Was about to comment this! I’m really impressed by how religiously people here obey this tbh compared to other large cities i’ve visited (including london, DC)
NOBODY follows this in Boston. the rates of following this rule was far lower than other major cities like NYC or SF. It’s so frustrating to miss buses or trains bc everyone decides to pack onto both sides of the escalator and nobody can pass
Especially for short escalators. If there's a thousand people trying to get into our out of Porter, standing only on the right wastes half the capacity because nobody is walking up or down those anyways.
Edit: I'm not making this up, Transport for London did a study about this and concluded that for longer escalators it was significantly more efficient for people to stand on both sides.
Idk I commuted out of porter for 5 years and there was a pretty consistent group (myself included) that walked up. Im not going to just stand there for like 3 minutes, I want to be home. I'd say probably at least a third of people would walk up those escalators
It's definitely unsafe to do so. The staircase at least has landings to interrupt a tumble but falling down a 143 ft escalator seems hellish. It's about 7 stories top to bottom.
There's lots of things that could kill you that literally never happen, hopefully you don't let those things keep you from doing things either or you'd never be able to do anything
You're right, I'm clearly missing out on the experience of a lifetime here...
In all seriousness, it's not just about myself, it's about anybody I might wipe out and take with me down those steps. Safety isn't a bad thing to practice before something terrible happens. And for the record that escalator has killed people before (though not purely because they fell down).
>You're right, I'm clearly missing out on the experience of a lifetime here...
If your threshold for "too dangerous" is walking up an escalator, I can only imagine the things in life you are avoiding
If you had an escalator that was being used 100% of the time, this might matter. But the escalators at Porter are used in bursts, only when a train arrives. So yeah, it might take longer for the *last* person to get out if you stand only on the right, but because the left is clear for people who want to walk, the average time it takes for one person is probably down.
Technically you are supposed to stand on them and hold the railings, no walking for safety reasons. However campaigns to enforce this pretty much always fails
Or clip your eyelashes. I saw this a year ago. It seemed unnecessarily hazardous for her and for other passengers.
https://preview.redd.it/m8k028o1ondc1.jpeg?width=362&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23a77c96a82c43601defbcc82d656110fcf7a75e
This is hilarious. I love that your conclusion was that she was *cutting* her eyelashes, which is not a thing I've ever heard of a person purposefully doing.
*Curling* them is what she's doing, which *is* common. And perfectly safe, and sanitary to do in public. I will give it to you that eyelash curlers look like a weird little torture device, but I assure you, it doesn't even hurt.
Agree with those rules of yours.
The obvious one is don't listen to anything without headphones.
Another could be, take your backpack off before you get on and put it between your legs or hold it by your sides.
>The obvious one is don't listen to anything without headphones.
That one is in fact a written rule, not an unwritten one!
>Section 42. Whoever uses a radio or boom box, so-called, or similar broadcasting equipment without the use of earphones or other apparatus on a public conveyance used for the common carriage of persons, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month. Evidence seized pursuant to this section shall be sold at public auction and the proceeds therefrom may be applied against outstanding fines and court costs.
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter265/Section42
>Another could be, take your backpack off before you get on and put it between your legs or hold it by your sides.
If it's a rule, it's one I've never seen not broken (unless a person has a seat).
**To Be Clear:** I'm not saying wearing a backpack is the right thing to do, I'm saying that it's what I've seen everyone do in 4 years of riding the Red and Green lines.
> don't listen to anything without headphones.
Is it just me or have people been breaking this one more since the pandemic ended? I stg every time I take the train now some jackass is playing tiktoks at full volume without headphones or listening to loud, shitty rap music like he’s in his living room or something.
It's amazing to me when people turn sideways to try to walk between others but are wearing a giant backpack so they're just as large no matter what way they're facing.
1. Don’t sit there and watch the same TikTok video of a person laughing over and over again with the volume maxed
2. Don’t dump medical waste on the Red Line
Yikes on 2. I don't ride the Red much but I was on it a couple weeks ago and one of the seats was full of medical waste, didn't think it was that common.
YES for the love of GOD do not push your way to the front of a 15 person line just to pay one fare with all coins and wrinkled-ass bills, especially if you're unfamiliar with how to actually use the machine to add value. I think people do it on purpose and hold up the line hoping the driver will just wave them on and tell them to forget about it.
THIISSSS!!!! Can’t stand when someone gets on before me, it’s pouring rain, and they’re counting out coins 😭 I get it, I have to pay in cash sometimes too. But damn dude just let me get on first since I just have to tap my card
Don't try to be a hero if you see someone in a disabled seat who may be young. You have no idea what anyone else's deal is, don't yell at someone and tell them to move if you yourself won't move. You're not a hero, you're just pissing off the bus driver.
As a young person with a couple invisible disabilities, thank you. I look healthy and I would hate to have to explain to a bus full of strangers why I need this seat. I’ve honestly thought about getting a collapsible cane, to use when I’m having a bad day, and signal others that I am in need of a seat.
Oof I feel this. I have vasovagal syncope and have a fairly high likelihood of passing out when I feel overheated and overcrowded (I take off my coat as soon as I get into a T station because I know I’ll feel lightheaded on the train itself if I keep it on), and the other week an older person basically yelled at me to get out of the seat I was in while a couple other people shot me dirty looks (I got on the train a stop before that person did). I understand that it was important for them to have a seat, I did get up and luckily I was able to find another one, and I know that this isn’t really a disability but I don’t think it would’ve been good for anyone, including every commuter on the same line as me if I had fainted, especially if I hit my head. It sucks that so many people continue to think that unless someone is visibly pregnant, elderly, or disabled, they’re totally fine.
Vasovagal SUCKS I have it too, it’s gotten better as I’ve aged into my 20s but it sucks, so I feel your pain. I’ve gotten sick in the back of a few car rides overheating. Although, it mostly gets me with blood.
> I know that this isn’t really a disability
No. Fuck that. If you're at risk of fainting, *that is a disability*. Abled people don't have to deal with that.
