Things I Hate About... Public Transit

hikerman: 2nd Mar 2006 - 00:11 GMT

21. People who fart JUST BEFORE they get off the train.

Laura : 2nd Mar 2006 - 02:22 GMT

HAHAHAHAHAH Oh so true, Hikerman.

22. People who stare
23. People who jam out to their 30 second cell phone songs. Then do it again. And again. All the way to work...
24. People who crack their gum incessantly.
25. People who refuse to move all the way into the train or bus when it gets crowded.
26. And my #1 pet peeve on the subway- people who are waiting for the train and crowd infront of the entrance so as to completely block everyone from getting out of the train .

Elicar: 2nd Mar 2006 - 03:53 GMT

27. People who pour a bottle of cheap perfume just because it is easier than taking a shower.
28. People who do not go inside and crowd by the entrance thus not allowing more people to get in.
29. Body odour
30. Bad breath
31. People not removing their backpacks on a crowded train/bus (SRO).
32. People looking at my answers on my crossword puzzle.
33. Loud conversations especially in a language I cannot understand.
34. Unruly teenagers. I was one, not to long ago (I can only hope), but kids nowadays go to so much lengths to get attention.

Nuff...I have a longer list of what I like...

jeeff: 2nd Mar 2006 - 06:04 GMT

ok guys, i know most of these are directed at me...

Peter: 2nd Mar 2006 - 06:57 GMT

some people give me flack about my BO. i cant help it, i was raised in saskatoon!

elaine: 2nd Mar 2006 - 09:25 GMT

it was me looking at your crossword. and reading your book. and listening to your conversation.

EvilGentleman: 2nd Mar 2006 - 10:31 GMT

I never knew there was a Saskatoon, Tennessee...

Elicar: 2nd Mar 2006 - 11:30 GMT

No, Elaine, you were telling me what the answers were!

Peter, that's a reveleation. I did not realize you had a BREAST OBSESSION. Tehee!

grange: 2nd Mar 2006 - 13:45 GMT

#34, People eating some strange suff that smells like it came from a third world garbage dump
#35 Same people who don't close their mouths when they eat .
#36 same people who leave the leftovers all over the seat and floor .
#37 People who dont share it when your drunk and dont care what you eat ...lol..

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 2nd Mar 2006 - 14:25 GMT

#38 perverts.
#39 Snorers.
#40 people who use you to rest their paper on.

grange: 2nd Mar 2006 - 19:17 GMT

#41, people who point out your counting errors..lol

comiddle: 3rd Mar 2006 - 13:22 GMT

Snifflers. I hate it, but I understand that sometimes you just don't have a kleenex.

jack: 3rd Mar 2006 - 15:50 GMT

no! there were two 34's. if we can't count then what do we have here but ramblings on and i hate rambling on because when you ramble onward then you miss the little cracks in the cement, is this #43 because if it is then im right and i hate being right all the timeand that makes 44 but these hates have nothing to do with the subject matter and i'm ranbling on, right...right....

EvilGentleman: 3rd Mar 2006 - 17:12 GMT

Good grief... well, I started this, so I guess it is up to me to fix it. Jack has a valid point, and also missed the one just prior to his last post. By my reckoning, there have been 43 gripes listed thus far that are actually related to public transit. So that should mean that the next one should be #44. Anyone who fails to regognize the amended count will probably go unnoticed by 90% of us.

Peter: 3rd Mar 2006 - 17:17 GMT

44. the guy i see on my train almost every morning, who habitually carries on arguments with imaginary voices via his mobile... despite the fact that there is absolutely no connectivity in the subway tunnel.

grange: 3rd Mar 2006 - 18:59 GMT

RE:#18: How about the guy/girl that yammers at ya in forgien language like you understand , even after politly saying , sorry i dont speak your language .
OR is this # 45..
#46 ( maybe ) People who just walk by some poor shmo whos having a heart attack like hes just not worth the trouble to stop and help .Bastards...
( on the other side , # 1 . people who will go to any leanths to help them .

