If you plan on visiting Washington DC this summer and use the Metro...

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

please note that my leg is not, I repeat, NOT part of the seat.

Next tourist to sit on me while I'm commuting to or from work is going to get an elbow to the back of the fucking head!! :grr: :grr: :grr:

While we're at it, when using an escalator, walk left/stand right. Other people might actually be in a hurry. This is not Orlando and people actually live and work here. Thanks.

[Ron Mexico]

1. Where's that applause icon?

Oh, yeah, here it is: :applause:

I feel your pain, brother, ten times a week.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. And the same guys for the ignorant masses visiting NYC

We love to have you, but please, be considerate of people who live there and work there.

[sbj405]

3. I've got a few more to add.

Your entire family does not need to walk 6 abreast. And you are allowed and in fact encouraged to move into the center of the train. The red light means that no matter how many times you try, your fare card won't be accepted, try a green one.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

4. When you are finished riding the escalator, do not stop to marvel at your

accomplishment. Please keep moving - there are others behind you.

[anarch]

16. addendum: this also goes for stepping off of the metro train

Coming to a dead stop as soon as you step onto the station platform, while dozens of angry people bump into each other behind you, is not appropriate. Thanks.

[Lilith Velkor]

20. And for stepping on

I had a door close on me once because of that. So if I hear the chime and you're still blocking the door, I'm pushing. Nothing personal.

[HughBeaumont]

19. I don't even LIVE in DC and I experience this every time I go.

Which is about 8 to 10 times a year.

Man, if there's one thing you DO not do on the Metro, it's "be a tourist". I've bumped into many an "exit stander" or those that clog the passing lane on the escalator. DAMN.

[madinmaryland]

5. Maybe if you weren't taking up two seats, then I wouldn't be sitting

on your leg!

:hide:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

6. Hey pal, sitting isn't a right.

It's a privilege. If there's no seat, or not one that fits you, you stand. Tough fucking cookies.

[madinmaryland]

7. Move your fat butt over buddy!

[Virginia Dare]

8. Amen, brotha Vash...n/t

[amitten]

9. Seriously? People sit ON YOUR LEGS? I've never had that

happen to me on public transit anywhere. If I did, the sitee would certainly get an earful. :wtf:

[tonekat]

23. Ah, but no one, no one dares to "talk" on the DC Metro....

...it's simply not done. I guarantee you that you could get on a Metro train with a sheep, proceed to have conjugal relations with it while singing "I'm Henry the Eighth I am" at the top of your lungs and no one would say anything. Well, maybe a murmered "excuse me" as they brushed by you to get off at their stop.

[huskerlaw]

10. ...

:applause:

And I'll add: Do not shake your wet umbrella on the subway. Do not place said umbrella on the seat next to me. Also do not fling it around when exiting the subway car. x(

[Chovexani]

11. Here, here!

An addendum for those visiting my lovely hometown of NY: while you may think our sidewalks are the best places to take pictures of the Really Tall Buildings our city is known for, keep in mind that WE USE OUR SIDEWALKS FOR WALKING HERE.

So, if you really must stare heavenward like a slack-jawed yokel, PLZ TO NOT DO IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIDEWALK, KTHXBAI. :argh:

[Magrittes Pipe]

12. I'm alone

sitting with my empty glass
my four walls
follow me through my past
I was on a Paris train
I emerged in London rain
and you were waiting there
swimming through apologies

I remember searching for the perfect words
I was hoping you might change your mind
I remember a soldier sleeping next to me
riding on the Metro

You wore white
smiling as you took my hand
so removed
we spoke of wintertime in France
minutes passed with shallow words
years have passed and still the hurt
I can see you now
smiling as I pulled away

I remember the letter wrinkled in my hand
"I'll love you always" filled my eyes
I remember a night we walked along the Seine
riding on the Metro

I remember a feeling coming over me
the soldier turned, then looked away
I remember hating you for loving me
riding on the Metro

I'm alone
sitting with my BROKEN glass
my four walls
follow me through my past
I was on a Paris train
I emerged in London rain
and you were waiting there
swimming through apologies(sorry)

I remember searching for the perfect words
I was hoping you might change your mind
I remember a soldier sleeping next to me
riding on the Metro

[MountainLaurel]

13. Oh yeah

And fellas, you don't need that much room for your trouser snake. Knees together, please, so that I can use my half of the seat.

[jpgray]

15. Trouser Snakes on a Train?

[tokenlib]

14. Try to be a bit more understanding....

I understand your frustration. But out here in the great smalltown/rural beyond--a lot of people are unaware of the stand to the right/walk to the left thing. It's not their fault they don't know.

Now the uninvited sitting on the lap is another matter, an elbow to the head might get the point across on that.

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. Had no idea there was a speed lane on escalators

:shrug:

Lucky for me I live out in the boonies where there aren't any anyhow.

[HughBeaumont]

17. Same goes for the 246 bus in Clevo, sons of bitches!

It's called PERSONAL SPACE.

If you're sitting ahead of me, DO NOT RECLINE because I will not let you no matter how hard you try and push your seat back.

If you sit next to me, I don't want any part of your sweaty body touching mine, you creepy sumbitch. That isn't comfortable and I'm quite positive you wouldn't want an ass-to-ass, leg over leg human blanket were you in the same position.

FINALLY, someone speaks for the frustrated commuter.

[arwalden]

21. Yeah!

Walk-Left... Stand-Right DAMMIT!! That really irritates me too.

That **and** Metro train operators who don't know how to pronounce the names of the stops... or who mumble them so unintelligently that even the LOCALS have to look at the signs to make certain it's the correct stop.

Won't it be nice when Metro finally adds professionally pre-recorded announcements?

[LibertyLover]

22. And one more thing -

If you can't figure out the ticket machines, don't stand there in a cluster blocking access to 2 or 3 of them while waiting for a Divine Revelation on how to operate them - it hasn't happened yet and isn't going to happen to you. And no, those of us trying to get to a machine to put more money on our cards so that we can get to work don't have the time to explain to you how to purchase your ticket to the Smithsonian. Go ask one of the Metro people for help - it's what they get paid to do, I don't.

[underpants]

24. Well if you didn't dress like the Metro....

and don't start anything pal I'll send Cynthia down there to straighten your white ass OUT!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

25. This thread caught on fire behind my back!

Giving it a kick-er-oo!!