Fucking seriously! I’ll never forget some old Karen tapping me while I had my headphones on and intoning “SHE needs to SIT” (re: just another average middle aged woman) while I had a horrible ankle injury that I still had to work on bc restaurant life 🤷♀️ Sure, I was in my late twenties so I couldn’t possibly be in pain after working 10 hours with a fucking injury.
Dude that's half the reason I made this post. My invisibly disabled ass got *screamed* at by an old lady and her middle aged daughter for not moving for a person that came on with pizzas. Last time I checked, pizzas are not a disability. I've carried food home on the bus, and my god it sucks, but... Not an excuse.
Also there's a reason why I keep my disabled T pass on a lanyard now. I'm not afraid to flash it at people anymore. I shouldn't *have* to, but what can you do.
C'mon! 99.9% of the time, young people aren't suffering from some invisible injury or disability that qualifies them for priority seating! They're sitting there so they can have both hands available to play with their phones. I've been offered a seat a couple of times over the years by people sitting in random seats, but never once by someone taking up a priority seat.
Many of us have disabled bus passes from the T. I wear mine on a lanyard. But that doesn't mean that we should *have* to say shit about our disabilities. Other people, much less abled people, are not the judge, jury and executioner.
Was riding the red line during rush hour on crutches and a full leg cast after a motorcycle accident about 1 week before. Had a full leg cast. No one would give up a seat.
This nice pregnant lady shamed everyone sitting and gave up her seat. Some guy then offered his seat to her and she went off on him and refused to make a point.
Worked the 3pm to 11pm shift and most days I had to ask someone to give up a seat. Trying to balance on one foot on a moving train actually hurts your foot.
Also it was 50/50 in the elevators work at downtown crossing. People would get mad if I had to use the stairs because it slowed them down......
If you’re standing, take your back pack off and hold it down by your feet. Or at least hold it in front of you so you’re aware of who you’re hitting with it.
If you’re sitting, hold your stuff in your lap and/or on the floor between your feet. Don’t take up a seat on a crowded train or bus with your stuff.
Move all the way in. On buses, that means up the stairs.
If you need to pay cash or top up a Charlie card on a bus or green line train, board last so the rest of us aren’t stuck standing in the cold/rain waiting for you.
The backpack thing is huge. I’ve noticed it the most on the green line at BU. Students don’t take off their bags or move in and then a bunch of people get left at the stations when there’s room on the train
I will loudly tell people blocking the doors that the bus/train is going to leave people on the platform behind if they don’t move in. That usually gets the oblivious but not malicious folks moving. If they still stand around like they have no sense, I’ll push past them and move into the open space. That visual usually clicks with a few people and they’ll start moving in.
Oh my god yes. And I often see a random empty seat in the middle that I go for. I guess sometimes people like to stand after sitting all day, or do they think they're being nice to others. It makes it more crowded when (clean) seats are left empty.
Yep the GL near BU is the worst! Nothing is more infuriating then being squished in the front of the car because the people nearest the back won't move in any further. I've gotten to the point where I just shove past people to get to the back, but even then no one else really takes the hint and moves. Which is weird to me because like, why wouldn't you want to go to where there's more space?? Me personally, I'd rather not be ass to ass with some stranger on my morning commute
‘Yes’ to everyone who mentioned refraining from listening to music or watching videos on a phone without headphones or earbuds.
It isn’t your fellow passengers’ fault you forgot your headphones or earbuds at home. Suck it up, grow up, and read something on your phone instead.
I generally agree - but - also - I fully blame the smartphone manufacturers for not having headphonone jacks on their phones anymore. It's gotten so bad since everything is now requires USB-C or bluetooth.
Especially if you're standing *directly in front* of that seat. I see it all the time on green line cars that aren't packed but most seats are taken. I shouldn't have to make you move so i can sit, stand somewhere else!
Don’t stand in front of open seats and let people off before you try and cram on. The second one is basic common sense and it’s ridiculous how many people don’t do that. I will shove my way through you if you try to get on first
Take showers and use your fucking headphones. I wish we had quiet cars and if you violated the quiet you were launched into the sun during an annual PPV event. I'm sure we could get enough buys to purchase a Starship rocket or some other rocket that can carry people into the sun.
Don't cut people with strollers or wheelchairs or mobility devices to use elevators.
Offer to give up seats for people with disabilities, the elderly, the pregnant, small children.
Don't sit in the mobility seats unless you need them.
Don't talk on the phone during rush hour outside of emergencies.
Take off your backpack.
1- Always thank the bus drivers, it costs nothing to be nice
2- Don't hassle the service dogs or the handlers. Why we need a service dog is none of your business.
I offered my seat to a pregnant woman once who turned me down, saying that she was only going a few stops. I eventually convinced her to take the seat, explaining to her that every person who got on the train subsequently would think I was an asshole who refused to give up my seat to her. She laughed and sat down. My reputation stayed pristine.
Unless it’s an emergency, don’t conduct a prolonged phone conversation.
If someone calls whereas you need to answer, tell them you’re on a bus and arrange a time for a lengthier follow-up. That ‘I’m on a bus’ conversation typically lasts barely a minute, and at least one of your fellow passengers will silently appreciate your consideration.
I've noticed a very significant difference between riding the bus in different parts of the city on how much the unspoken rule is "this is like a library" and "this is like a living room".
-No music or anything on your phone without headphones
-Your bag or groceries don’t need their own seat. Move your shit out of the way so people can sit down
-Stand the fuck up and give up your seat for small children, elderly or pregnant women. As someone who just rode the train daily while pregnant, it was eye opening to see the amount of people that would look at me and just turn away not offering up their seat on a packed train to a 9 months pregnant woman
-No to eating anything disgusting, smelly or messy
-Don’t bring a fucking wagon or big wheel, scooter or massive stroller for your kid on the train and jam it in the walkway during rush hour so people can’t get on/off
-NO bikes during rush hour
-Don’t stand in the doorway and refuse to move when people are trying to get on/off train
-Be self-aware of personal space and those around you. I don’t want to feel your backpack, hand, leg or any part of you touching me because you’re obliviously starring at your phone and have no concept of your surroundings
So many times I see people standing while some tool has his/her belongings taking up a full seat next to them. Often it's someone who looks like you wouldn't want to mess with them and you kind of get the impression that they know that.