EvilGentleman: 4th Mar 2006 - 20:34 GMT

48 - People who make out in public
49 - People who take pictures of you on buses or trains
50 - People who complain about me doing #48 and #49

And totally off this list, but relevant:

A - Hypocrites
B - People who complain about what they themselves do as well
C - People who are redundant
D - People who repeat things using different words
E - People who seem to not understand the meanings of the words they have just used

anon (208.38.59.79): 8th Mar 2006 - 18:07 GMT

My number 1 pet peeve : Complete strangers who will sit next to you and blather on for the whole bus ride about the most ridiculouse things or mumble so that you have to strain to hear them (so as to not appear to not care about them ) . It has happneed so much TP me now I get so pissed off I just nod my head and dont listen and got off at the next stop and waite for another bus . GAWD I HATE THAT. Some times I feel like saying OHHH would you shut the f*&# up . I dont even know you and your annoting the hell out of me .

Peter: 8th Mar 2006 - 18:19 GMT

52: people who fart just before getting off of the train.

kc: 8th Mar 2006 - 18:24 GMT

My favorite was...uh...10, garbage that rolls. There's always that sense of apprehension---you hear it, it's coming, what is it, is it leaking...

mark: 8th Mar 2006 - 20:03 GMT

Well I know most of these are all about the subway, but here's one for the many bus drivers out there. Drivers who insist on letting enough air build up to power a small mini into orbit and then dump there massive exchange as they pull up along side you from behind you (while your not waiting for the bus :-)

EvilGentleman: 8th Mar 2006 - 21:01 GMT

Actually mark, I count only 4 or 5 items on this list that are subway-specific, and about the same number are bus-specific, and the rest are based mostly on the behaviour of the other passengers.

In the interests of preserving the pedantism that jack and I are striving for, let me update the item count:
My item #50 is way off-topic, so it should not count
anon's remark about talkative strangers is now #50
Peter's #52 is actually a repost of hikerman's #21
mark's bus pressure release would be #51

So the next post should be #52

And jack... would you please post a few text articles? Your mind really enlightens and brightens my day. Besides, I think it is only fair that I have the opportunity to randomly comment with the word "pedantic" on your articles. If you could only see my silly grin right now...

someguy: 8th Mar 2006 - 21:10 GMT

i gotta second jack submitting some text. his writings always amuse me to no end. i read this site all teh time and never participate. im a major lurker. but i had to come out of the shadows to second the prompt for jack to write!

Liz: 8th Mar 2006 - 21:32 GMT

# 52 ticket booth workers who don't say "your welcome" when I say "please" and "thank you"

ed: 9th Mar 2006 - 01:39 GMT

#53 people who pick their nose and wipe their finger on the seat

elaine: 9th Mar 2006 - 08:34 GMT

jack, you have become 'a danger to yourself and others' with this gratuitous pedantry. you *really* like it, don't you? it's like your favourite toy now.

EvilGentleman: 10th Mar 2006 - 15:36 GMT

54 - Drunk people vomiting on the bus or subway
55 - Getting on an empty bus or train car, but discovering vomit on the floor
56 - The stale urine smell found in subway stations. (Not really much of a problem here in Montreal, but a smell from New York in 1985 I wish I could forget)

ksedge: 10th Mar 2006 - 16:56 GMT

not sure what number we're actually at but what about people who sing outloud to their ipods?

GGP: 12th Mar 2006 - 17:45 GMT

57-people who take their sweet time exiting the train so that by the time everyone else has cleared out and it's your turn to enter (because you are polite and wait for people to leave the car before entering, as the NY MTA announcements request), you're blocked by these oblivious slow-pokes who suddenly 'realize' it's their stop and then stampede you to race out before the door closes.
58-people who eat peanuts or sunflower seeds on the train and just drop the shells right there on the floor.

p.s. I find the rolling things kind of funny...weirdly distracting and entertaining to watch people moving their feet to avoid the rolling things...

Guy McLaren: 16th Mar 2006 - 07:00 GMT

What is this Public Transport? Dont you people own a car?

Micah: 16th Mar 2006 - 15:09 GMT

In re: #46: Something like that happened in Edmonton last week only more brutal: a man was beaten to death by some kids on the bus, and there were apparently a fair number of people on the bus but no-one did anything, nobody stepped in to help. The bus driver didn't know what was going on until after the kids got off the bus. Why do people ignore each other? There's being uncomfortable addressing strangers and then there's complete lack of humanity. Or courage.

minerva: 20th Mar 2006 - 06:43 GMT

I took this picture in Parkdale. I like fanciful signage. The picture "shimmering" is a happy accident.

minerva: 20th Mar 2006 - 06:46 GMT

Oops, when I resized the picture, I screwed it up. This isn't how it's supposed to look. Oh well, I guess I'm no Hool.

