbelievable event, especially those of us who worked near the World Trade Center and witnessed (some of) the carnage. For a while it brought us all closer.
I remember being 8 months pregnant and being shoved by several people gunning for seats. No one gave me their seat going in or coming back from the city.
Wow, I forgot it was often that bad. You brought back some memories. The LIRR had its moments... some people were rabid for a seat. Some trains, certain people acted as if a particular seat belonged to them. They would have their special spot on the platform to wait and woe be the person who got in their way.
I recall making someone move once to give their seat to a pregnant woman. Made me sick that someone had to be told, rather than offering it on their own. The guy was rolling his eyes over it but he moved. Never understood people like that.
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After 9/11, people did everyday until I gave birth. The solidarity after those events still amazes me today. People stopped honking each other on the parkways for awhile, didn't cut each other off, there was little to no aggression. Does anyone else remember how peaceful we were with each other after the towers went down?
And yet another memory that I almost forgot. It was a very interesting time after 9/11.
people with their smelly food, especially during the AM rush --- your egg sandwich smells like stale farts. Please eat it before boarding!
Morons trying to wedge their fat asss in the middle of the 3 seater (this is mainly women who think they are smaller than they are).
Idiots blocking the aisle while taking off their jackets, etc. Do you NOT see people trying to get past you to a seat???
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