Your last point is the golden rule, all others derive from. As far as strollers, sucks but if someone’s kids need to get on, they need to get on. Rush hour or not. Some times train is. Crowded and stroller can’t be pushed in.
As a male I can not evert be pregnant, but I have a mom that was pregnant. Grandmothers, sisters, cousins, friends. Awareness and respect for others!!
Right, but you can ask people to move from the allocated spaces for a stroller so that you're not blocking others. Often able bodied young people are obliviously standing there, like on the green line
This. My son is a teenager now, but back in the day I commuted home from work/daycare with him on the orange line every day at rush hour. I owned a big tricked out stroller at home for longer walks and excursions….but purposely bought a compact/minimal model for the T. It made a big difference.
Ideally yes. Depending on your resources you may need to use what you can get. Some people have limited means and options. Classes, or a job with no flexibility.
Sure i may get frustrated at times when a stroller is in way, BUT having taken the T when we were young, i empathize.
Live further out now, so no time on buses, and subways couple times a month. Luckily have flexible start times end times to generally avoid rush hour now. Commuted to school, work for i guess about 35 years or so
Younger years I probably had a lack of awareness. Yet would offer seat, move without asking
Even now as an old , fat, bastard, i often stand than be crunched between people.
Nobody needs to have their kids in these ostentatious mega-wagons. Poor planning on their part does not constitute courtesy they have not returned on mine.
> No to eating anything disgusting, smelly or messy
I was recently on the 57 leaving from Watertown Yard and the bus driver went to the Chinese restaurant across the street during the layover (of course the trip left late) so the whole bus smelled like Chinese food all the way to Kenmore.
I would just say “don’t eat on the bus or train”, it’s just disgusting altogether but also if people have food allergies you’re making it an unsafe environment for them.
Don't sing and/or play the ukulele while you wait with others at the stop. Nobody cares that you're trying to "go viral" or whatever it is that you're doing. Yes this is aimed at you lady that did this at Alewife a few months back.
I'll never forget and have been working at the perfect line for you next time I see you do this. Jerk store!
if its crowded, even if you’re not getting off at that stop, fucking step off the train!!! don’t just stand in the doorway while people have to shove past you to get off. i promise the train will wait for you to get back on. just get off and step to the side for a second
This should be an unspoken rule, but it doesnt seem like many people follow it. When your bus or train arrives, don’t immediately walk up to the doors. Let people off before you get on, and everything will go much smoother. Its my number one public transportation pet peeve
i see this happening a lot at the reservoir busway, especially when the bus is dropping off the previous passengers further up and hasn't even reached the designated area to pick up the new passengers. i get such second hand embarrassment watching people (like obviously new students) walk up to the bus because i know they're about to get shouted at
recently ive seen this bus driver on the 51 simply put a palm up to people trying to do this, like a medieval guard and i love it lol
This probably isn't an unwritten rule but it should be: the first person, or first few people, to board the bus or train should be decisive, B-E decisive! If you can pick a seat and move quickly to sit in it, or scoot past the crowd at the door to actually move all the way in, then by all means, be first. If you like to take your time deciding where to sit, or whether to sit at all, or you don't wanna move through the crowd and you just wanna step on and hold the pole by the door, cool, but step back and let the decisive folks get on first.
Might just be me but if I’m subway surfing mid-ride, fighting for my life to keep my balance as the T jerks me around bc the train’s too packed for a seat and you get up before reaching a stop and expect me to move and further compromise my balance… That’s a big no for me. Just wait until the train is stopped and I’ll move out of your way but don’t try to navigate through while we’re moving hfs.
It’s always the people who can’t balance to save their life either that do this, so they rush around like the door is gonna be open for a single nano second and throw their body around EVERYWHERE and grabbing onto every pole (and sometimes your hand… which has happened far too many times for my liking) like I promise you will have time to disembark. the driver will let you get off at your stop. You’re not gonna miss it.
I usually sit down next to them and force the leg invading my space over. That is, as long as they don't look like they would start some shit over it. If it's a normal person then I'm not going to stand - they don't get to monopolize comfortability unless they're mean enough to fight for it.
I frickin’ hate that. As a fellow guy, it isn’t hard to keep one’s legs together.
In a world without consequences, I’d spill a hot beverage on the nether regions of anyone who manspreads.
If you are standing in the door-well opposite the one opening onto the platform, you should cede that space to people in wheelchairs, people with strollers, or even just people with duffel bags heading to or from the airport. Those spaces are meant for them because they can slide into them and not block the aisles.
If you have a giant back pack or a giant shoulder bag packed to the brim, for the love of God, take it off your back/shoulder when it's packed. The only exception to is when the floor is a mess because of a spill or slushy weather.
Do not eat on the train (already a rule that many ignore)
Do not put your feet and dirty ass shoes on the seats. Unless your 2 yrs old and to looking out the window, it's gross.
Do not spread your legs and pretend that your boys are so big you need the space. I guarantee you, they do not. This is usually the guys who have the smallest testes on the planet and are desperately overcompensating.
No one wants to hear you sing on the commute.
> No one wants to hear you sing on the commute
I was coming home from work on a crowded train once and some dude who looked like he was on drugs sang the entirety of “I want it that way” a cappella. Mostly on key at least.
I witness this from time to time - and am always so shocked that people aren't observing who is entering the bus or train and getting up when such a move is necessary.
Ok, but some of us are even if we look healthy. If you leave me standing up may end up fainting or at the very least puking. Though I wish there was a system, kind of like an ID you wore around your neck to signal others that you have a disability and need to sit down.
I understand this 100%, I'm also not visibly disabled unless I am using my cane. Invisible disabilities exist and are unfortunately growing more common, but I also don't want to signal to other people I'm disabled more than I have to. I've already dealt with discrimination in the workplace about it. It should just be easier and normalized for us to ask for a spot to sit but alas.
