Consider me the Emily Post of the MTA.
October 13, 2010
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BxM7 Etiquette vol.7- a surprise
Today I was on line and I saw a handicapable man with a walker who is deaf. He moved to the front of the line with his paper stating that he was hearing impaired and needed to use the bus elevator. He is a semi regular on the bus. When the bus pulled in, however, the bus was packed and he could not get on using the elevator mechanism. He starts skrieking waving his paper in the air. The bus driver tells him calmly that the bus it too crowded to open the elevator door (he couldn’t move the half dozen seats to open the door to work the elevator to seat the man because people where already in those seats).
So, I am wondering what will happen- don’t they have to open the door because doesn’t he have to get on the bus becaue he can’t walk up the stairs? Doesn’t this become some sort of legal discrimination issue? Or can he just wait for another bus like any other rider? Well, apparently, I didn’t have to wonder long because the man snapped his seated walker shut, climbed onto the bus and found a seat.
September 3, 2009
August 11, 2009
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BxM7 Etiquette vol.6
When you are on the train during rush hour, please move away from the doors so others can get on- find something else to hold to or lean against.
People are tired, hungry, and sweaty from standing on the platform waiting for the train to show up, the air is stifling and it is always at least 10 degrees hotter below ground. so, beacuse you don’t want to move and lose your precious lean post, those people, who are trying to get home the same as you, should just be kept outside?
would you want to be kept outside?
i didn’t think so.
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BxM7 Etiquette vol.5
If you get on the bus and have to sit behind someone, be courteous enough to check the volume on your iPod, mp3, or, if you are really old school, your cd player. No one else gives a shit that your are listening to B.I.G. from 1996, or that you are “deep enough” to truly feel Mos Def, and the world doesn’t need to know you are hipster enough to be grooving to whatever neo- soul fusion album you’ve got pumping.
No one cares. No one is enjoying listening to the bass cranked up to 10 but you. No one is being entertained by getting whiffs of the back beat from your cheap headphones.
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BxM7 Etiquette vol.4
If you have to sit next to someone and you know you have a condition of some kind, like tourettes or schizophrenia, warn the person you are sititng next to that you are prone to outbursts. don’t wait until the bus fills up, we are on the highway and then you start spouting obscenities or maniacally giggling and talking to yourself. by then it is too late, your seatmate has no where to go and nowhere to turn.
can you say awkward??
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BxM7 Etiquette vol.3
When you have no other choice but o sit next to someone, but not spend the next 90 minutes squirming in your seat like a five year old.
sit still.
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BxM Etiquette vol.2
When there are plenty of empty seats on the bus, do not take it upon yourself to sit right next to someone. There is enough space for all- use it.
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BxM Etiquette vol.1
There is no reason to be the loudest person on any bus, but this especially goes for any public setting where you are essentially trapped with a bunch of strangers for 90 min. no one cares about the new weave glue holding that shiny new hair in place, or what the latest relationship drama is between your friends or relatives.
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