Subway stories

AlphaGam1019 · #1 11-17-2003, 12:17 PM

Do you have any subway stories?

I'm really not used to dealing with public transportation and so my visit to Boston was interesting. I blogged the following story and I thought I'd share.

subway pee
The subway cars were packed like sardines for many of our rides in the past few days. Lot of "standing room only" situations. In any case, it's not an adventure I get to experience everyday

A couple nights ago, went to watch Matrix 3 at the Loews Boston Common. On our way back home after the movie, my bf warned me of possible freaks on the subway. I pretty much dismissed this as something that occurs later at night- it was only 10:30pm. We shuffled onto the subway.

Two giggling girls were having problems getting off the car as we made our way in. Problems in the fact that one was sitting funny and having difficulty getting up from her seat while the other was helping her up. We sat across from this commotion- you gotta act quickly if you want a seat on the train :P In any event, the girls finally left. One of the girls left a nice gift on her seat- a puddle of piss.

Most passengers stared in disbelief. The word from others was that the girl really needed to go to the restroom. Before getting onto this train, she was in another stuffed subway car- telling her friend that she needed to relieve herself. It was observed she could not hold it- she formed a wet spot in her pants and there was a lovely puddle on the floor of the car.

An unsuspecting kid sat in the seat next to the puddled seat and laid his hand near the liquid. No one said a thing and we were surprised he didn't notice. Then came the shock of discovery. Then the EWWWW. Then the handy cell phone with cam was whipped out.

Always check the subway seat before sitting in it. You never know.

ZTAngel · #2 11-17-2003, 12:22 PM

Ew....and you know that nobody is going to clean that. It'll just dry up so that some unsuspecting person will sit on that seat or put their hand on it while eating their bagel on their way to work. YUCK!

mu_agd · #3 11-17-2003, 12:29 PM

was this on the green line or the red line? and now you have me nervous, nina. thanks!!

aephi alum · #4 11-17-2003, 12:46 PM

Ohhh... my.

I could picture that happening on the green line. Darn trolley cars bounce around too much...

One of the first things every New York subway rider learns, is that if the train pulls into the station and every car is jammed except for one... do not get into the empty car. There's a reason it's empty.

FeeFee · #5 11-17-2003, 01:06 PM

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Originally posted by aephi alum
One of the first things every New York subway rider learns, is that if the train pulls into the station and every car is jammed except for one... do not get into the empty car. There's a reason it's empty.

Ya got that right!!!!!

honeychile · #6 11-17-2003, 01:23 PM

When I was commuting to town & married, I was having the worst morning sickness. I turned to the guy standing across from me and said, "Excuse me, I think I'm going to throw up." People moved out of my way so fast, you wouldn't even believe it!

I got off at the next stop, even though it wasn't mine!

AlphaGam1019 · #7 11-17-2003, 01:28 PM

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Originally posted by mu_agd
was this on the green line or the red line? and now you have me nervous, nina. thanks!!

this was on the red line at park street (?) on the way back from the loews boston common movie theatre.

AlphaGam1019 · #8 11-17-2003, 01:37 PM

btw, I wish the subway was as clean as the one in Matrix 3. lol.

AlphaGam1019 · #9 11-17-2003, 01:38 PM

PS. more boston subway stories here:

http://www.boston-online.com/subway/

ThetaGrrl · #10 11-17-2003, 04:07 PM

Well, it's not exactly the same as a subway, but here ya go...

In Japan this summer, while taking the train, I noticed tons of people with camera cell phones... It's a pretty non-confrontational culture, so instead of staring at others, lots of people were using their camera viewers on their cell phones to look around at others... I was slightly creeped out by it, especially since most of them were looking at us, since we were obviously tourists.

valkyrie · #11 11-17-2003, 04:11 PM

When I was in high school, my parents, a friend and I went to Taste of Chicago. It was very hot and crowded, and I ate Gino's East pizza and Dove Bars all day until I felt sick. I told my mom I felt sick and she told me to "lighten up." Well yeah, I did, by vomiting on the el which was stalled and packed. It was awful. Some guy asked me if I was going to do that again and I was like, "I don't know." I didn't, until we were in the car, which wasn't pretty at all either.

I used to take the el every day, and I've seen more than my share of dudes who stand between the cars and pee.

lovelyivy84 · #12 11-17-2003, 04:17 PM

Well the most interesting part of my day is generall ymy morning subway commute. I spend my time noting fashion do's and dont's, lol.

The really bad thing about the subway of late is the extremely sharp rise in the number of homeless people. It is at the point where as soon as one person begging for money exits the subway car, another one enters. A lot of them are mentally unstable or sick, so there are people having almost violent discussions with themselves, or begging in barely comprehensible voices. It's terrible and very sad.

xo_kathy · #13 11-17-2003, 05:59 PM

My favorite experience on the subway was when I first got here. It was summer, hot as heck, and I happened to be wearing some shorts and a tank top (a little revealing, I guess, but nothing was hanging out!). I noticed the guy sitting across from me staring at me. OK, whatever. Then, he moved his bags over his lap. Then I heard the bags rustling, and him breathing heavy...I think you get the idea

It was, like, my second subway ride ever and I didn't think to switch cars or get off and wait for the next one. Thankfully, my stop was only a couple after he started. Blech! I still feel nasty just thinking about it.

Also, men like to "accidentally" lean their pelvis into you on the subway. So you move forward, but then they move forward. I have a friend, whose all of 5 feet tall, who turns to men whenever they do this and yells, "Do you mind? I don't need your penis touching me!"

BTW, I'm not saying this happens to me because of my overwheling beauty. It just happens to most women on the NYC subway at least a few times (well, the leaning into story at least!). It's just some nasty men around here!!!!

mu_agd · #14 11-17-2003, 06:20 PM

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Originally posted by AlphaGam1019
this was on the red line at park street (?) on the way back from the loews boston common movie theatre.

i'm so going to have such anxiety on the way home tonight! i might be standing on the red line from now on.. although i usually do anyways since i'm on it for so little time.

TigerLilly · #15 11-17-2003, 06:23 PM

Not the subway, but the streetcars --
There's this crazy Argentinian guy here in Heidelberg who likes to ride the buses and streetcars around. Then if you're a female by yourself, he'll come up and start talking to you, telling you how much he likes Germans / Americans / Brits / whatever you tell him you are. Then, all of a sudden, he starts asking "when are we going to see each other again?", and saying all this weird stuff like how the two of you should go out and that you're destined to be together.
This same guy has talked to me and something like 6 people I know...I'm wondering, does he just ride around on the Heidelberg bus/streetcar system all day, looking for females by themselves? Creepy!