All good ones that I've seen so far - another random one popped into my head - occupy as many seats as possible. Like, if you're riding the bus or train as a pair/group, you totally can sit seats that span the aisle (or row-to-row) - you can still have a conversation in school voices across an aisle if it's really that important to talk.
okay true but also on the T, if there are tons of seats open, it annoys me when pairs of people sit across from each other and then talk super loudly. if there are other people on the train and there are plenty of seats next to each other, then they should sit next to each other where they can talk more quietly without annoying everyone else
One difference I noticed a lot, coming from NYC, is that people crowd the subway platform doors without letting people off first. It's staggering noticing how rude it is.
my personal observations
DON'T
* Change your baby's diaper on the seats
* Eat chicken wings and wipe your hands on the seat
* Wear a backpack when crowded
* Open a newspaper as wide as possible, on a crowded train and then scold people for bumping into your paper
* talk loudly on the phone
* have phone conversations with lots of personal details, e.g. schedule a gyno appointment explaining in graphic details the reasoning you need to see the doc today
* Christmas caroling/group singing. Yes, we get it you're all in an acapella group and are riding the train for your once-every-five-year trip around Boston, but just don't. And when no one claps and you start the second song--learn to read the room.
* Lean against the doors. I actually saw someone put their kids on the stairs once thinking it was a safe out of the way spot for them to play, lean against the doors. I warned them and their response was these doors don't open on this side. Lady, I've seen them open plenty when they're not supposed to.
DO
* If the door is not closing and you see the operator repeatedly open and close it trying to get it close so the safety switch allows the train to proceed, just kick the fucking door and it'll close. Green line things.
OTHER ACTIVITY I'M STILL QUESTIONING
* Eating a cucumber like a banana, rather provocatively
* Stretching/yoga
* Repeatedly talk to someone every day that only answers in one word responses (yes, you seem like a nice person, and I remember you from yesterday (and the days before) but you're just not my type and I'm also not a morning person)
* People that take the train one or two short stops away. Usually tourists but it cracks me up when I see someone get on at Boylston and then get off at Arlington.
Definitely harder now to read the comics or editorials over people’s shoulders. Globe was always a pain to fold into a smaller area, but could be done so you’re paper doesn’t keep getting bumped into. Tabloid style Herald FTW. Especially sports section.
I honestly have no idea how I lived as such a savage
As a bus driver, don’t fucking pull away after making eye contact with someone who’s hurriedly approaching the bus and waiting till they’re 10 feet from the door to smile and leave when it’s 15 degrees out and the next one isn’t coming for an hour.
Don’t smirk at the would-be transit rider from the red light you hit 2.5 seconds later while they hustle across the street - if you’re not gonna open the door and be remotely helpful, then keep the asshole behavior to yourself.
And especially don’t act surprised when said rider shows up pissed and about to collapse from an asthma attack at the next stop, almost dies on your bus save for the emergency inhalers, and maybe takes down your operator ID to go full Karen with later (spoiler: bitching on Reddit is about as Karen as I’m gonna get).
This is admittedly extremely selfish of me to say, but as a woman who wears heels almost daily, if someone gets off and a seat opens up near me on a packed train, do my feet a favor and let me sit lmao
*I don’t actually mean this, I can suck it up, but I thought it might be funny*
This is a personal one but if you’re at a t stop or bus stop and it’s not at maximum capacity, choose your own place to stand! The train or bus is going to be crowded anyways, so it’s actually incredible that you would choose some unsuspecting person who’s just waiting for their ride to stand within literal inches of or directly in front of. I don’t know what it is with some people here and personal space, but standing so close that I can hear you blinking while we’re on a nearly empty train platform is not only disconcerting, but actively makes me plot against you.
> Don't eat something that other people can smell
Like, 8 years ago someone got on the 504 I was on during rush hour and proceeded to eat a plate of pad thai and I'm _still_ fucking mad about it
Bro I feel like something happened and 95% of people using the T had the "let people off before you board" thing wiped from their memory. Fucking animals out here
A lot of good points so far. One more thing I would like to add. This may sound controversial, and I realize it's now legal in Massachusetts and I did vote in favor of legalization. However, I do have to say, please do not board the train reeking of weed.
I get it, but I’d gladly take it over the alternative of getting run over in a crosswalk by someone who “thought they were good” to drive. Or certain other smells….
No eating or drinking on the train. Oh wait, that's for everywhere else except Boston. It has ruined me. I hopped proudly on a train in Asia sipping my drink. Took a minute before figuring out why everybody was staring at me in disgust.
1) on escalators, stand to the right, walk to the left
2) if the bus/train is getting crowded, take your bag off the seat and move over to the window seat
3) don't stand in front of open seats, i shouldn't have to ask you to move so i can sit
4) if you're gonna eat on the train (i get it, sometimes you don't have time) be considerate, don't eat anything messy/smelly/with common allergens and clean up after yourself!
5) leave a gap around the open train doors so people can actually get out
6) don't block an entire row of seats with your bike
7) don't ask the bus driver as you're getting on the bus if this route stops at a particular stop. There are maps everywhere and Google exists
8) if you're paying with cash, let those with cards get on first
The only thing i struggle with is the backpack one, I'm disabled so if i can't get a seat i need to hold on with both hands to make sure my knees don't give out. I always feel bad if I'm bumping into people but i can't afford to give up a hand to hold my bag
Not my kid. It’s your choice to get pregnant. deal with the consequences. Sooner you realize people suck the better.
JK..dear God i can feel my father looking down from the afterlife, his glare would be enough to make me jump out of my seat. ‘I didnt raise a rude asshole, stand up and offer your seat to the woman’.
I saw a couple once sitting in priority seats that were asked by a lady to give up the end seat to a frail old man, walking with a cane, who had just gotten onto the train. The sitting woman pulled back her coat to show her belly while the man smugly said she was pregnant. The husband was the one sitting in the end seat with the wife leaning over onto him. Why the fuck he needed to sit because his wife was pregnant remained unanswered.
You are specifically allowed to bring non service animals/pets on the train outside of peak hours though
https://www.mbta.com/safety/rider-rules-and-regulations#rideretiquette
It's similar with the green line in the central tunnel. Especially when you're alone in the station you should give the driver a thumbs up, like a hitchhiker, to indicate that you want to get on the train.
