Gross behavior on the train

Oh, that is SO disgusting. Once when my bf and I were on the train some guy was doing that ... my bf said something to him and the guy sheepishly put the clippers away.

What is wrong with people!?!

My experience - the I-bankers are gross. Period.

They walk around the office with no shoes on, sit at their desks and wag their toes at you like you'd want to see that. Clip nails, trin nose hair, etc. Its a cubicle farm, not a spa!

Homeowner, that is exactly what they do.

i confess to trimming my nails at work :oops:

the only time i notice that my nails are too long is when i'm at work
pecking away at the keyboard. and pecking at the keyboard
makes the nails grow faster
it's a sick and vicious cycle

what i find weird is women putting on makeup while riding the train

caaahyoko wrote: [quote=quijibo]

what i find weird is women putting on makeup while riding the train

I admit I do that when I absolutely don't have time to do it before I leave, and I'm going out (not to work or shop). Besides, its doubtful I will ever care what random people on a subway train think. God, that reminds me that somewhere I read that people voted that the train is the second best place to pick up men/women. Now THAT is gross behavior on a train.
that's what i find weird about it

it's like some random stranger is giving me finger
and i'm like, ok, i'll feel free to scratch my crotch now :shock:

or the absolute most vile thing on this planet
a man/woman who rides the subway while it's underground
wearing sunglasses

unless you're blind or have a black eye there's no reason for anyone to wear sunglasses on a train

BklynTransplant wrote: A grand total of 3 of my male colleagues trim their nails....at the desk....in the office....and I hate it. "Snick, snick, snick, snick, snick....." :x

if you think clipping nails is bad, wait till someone in your office starts flossing!!!!
or, exits the bathroom still brushing their teeth because there is someone at the door who they need to buzz in...
ykes

quijibo wrote: or the absolute most vile thing on this planet
a man/woman who rides the subway while it's underground
wearing sunglasses

unless you're blind or have a black eye there's no reason for anyone to wear sunglasses on a train

i can think of a few more:

• they are Rx and you don't feel like fumbling around to change them just because you got on the subway

• you tend to be emotional and sometimes cry (even on the subway)

• if you have nothing to read, you sometimes stare off into space, unfortunately on a crowded train that often means you are staring at someone, even if you are not "seeing " them, but this does tend to make other people uncomfortable

• they are rose colored and they make everything look better

• when it comes to accessories, "reason" has very little to do with the price of eggs

yup
guilty on all counts

WhyFi wrote: [quote=quijibo]or the absolute most vile thing on this planet
a man/woman who rides the subway while it's underground
wearing sunglasses

Really? I like having a hat with a brim/bill and/or sunglasses if I'm so damn tired that I'm drifting off... why? I dunno... probably something to do with the vulnerable state of being asleep...

My personal subway peeve - on a rush hour train, when people start making for the door before the train stops (but as it's braking), and they expect you, the person standing between them and the door, to let go of your hand hold so that they can pass by. When the train is stopping or starting is exactly the time that you should be holding on, yet the assmunches absolutely must get to their desk 1.7 seconds earlier.

WhyFi, I often think we're the same person.

neene wrote:
i can think of a few more:

• they are Rx and you don't feel like fumbling around to change them just because you got on the subway

• you tend to be emotional and sometimes cry (even on the subway)

• if you have nothing to read, you sometimes stare off into space, unfortunately on a crowded train that often means you are staring at someone, even if you are not "seeing " them, but this does tend to make other people uncomfortable

• they are rose colored and they make everything look better

• when it comes to accessories, "reason" has very little to do with the price of eggs

or, if it's me:

i am photo-phobic from migraine and am trying to make it home without throwing up.

but i totally do put make-up on on the train. i know it's wrong.

I hate the nose pickers and the litterers.

BigGuy wrote: The grossest things I've seen on the subway always involve an empty car. As in, full car, full car, full car, empty car: hey I think I'll get in this one. ALWAYS a mistake. I remember wondering why I smelled urine before the doors opened. Homeless guy asleep with his pants down.

Heh. I'll take nail clipping over subway poo any day of the week.

I remember getting on the train at Grand Army Plaza with two friends on Christmas day two years ago, a little tipsy after spending all day at a holiday drinking get-together, and we were all "Hey! We got a car all to ourselves!" and then there was a pause of about five seconds and one of my friends says, "What's that smell?"

At one end of the car was a homeless guy sleeping on the seats. At the other end of the car -- also on a seat -- was a huge, huge, disturbingly huge pile of human (presumably) poo. We fretted over which way to go to another car (pass the guy who may wake up and be a total weirdo, or pass by the poo pile?) for a moment then opted to very quietly make our way past the homeless guy. As we entered the next car, several people looked at us and laughed, and one guy said, "Ha ha! You were on the poop car!" So then we did that to others as they escaped into our car shortly after getting on the poop car at subsequent stops.

Ahh, Christmas memories. So special.

So very odd that this thread got resurrected...I saw - or rather heard - a guy clipping away on the train just last night. F'n swine.

I know I've covered this before, but I really don't need to see another person eating a mountain of nasty pork fried rice on the train ever again. Bonus filth points if the container gets left on the seat or floor.

I had a nail clipper sit next to me a work a couple years ago...the best part was that after a heavy session, he dumped the clippings out of his keyboard and sweep them onto the floor with his hand.

EDIT: Sorry, I realize now that this is a new thread, but there was a similar one a while back.

Carnivore wrote: The masturbators are the worst.

Definitely. I was sitting next to a mastubator once on a Monday morning and noticed some "rapid movement" in my peripheral vision for a few stops. I didn't realize what he was doing until I finally looked over and saw IT. I jumped up and got away ASAP.

I also can't stand:

1) when people eat fast food or any other stinky food on the subway (i'm not sure how they can eat a meal in such a unappealing environment anyway)

2) nail biting/filing

3) constant gum snapping/cracking (experienced this one last night)

4) people who use their tongue to "suck" the food out of their teeth- such a gross sound.

5) When people sit across the aisle from each other and carry on LOUD conversations (esp when in Chinese)

6) When people spit on the subway: I saw some teenage boys hock lugees and spit them on the subway floor.

Once again thanking my lucky stars that I get to work at home.

you people have some truly disgusting habits. :P

Ok, I am a creature of habit. I tend to wait for trains in the same spot of the platform. At 8:20 every morning I board the 4 or 5 train at Atlantic headed into Gotham. There is a couple (I think they are British) who have a toddler and a baby in a huge effing stroller with every kind of baby related thing stuffed into it. Nearly every day I watch as they a) jump in front of everyone else on the platform, and b) shove their way into the crowded train. It's insane! It makes me so angry. They make everyone else wait for the next train while they take up enough room for 5 or 6 people. I understand that people have children. Ok. However, maybe don't bring the stoller, or fold it up, or take a car for Christ sakes!
Wow I feel better now. Thanks guys.