So why is it that people feel the need to stand directly in front of the subway doors when they have no intention whatsoever to get off the train? Okay, I understand that sometimes, the trains are very crowded and there’s nowhere else to go, but I’m talking about the times when it’s not that crowded and there’s plenty of room to move towards the center of the car. At the very least, when you see that there are people, like me for example, trying to board the train, you could at least turn sideways, or move slightly out of the way instead of just standing there impeding my progress. C’mon folks, move to the center of the car unless you plan to get off. Not that difficult.
And on an unrelated (yet still ranting) note — it’s so fucking cold!!!! Ack! I’ve been wearing my puffy coat with its furry hood over my dorky ear-flap hat. Very sexy.
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hey–maybe not “sexy” but definitely adorable. i need a coat like that.
my rage for those lacking in subway etiquette knows no bounds. how bout those people who go down (or up) the subway stairs on the left-hand side? yesterday i was a accosted by a whole MOB of them (usually it’s just one or two idiot strays) and had to literally push and shove my way through. i said something about them being on the wrong side and probably came off looking like the crazy, but i don’t care. they were WRONG. ALL of them!
hey–maybe not “sexy” but definitely adorable. i need a coat like that.
my rage for those lacking in subway etiquette knows no bounds. how bout those people who go down (or up) the subway stairs on the left-hand side? yesterday i was a accosted by a whole MOB of them (usually it’s just one or two idiot strays) and had to literally push and shove my way through. i said something about them being on the wrong side and probably came off looking like the crazy, but i don’t care. they were WRONG. ALL of them!
There seems to be some sort of ‘stand in front of a quickly closing door’ pandemic today. I was just downstairs getting a cup of coffee at the coffee shop in the building I work in. Coming back to the elevator, the door opened and this woman just stood there in the doorway trying to decide if it was going up or down and if she should get on. She didn’t. And she didn’t move out of the way and it closed. And we were on the first floor and elevators only go from there.
/rant off.
There seems to be some sort of ‘stand in front of a quickly closing door’ pandemic today. I was just downstairs getting a cup of coffee at the coffee shop in the building I work in. Coming back to the elevator, the door opened and this woman just stood there in the doorway trying to decide if it was going up or down and if she should get on. She didn’t. And she didn’t move out of the way and it closed. And we were on the first floor and elevators only go from there.
/rant off.
I like the coat… suits you.
I like the coat… suits you.
Why, thank you, Euan!
Why, thank you, Euan!
We must ride the same subway trains. That’s one of my serious pet peeves also. And we’re little guys – it’s difficult for us to get in/out when large bulky types are in the way. They sometimes don’t (or pretend not to) hear us when we loudly say “excuse me…getting off (on)”. Maybe the Metro folks ought to have a “subway etiquette” campaign to emcompass doors, stairs, and hurling sticky sodas on the floors…
And you look like an Alaskan Heidi in that picture – very provocative!
We must ride the same subway trains. That’s one of my serious pet peeves also. And we’re little guys – it’s difficult for us to get in/out when large bulky types are in the way. They sometimes don’t (or pretend not to) hear us when we loudly say “excuse me…getting off (on)”. Maybe the Metro folks ought to have a “subway etiquette” campaign to emcompass doors, stairs, and hurling sticky sodas on the floors…
And you look like an Alaskan Heidi in that picture – very provocative!
Had a woman do the exact same thing this morning. Making matters worse is that she picked the door that all the position jockeys – people like myself who get on the subway exactly at the door that will put them closest to the subway exit at their stop – are at in the morning. I nearly knocked her over when she gingerly looked over her should with this “Oh, are there people trying to get out?” look.
And, needless to say, the coat rules. You look so cozy!
Had a woman do the exact same thing this morning. Making matters worse is that she picked the door that all the position jockeys – people like myself who get on the subway exactly at the door that will put them closest to the subway exit at their stop – are at in the morning. I nearly knocked her over when she gingerly looked over her should with this “Oh, are there people trying to get out?” look.
And, needless to say, the coat rules. You look so cozy!
Knock them down! Tilt your head down, barrel through the doorway!!
Knock them down! Tilt your head down, barrel through the doorway!!