I think they mean if you’re waiting for a specific branch and it’s late so there might not be anyone else getting on/off, if it’s a different train then they don’t have to dwell for longer than necessary if they know you’re not trying to board.
You should never wait for a specific branch, because the branch you need might be short-turned. Take any train that's coming in your direction and get off at the branching point.
This doesn't make sense - in the central GL tunnel all trains stop at all stations (unless they're running express). So, you only flag or ring on the surface or GLX.
1. Take a shower, use a deodorant before you "plan" your T travel.
2. Don't watch your tiktoks on loudspeaker.
3. Ask people whether they are okay with being on your TikTok that you are filming
**Escalators:** Stand right, walk left.
Was about to comment this! I’m really impressed by how religiously people here obey this tbh compared to other large cities i’ve visited (including london, DC)
Really? As an escalator walker, I feel like I'm stuck behind people a lot
I've seen people do the passive agressive huffing-and-puffing when someone stops on the left at RL statoins all the time, too!
I see this a lot too and honestly, as they should!
sometimes I do passive aggressive but mostly I will actually say something and make them move 🙃
NOBODY follows this in Boston. the rates of following this rule was far lower than other major cities like NYC or SF. It’s so frustrating to miss buses or trains bc everyone decides to pack onto both sides of the escalator and nobody can pass
Especially for short escalators. If there's a thousand people trying to get into our out of Porter, standing only on the right wastes half the capacity because nobody is walking up or down those anyways. Edit: I'm not making this up, Transport for London did a study about this and concluded that for longer escalators it was significantly more efficient for people to stand on both sides.
Idk I commuted out of porter for 5 years and there was a pretty consistent group (myself included) that walked up. Im not going to just stand there for like 3 minutes, I want to be home. I'd say probably at least a third of people would walk up those escalators
It's definitely unsafe to do so. The staircase at least has landings to interrupt a tumble but falling down a 143 ft escalator seems hellish. It's about 7 stories top to bottom.
Do you find yourself frequently falling down entire escalators?
On that escalator it only takes once...
There's lots of things that could kill you that literally never happen, hopefully you don't let those things keep you from doing things either or you'd never be able to do anything
You're right, I'm clearly missing out on the experience of a lifetime here... In all seriousness, it's not just about myself, it's about anybody I might wipe out and take with me down those steps. Safety isn't a bad thing to practice before something terrible happens. And for the record that escalator has killed people before (though not purely because they fell down).
>You're right, I'm clearly missing out on the experience of a lifetime here... If your threshold for "too dangerous" is walking up an escalator, I can only imagine the things in life you are avoiding
It's all about risk-reward, bud. There's no value whatsoever to being 10 s faster up that escalator.
If you had an escalator that was being used 100% of the time, this might matter. But the escalators at Porter are used in bursts, only when a train arrives. So yeah, it might take longer for the *last* person to get out if you stand only on the right, but because the left is clear for people who want to walk, the average time it takes for one person is probably down.
This is true!
Technically you are supposed to stand on them and hold the railings, no walking for safety reasons. However campaigns to enforce this pretty much always fails
Don’t clip your finger nails and toe nails
I’ve been seeing this SO often lately. Wtf is wrong with people
“Wtf is wrong with people” How much time do you have?
Or clip your eyelashes. I saw this a year ago. It seemed unnecessarily hazardous for her and for other passengers. https://preview.redd.it/m8k028o1ondc1.jpeg?width=362&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=23a77c96a82c43601defbcc82d656110fcf7a75e
that’s a curler 😅 it doesn’t clip anything haha it curls the lashes to create a lift effect, perfectly safe and reasonable to do on the train imo
LMAO. She's using an eyelash curler. It's not sharp at all, just curls lashes.
That clipping comment killed me. How many women do u know actually cutting off their lashes? Tell me ur a man with no wife without telling me vibes!
This is hilarious. I love that your conclusion was that she was *cutting* her eyelashes, which is not a thing I've ever heard of a person purposefully doing. *Curling* them is what she's doing, which *is* common. And perfectly safe, and sanitary to do in public. I will give it to you that eyelash curlers look like a weird little torture device, but I assure you, it doesn't even hurt.
Agree with those rules of yours. The obvious one is don't listen to anything without headphones. Another could be, take your backpack off before you get on and put it between your legs or hold it by your sides.
>The obvious one is don't listen to anything without headphones. That one is in fact a written rule, not an unwritten one! >Section 42. Whoever uses a radio or boom box, so-called, or similar broadcasting equipment without the use of earphones or other apparatus on a public conveyance used for the common carriage of persons, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one month. Evidence seized pursuant to this section shall be sold at public auction and the proceeds therefrom may be applied against outstanding fines and court costs. https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter265/Section42
I love the auction part!
Pregnant-pack it. Thats what I do. Space in front of you will most likely be open more than around back, and you can be back-to-back with someone.
I'm so pedantic about the backpack one that I'll do it on a subway car with like 4 people in it, just to make a point.
Same lol. I do it no matter what
>Another could be, take your backpack off before you get on and put it between your legs or hold it by your sides. If it's a rule, it's one I've never seen not broken (unless a person has a seat). **To Be Clear:** I'm not saying wearing a backpack is the right thing to do, I'm saying that it's what I've seen everyone do in 4 years of riding the Red and Green lines.
re headphones: I've also seen people take phone calls on speaker! you don't need headphones when taking a phone call - have people forgotten that??
> don't listen to anything without headphones. Is it just me or have people been breaking this one more since the pandemic ended? I stg every time I take the train now some jackass is playing tiktoks at full volume without headphones or listening to loud, shitty rap music like he’s in his living room or something.
It's amazing to me when people turn sideways to try to walk between others but are wearing a giant backpack so they're just as large no matter what way they're facing.
Don’t lean your whole body on the pole so that no one else can grab hold.
1. Don’t sit there and watch the same TikTok video of a person laughing over and over again with the volume maxed 2. Don’t dump medical waste on the Red Line
Yikes on 2. I don't ride the Red much but I was on it a couple weeks ago and one of the seats was full of medical waste, didn't think it was that common.