Liz: 23rd Mar 2006 - 00:31 GMT

ksedge: 10th Mar 2006 - 16:56 GMT

not sure what number we're actually at but what about people who sing outloud to their ipods?

GOOD ONE!!! Singing in public in general bothers the hell out of me, although I may sometimes be guilty of it . . . .

Peter: 23rd Mar 2006 - 03:40 GMT

liz: one of my co-workers sings aloud to her ipod. i hate it, and it hate her for it. its the most antisocial thing EVAR. id rather her pick her nose and wipe it on me, its that annoying and weird.

EvilGentleman: 25th Mar 2006 - 02:59 GMT

I think counting has just become irrelevant

EvilGentleman: 25th Mar 2006 - 03:10 GMT

But I think if we include champ's remarks, except the following:
nose picking - already listed
man boobs and teens pants - not really relevant to public transit
du rag - (no clue what this is, someone help me here)

then the next post should probably be #67

Liz: 25th Mar 2006 - 20:42 GMT

the #1 thing i hate is when womans kids are being bad

And when men's kids are being bad . . . ?

and i hate hookers that come on the subway

But you don't mind them anywhere else, I assume.

David: 26th Mar 2006 - 19:20 GMT

#67 Really mean parents who are enraged by their kids being kids.

naj a la plage: 26th Mar 2006 - 20:41 GMT

lmao@peters co-worker

#68 the unattainably beautiful working women on public transit who are totally uninterested in vagabond college kids like myself.
#69 children who aren't necessarily bad, but stare at you like you're from Mars
#70 people who sit half on your leg

jack: 26th Mar 2006 - 22:03 GMT

71- drunk people who lay down across the seats when there are no more seats left.
72- a beautiful, sexy women in a short, tight skirt who sits opposite me and continually changes her leg positions, very disquieting, very.

galaxy: 28th Mar 2006 - 06:29 GMT

i was thinking about this thread today on the train when i realized something i hate about public transit...and that is when all the seats are full and someone has a bag on the seat next to them but won't move it because they think they're too good to have anyone else sit next to them.

i also hate it when i touch the railing and it's greasy, from what i don't know but all i can think about is getting home to wash my hands with hot water and soap.

EvilGentleman: 28th Mar 2006 - 14:39 GMT

Since Catherine's #38, perverts, seems to refer fairly specifically to the weirdos who masturbate on public transit, then I think there is space for:

75 - anonymous ass-grabbers and other gropers
76 - the sick bastards who are so blatant about getting behind an attractive lady when the train/bus is packed, so that they can rub their crotches on the woman
(I hope some lady who is sick of this decides one day to wear skin-tight jeans with the sharp end of a few thumb tacks poking out through the back pocket. That should be good for a few laughs)
77 - pickpockets

Liz: 29th Mar 2006 - 20:19 GMT

78 People who eat on the subway esp. when they lick their fingers.

This is one of the grossest things I could possibly imagine, do people realize how many rails/handles/poles they've touched on the way on to the train? Do they have ANY idea how dirty their hands are? Any comprehension of how sick it will make them? Eww, just thinking about it gives me the willies, thank god bike season is back!

Peter: 29th Mar 2006 - 20:34 GMT

liz: have you seen this entry?

Liz: 29th Mar 2006 - 21:17 GMT

I hadn't, but thank you for that, I'm going to go have a shower now . . .

EvilGentleman: 12th May 2006 - 17:04 GMT

79 - Bag sweat on seats from this guy

Marsh: 9th Jun 2006 - 03:16 GMT

Oily sweat marks from the foreheads of people who feel compelled to sleep with their faces smooshed all over the window

seaga: 26th Jun 2006 - 04:31 GMT

one think i dont hate about riding the train in carring out my business on the nice plastic tinted mindow

Susannah: 30th Aug 2006 - 01:17 GMT

People who hold the door open so the train can't leave the station.