Subway etiquette and my anger

BedStuyDoOrDie wrote: [quote=queencallipygos][quote=WhyFi][quote=queencallipygos]Leaning on the doors also prevents them from closing properly, which delays the train, and makes everyone else on the train late.

Uh, you don't actually lean against the door when it's opening or closing - the learning curve on this one is pretty steep, most don't make the mistake more than once.

I know that. But people leaning on the doors all the time does put pressure on the workings, and when that happens -- okay, you've ever been on a train when the doors are trying to close and they have to open and shut and open and shut and open and shut and then open just an inch and shut them and then do that open-shut thing again and again and then open all the way and shut them again and...?

...That's because the pressure of people leaning on the doors over time has knocked them out of whack so they don't close neatly. So the driver has to fuss with them to make them close properly so they can move.


I may be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that the doors do that when someone in another car is holding a door open- all the doors on the train automatically open, and close, and open, and close when one is being obstructed. That's what I've observed, at least.

Yes, that's also a reason why they open and shut. All the doors on a train do that when there's one pair of doors that's having trouble shutting -- and the reason for those doors having trouble shutting ranges from another set of doors having stuck stuff in them, to general door failure -- and general door failure can be caused by people leaning on the doors.

At least, that's what the MTA tech I spoke to once told me. Now, I'm not claiming that "do it once and it wrecks the door for everybody," but it still ain't good.