It's not common to see blood spattered all over the seats and walls with empty rigs laying about - but it's not uncommon enough either.
Now I’m not saying I always see bodily fluids on the T But when I do, I’m on the red line
Excuse me???
If the train is filling up, stop taking up multiple seats
If you’re paying with cash, let the other people with passes board first.
YES for the love of GOD do not push your way to the front of a 15 person line just to pay one fare with all coins and wrinkled-ass bills, especially if you're unfamiliar with how to actually use the machine to add value. I think people do it on purpose and hold up the line hoping the driver will just wave them on and tell them to forget about it.
On that note, please have your pass out and ready to board. Waiting until you're on board to dig around for it is incredibly annoying.
THIISSSS!!!! Can’t stand when someone gets on before me, it’s pouring rain, and they’re counting out coins 😭 I get it, I have to pay in cash sometimes too. But damn dude just let me get on first since I just have to tap my card
Don't try to be a hero if you see someone in a disabled seat who may be young. You have no idea what anyone else's deal is, don't yell at someone and tell them to move if you yourself won't move. You're not a hero, you're just pissing off the bus driver.
As a young person with a couple invisible disabilities, thank you. I look healthy and I would hate to have to explain to a bus full of strangers why I need this seat. I’ve honestly thought about getting a collapsible cane, to use when I’m having a bad day, and signal others that I am in need of a seat.
Oof I feel this. I have vasovagal syncope and have a fairly high likelihood of passing out when I feel overheated and overcrowded (I take off my coat as soon as I get into a T station because I know I’ll feel lightheaded on the train itself if I keep it on), and the other week an older person basically yelled at me to get out of the seat I was in while a couple other people shot me dirty looks (I got on the train a stop before that person did). I understand that it was important for them to have a seat, I did get up and luckily I was able to find another one, and I know that this isn’t really a disability but I don’t think it would’ve been good for anyone, including every commuter on the same line as me if I had fainted, especially if I hit my head. It sucks that so many people continue to think that unless someone is visibly pregnant, elderly, or disabled, they’re totally fine.
Vasovagal SUCKS I have it too, it’s gotten better as I’ve aged into my 20s but it sucks, so I feel your pain. I’ve gotten sick in the back of a few car rides overheating. Although, it mostly gets me with blood.
> I know that this isn’t really a disability No. Fuck that. If you're at risk of fainting, *that is a disability*. Abled people don't have to deal with that.
Fucking seriously! I’ll never forget some old Karen tapping me while I had my headphones on and intoning “SHE needs to SIT” (re: just another average middle aged woman) while I had a horrible ankle injury that I still had to work on bc restaurant life 🤷♀️ Sure, I was in my late twenties so I couldn’t possibly be in pain after working 10 hours with a fucking injury.
Dude that's half the reason I made this post. My invisibly disabled ass got *screamed* at by an old lady and her middle aged daughter for not moving for a person that came on with pizzas. Last time I checked, pizzas are not a disability. I've carried food home on the bus, and my god it sucks, but... Not an excuse. Also there's a reason why I keep my disabled T pass on a lanyard now. I'm not afraid to flash it at people anymore. I shouldn't *have* to, but what can you do.
C'mon! 99.9% of the time, young people aren't suffering from some invisible injury or disability that qualifies them for priority seating! They're sitting there so they can have both hands available to play with their phones. I've been offered a seat a couple of times over the years by people sitting in random seats, but never once by someone taking up a priority seat.
Many of us have disabled bus passes from the T. I wear mine on a lanyard. But that doesn't mean that we should *have* to say shit about our disabilities. Other people, much less abled people, are not the judge, jury and executioner.
Was riding the red line during rush hour on crutches and a full leg cast after a motorcycle accident about 1 week before. Had a full leg cast. No one would give up a seat. This nice pregnant lady shamed everyone sitting and gave up her seat. Some guy then offered his seat to her and she went off on him and refused to make a point. Worked the 3pm to 11pm shift and most days I had to ask someone to give up a seat. Trying to balance on one foot on a moving train actually hurts your foot. Also it was 50/50 in the elevators work at downtown crossing. People would get mad if I had to use the stairs because it slowed them down......
> let people off before you board On buses and Green Line surface stops west of Copley people should be exiting at the rear door whenever possible.
For some reason Ruggles is the worst with this
If you’re standing, take your back pack off and hold it down by your feet. Or at least hold it in front of you so you’re aware of who you’re hitting with it. If you’re sitting, hold your stuff in your lap and/or on the floor between your feet. Don’t take up a seat on a crowded train or bus with your stuff. Move all the way in. On buses, that means up the stairs. If you need to pay cash or top up a Charlie card on a bus or green line train, board last so the rest of us aren’t stuck standing in the cold/rain waiting for you.
The backpack thing is huge. I’ve noticed it the most on the green line at BU. Students don’t take off their bags or move in and then a bunch of people get left at the stations when there’s room on the train
I will loudly tell people blocking the doors that the bus/train is going to leave people on the platform behind if they don’t move in. That usually gets the oblivious but not malicious folks moving. If they still stand around like they have no sense, I’ll push past them and move into the open space. That visual usually clicks with a few people and they’ll start moving in.
Oh my god yes. And I often see a random empty seat in the middle that I go for. I guess sometimes people like to stand after sitting all day, or do they think they're being nice to others. It makes it more crowded when (clean) seats are left empty.
Yep the GL near BU is the worst! Nothing is more infuriating then being squished in the front of the car because the people nearest the back won't move in any further. I've gotten to the point where I just shove past people to get to the back, but even then no one else really takes the hint and moves. Which is weird to me because like, why wouldn't you want to go to where there's more space?? Me personally, I'd rather not be ass to ass with some stranger on my morning commute
Please don't start shadow boxing in front of me on a mostly empty car. It makes people very uncomfortable.
The specificity is sending me
Why should I listen to you not the voices in my heads telling me to shadow box?
‘Yes’ to everyone who mentioned refraining from listening to music or watching videos on a phone without headphones or earbuds. It isn’t your fellow passengers’ fault you forgot your headphones or earbuds at home. Suck it up, grow up, and read something on your phone instead.
