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Is it the law not to eat on a subway platform? Or is it a rule at that platform? Can you get arrested for smuggling m&ms into a movie theater or a bottle of your own water into a fast food restaurant? I would put those in the same category.
Oh brother, can we just have a discussion not involving Trump? I mean seriously, grow up and stick to topic. Some of us are so sick of Trump we'd rather not have to deal with all the idiocy in every single thread.
Nah... I'm gonna keep pointing out the hypocrisy you and yours like to ignore so you can keep lying to yourselves about your real motivations.
And I guarantee when Trump's laundry gets aired, you and yours are not going to be saying ".... regardless, it's the law."
Oh brother, can we just have a discussion not involving Trump? I mean seriously, grow up and stick to topic. Some of us are so sick of Trump we'd rather not have to deal with all the idiocy in every single thread.
Kind of weird he actually got arrested for it. Was he making a mess or something? I ate all the time on BART when I was a time crunched college student, sometimes right in front of cops, and no one cared.
Me too....I used to commute every day on BART and ate my breakfast on it. It was many years ago I guess, so perhaps the rule was not in place or it just wasn't enforced as early as I was having my breakfast every day.
I assure you you or I would get a ticket
You are not supposed to eat or drink on the platforms
We have become a society where it’s not what is said and done but social status that determines enforcement
Nah, you probably wouldn't. I've drank coffee, same thing, probably hundreds of times of the years on BART. The chances are shockingly low they'll cite you for it. But technically you're breaking the rules and you MIGHT get cited. If you can't accept the risk then follow the rules. It's just not likely so you can pretty much hop the fare gates and eat your Buffalo wings and throw the bones on the ground and BART employees will just walk by.
Most BART riders, at least the paying ones, would prefer the rules just be enforced but they're largely not.
Me too....I used to commute every day on BART and ate my breakfast on it. It was many years ago I guess, so perhaps the rule was not in place or it just wasn't enforced as early as I was having my breakfast every day.
It's been in place since inception. It's just ignored by pretty much everyone. There's signs plastered all over nowadays which there may not have been in the '70s or whenever.
Kind of weird he actually got arrested for it. Was he making a mess or something? I ate all the time on BART when I was a time crunched college student, sometimes right in front of cops, and no one cared.
He wasn't arrest for eating a sandwich. He was detained for refusing to provide his name for the citation for eating a sandwich. Allegedly the police officer passed by before and told him to stop eating, came back again and he was still eating so he cited him for it. Since he couldn't get a name for the citation he detained him. No biggie.
1) Don't eat in the paid areas/trains.
2) When told to stop eating in the paid areas/trains, stop eating.
3) When told you're being cited, don't act the fool.
It's been in place since inception. It's just ignored by pretty much everyone. There's signs plastered all over nowadays which there may not have been in the '70s or whenever.
OK Thanks! It was the early 90s FWIW. But that helps explain, possibly, the issue here. If there is a rule it should be enforced or not. Selective enforcement will always bring trouble and/or discontent. If 20 people break a rule and only one faces repurcussions for it, it will be an issue. And should be, because why that one person?
I would like to see that foul mouth disrespectful punk talk to the police in Houston like that. LOL his arse would have been arrested instantly and hauled away.
OK Thanks! It was the early 90s FWIW. But that helps explain, possibly, the issue here. If there is a rule it should be enforced or not. Selective enforcement will always bring trouble and/or discontent. If 20 people break a rule and only one faces repurcussions for it, it will be an issue. And should be, because why that one person?
I wouldn't say that exactly. People speed every day. Most of the time you don't get caught, but sometimes you do. Just how the world operates when you decide to break laws. Jaywalking is rarely enforced. It's just on the books for troublesome behavior.
Really depends on what the selective enforcement is based on. If the police officer walked by and told Mr. Sandwich and Mr. Sandwich-eating-banker to both stop eating sandwiches, came back and they're both still eating their sandwiches and only Mr. Sandwhich that's more of an indication of selective enforcement by race. If the police officer walks by and tells the banker and Mr. Sandwich to stop eating and the banker does and Mr. Sandwich doesn't, then it's not.
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Or is it a rule at that platform? Can you get arrested for smuggling m&ms into a movie theater or a bottle of your own water into a fast food restaurant? I would put those in the same category.
