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Freshmen always cluster in tight herds for safety
By adamg on Fri, 08/29/2014 - 6:29pm
Ari Baronofsky observed migratory students on the Green Line this afternoon:
Dear students, welcome to the MBTA, now please step away from the doors and move into the %+*£ train!
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And it's not even
a Type 8.
One of my few good memories of riding the B
was early September going around Packards Corner. Smirking to myself as all the freshman fell down was the highlight of my commute.
that's mean spirited
but funny.
Their parents did the same thing
That's one of the upsides of getting older. I remember reading the Phoenix' back to school guide when I was in high school, with this being a highlight (along with "let them off before you try to get on"). I just had my 25th reunion this spring!
I invented a new word this week
Passholes - passive aggressive assholes. People who apologize for not letting you off the train or bus while simultaneously continuing to board. Passholes.
May I add some additional definitions to that word?
- If you're sitting in an inside seat on a bus or a train, a Passhole will not step down to let you out...they'll swivel as if it were an office chair.
- If you see an empty seat, a Passhole will take it with the same relish as Ricky Henderson stole bases - and look you dead in the eye afterwards. (I call it the "Ricky Henderson" maneuver.)
- If you're in a rush to catch a train or bus, a Passhole will make sure to impede you. It doesn't matter if they slow down or they zig-zag all over the platform - Passholes have only one objective, and that's to make sure you don't get anywhere easily.
- If you need to get out for your stop, a Passhole will fiddle with their iPhone, talk even louder, or do other things to aggravate you because you're inconveniencing their self-absorbed "me, me, me" time.
I have another word for that.
But I'll star part of it out for goodness sake. f***tard. Common Internet term. Maybe your word is better.
Yes, that word works just as well...
No starring out words required, as usually it's muttered under my breath when these events happen.
Be careful out there...
This is the week when you see more ill-advised driving than you'll see again until May. (No, the T will not back up so you can drive across the tracks in front of it.)
Back to School
It's that time again where kids go back to school. Trains don't run as efficiently as they did in the summer. Crowds after crowds on the platforms. Waiting for the next train after it was fully packed. Train is already full and we're cramming in more people with trains following close behind.
Packing Trains
Japan does it right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33qxTMA9XTA
I shouldn't have laughed at that...
but I couldn't help it. How do you qualify for such a bizarre job?
A lot of them probably come
A lot of them probably come from other parts of the country where the cities don't have the same kind of public transportation.
Many
Come from low density suburban sprawl. They simply aren't used to a high population density urbanized big city. I'm not mocking anyone, and not saying one is better than the other, just simple human observation. Most don't even realize they are being rude, they've simply never been acclimated and socialized to live in a large heavily urbanized city.
People from the inner metro region of NYC (northern NJ, etc.) or from the Boston area should know better.