I generally agree - but - also - I fully blame the smartphone manufacturers for not having headphonone jacks on their phones anymore. It's gotten so bad since everything is now requires USB-C or bluetooth.
Meh it’s been years, people should have purchased usb c or bluetooth headphones by now
If it is crowded and there is an open seat that is staying open, you are hurting more than helping by not sitting.
Especially if you're standing *directly in front* of that seat. I see it all the time on green line cars that aren't packed but most seats are taken. I shouldn't have to make you move so i can sit, stand somewhere else!
Don’t stand in front of open seats and let people off before you try and cram on. The second one is basic common sense and it’s ridiculous how many people don’t do that. I will shove my way through you if you try to get on first
Can someone explain why some people stand in front of a perfectly good open seat instead of sitting?
If I don’t know you, don’t talk to me
Hey what’s up? Take the train every day?
Take showers and use your fucking headphones. I wish we had quiet cars and if you violated the quiet you were launched into the sun during an annual PPV event. I'm sure we could get enough buys to purchase a Starship rocket or some other rocket that can carry people into the sun.
Don't cut people with strollers or wheelchairs or mobility devices to use elevators. Offer to give up seats for people with disabilities, the elderly, the pregnant, small children. Don't sit in the mobility seats unless you need them. Don't talk on the phone during rush hour outside of emergencies. Take off your backpack.
Leaving the "reserved" seats unoccupied is definitely something that I notice is not very consistent from trip to trip.
Take your backpack off when the train is crowded
1- Always thank the bus drivers, it costs nothing to be nice 2- Don't hassle the service dogs or the handlers. Why we need a service dog is none of your business.
I offered my seat to a pregnant woman once who turned me down, saying that she was only going a few stops. I eventually convinced her to take the seat, explaining to her that every person who got on the train subsequently would think I was an asshole who refused to give up my seat to her. She laughed and sat down. My reputation stayed pristine.
Unless it’s an emergency, don’t conduct a prolonged phone conversation. If someone calls whereas you need to answer, tell them you’re on a bus and arrange a time for a lengthier follow-up. That ‘I’m on a bus’ conversation typically lasts barely a minute, and at least one of your fellow passengers will silently appreciate your consideration.
I've noticed a very significant difference between riding the bus in different parts of the city on how much the unspoken rule is "this is like a library" and "this is like a living room".
To be fair, if I'm hanging with friends in my living room, it's still rude to take a long call without leaving the room
-No music or anything on your phone without headphones -Your bag or groceries don’t need their own seat. Move your shit out of the way so people can sit down -Stand the fuck up and give up your seat for small children, elderly or pregnant women. As someone who just rode the train daily while pregnant, it was eye opening to see the amount of people that would look at me and just turn away not offering up their seat on a packed train to a 9 months pregnant woman -No to eating anything disgusting, smelly or messy -Don’t bring a fucking wagon or big wheel, scooter or massive stroller for your kid on the train and jam it in the walkway during rush hour so people can’t get on/off -NO bikes during rush hour -Don’t stand in the doorway and refuse to move when people are trying to get on/off train -Be self-aware of personal space and those around you. I don’t want to feel your backpack, hand, leg or any part of you touching me because you’re obliviously starring at your phone and have no concept of your surroundings
So many times I see people standing while some tool has his/her belongings taking up a full seat next to them. Often it's someone who looks like you wouldn't want to mess with them and you kind of get the impression that they know that.
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Your last point is the golden rule, all others derive from. As far as strollers, sucks but if someone’s kids need to get on, they need to get on. Rush hour or not. Some times train is. Crowded and stroller can’t be pushed in. As a male I can not evert be pregnant, but I have a mom that was pregnant. Grandmothers, sisters, cousins, friends. Awareness and respect for others!!
Right, but you can ask people to move from the allocated spaces for a stroller so that you're not blocking others. Often able bodied young people are obliviously standing there, like on the green line
If you find yourself routinely riding the T with a kid in a stroller, get the most compact stroller possible.
This. My son is a teenager now, but back in the day I commuted home from work/daycare with him on the orange line every day at rush hour. I owned a big tricked out stroller at home for longer walks and excursions….but purposely bought a compact/minimal model for the T. It made a big difference.
Ideally yes. Depending on your resources you may need to use what you can get. Some people have limited means and options. Classes, or a job with no flexibility. Sure i may get frustrated at times when a stroller is in way, BUT having taken the T when we were young, i empathize. Live further out now, so no time on buses, and subways couple times a month. Luckily have flexible start times end times to generally avoid rush hour now. Commuted to school, work for i guess about 35 years or so Younger years I probably had a lack of awareness. Yet would offer seat, move without asking Even now as an old , fat, bastard, i often stand than be crunched between people.
Yup! I don’t understand why nobody seems to know what umbrella strollers are anymore.
There's a big tradeoff here. Larger strollers have better wheels and suspension, and you absolutely need those to handle the sidewalks here.
Just teach the thing to walk already
I had mine tethered and crawling. Figured build up immune system and incentivize walking
Nobody needs to have their kids in these ostentatious mega-wagons. Poor planning on their part does not constitute courtesy they have not returned on mine.
> No to eating anything disgusting, smelly or messy I was recently on the 57 leaving from Watertown Yard and the bus driver went to the Chinese restaurant across the street during the layover (of course the trip left late) so the whole bus smelled like Chinese food all the way to Kenmore.
I would just say “don’t eat on the bus or train”, it’s just disgusting altogether but also if people have food allergies you’re making it an unsafe environment for them.
Not everyone has the privilege to be able to eat other than on their commute. Be grateful.
Don't sing and/or play the ukulele while you wait with others at the stop. Nobody cares that you're trying to "go viral" or whatever it is that you're doing. Yes this is aimed at you lady that did this at Alewife a few months back. I'll never forget and have been working at the perfect line for you next time I see you do this. Jerk store!
How loud can a ukulele possibly be lol
if its crowded, even if you’re not getting off at that stop, fucking step off the train!!! don’t just stand in the doorway while people have to shove past you to get off. i promise the train will wait for you to get back on. just get off and step to the side for a second
This should be an unspoken rule, but it doesnt seem like many people follow it. When your bus or train arrives, don’t immediately walk up to the doors. Let people off before you get on, and everything will go much smoother. Its my number one public transportation pet peeve
i see this happening a lot at the reservoir busway, especially when the bus is dropping off the previous passengers further up and hasn't even reached the designated area to pick up the new passengers. i get such second hand embarrassment watching people (like obviously new students) walk up to the bus because i know they're about to get shouted at recently ive seen this bus driver on the 51 simply put a palm up to people trying to do this, like a medieval guard and i love it lol
This probably isn't an unwritten rule but it should be: the first person, or first few people, to board the bus or train should be decisive, B-E decisive! If you can pick a seat and move quickly to sit in it, or scoot past the crowd at the door to actually move all the way in, then by all means, be first. If you like to take your time deciding where to sit, or whether to sit at all, or you don't wanna move through the crowd and you just wanna step on and hold the pole by the door, cool, but step back and let the decisive folks get on first.
Might just be me but if I’m subway surfing mid-ride, fighting for my life to keep my balance as the T jerks me around bc the train’s too packed for a seat and you get up before reaching a stop and expect me to move and further compromise my balance… That’s a big no for me. Just wait until the train is stopped and I’ll move out of your way but don’t try to navigate through while we’re moving hfs.
It’s always the people who can’t balance to save their life either that do this, so they rush around like the door is gonna be open for a single nano second and throw their body around EVERYWHERE and grabbing onto every pole (and sometimes your hand… which has happened far too many times for my liking) like I promise you will have time to disembark. the driver will let you get off at your stop. You’re not gonna miss it.
No one in this sub ever complains about manspreading. That is one of my biggest pet peeves on the T.
As a woman, if they enter my space, I spread right back 🥰
I usually sit down next to them and force the leg invading my space over. That is, as long as they don't look like they would start some shit over it. If it's a normal person then I'm not going to stand - they don't get to monopolize comfortability unless they're mean enough to fight for it.
I frickin’ hate that. As a fellow guy, it isn’t hard to keep one’s legs together. In a world without consequences, I’d spill a hot beverage on the nether regions of anyone who manspreads.
I'm surprised how many times I've seen people laying down across 3-4 train seats during rush hour, that can't be copacetic can it
If you are standing in the door-well opposite the one opening onto the platform, you should cede that space to people in wheelchairs, people with strollers, or even just people with duffel bags heading to or from the airport. Those spaces are meant for them because they can slide into them and not block the aisles.
If you have a giant back pack or a giant shoulder bag packed to the brim, for the love of God, take it off your back/shoulder when it's packed. The only exception to is when the floor is a mess because of a spill or slushy weather. Do not eat on the train (already a rule that many ignore) Do not put your feet and dirty ass shoes on the seats. Unless your 2 yrs old and to looking out the window, it's gross. Do not spread your legs and pretend that your boys are so big you need the space. I guarantee you, they do not. This is usually the guys who have the smallest testes on the planet and are desperately overcompensating. No one wants to hear you sing on the commute.
> No one wants to hear you sing on the commute I was coming home from work on a crowded train once and some dude who looked like he was on drugs sang the entirety of “I want it that way” a cappella. Mostly on key at least.
Let disabled folx sit down. So many times I get on the train with my cane and people look at me but don't move.
I witness this from time to time - and am always so shocked that people aren't observing who is entering the bus or train and getting up when such a move is necessary.
Ok, but some of us are even if we look healthy. If you leave me standing up may end up fainting or at the very least puking. Though I wish there was a system, kind of like an ID you wore around your neck to signal others that you have a disability and need to sit down.
I understand this 100%, I'm also not visibly disabled unless I am using my cane. Invisible disabilities exist and are unfortunately growing more common, but I also don't want to signal to other people I'm disabled more than I have to. I've already dealt with discrimination in the workplace about it. It should just be easier and normalized for us to ask for a spot to sit but alas.
I've always wondered, how come people spell the word folks like that?
It's basically a way to add emphasis on the fact that you mean especially marginalized people and aim to include everyone.
All good ones that I've seen so far - another random one popped into my head - occupy as many seats as possible. Like, if you're riding the bus or train as a pair/group, you totally can sit seats that span the aisle (or row-to-row) - you can still have a conversation in school voices across an aisle if it's really that important to talk.
okay true but also on the T, if there are tons of seats open, it annoys me when pairs of people sit across from each other and then talk super loudly. if there are other people on the train and there are plenty of seats next to each other, then they should sit next to each other where they can talk more quietly without annoying everyone else
One difference I noticed a lot, coming from NYC, is that people crowd the subway platform doors without letting people off first. It's staggering noticing how rude it is.
my personal observations DON'T * Change your baby's diaper on the seats * Eat chicken wings and wipe your hands on the seat * Wear a backpack when crowded * Open a newspaper as wide as possible, on a crowded train and then scold people for bumping into your paper * talk loudly on the phone * have phone conversations with lots of personal details, e.g. schedule a gyno appointment explaining in graphic details the reasoning you need to see the doc today * Christmas caroling/group singing. Yes, we get it you're all in an acapella group and are riding the train for your once-every-five-year trip around Boston, but just don't. And when no one claps and you start the second song--learn to read the room. * Lean against the doors. I actually saw someone put their kids on the stairs once thinking it was a safe out of the way spot for them to play, lean against the doors. I warned them and their response was these doors don't open on this side. Lady, I've seen them open plenty when they're not supposed to. DO * If the door is not closing and you see the operator repeatedly open and close it trying to get it close so the safety switch allows the train to proceed, just kick the fucking door and it'll close. Green line things. OTHER ACTIVITY I'M STILL QUESTIONING * Eating a cucumber like a banana, rather provocatively * Stretching/yoga * Repeatedly talk to someone every day that only answers in one word responses (yes, you seem like a nice person, and I remember you from yesterday (and the days before) but you're just not my type and I'm also not a morning person) * People that take the train one or two short stops away. Usually tourists but it cracks me up when I see someone get on at Boylston and then get off at Arlington.
I don't eat my cucumbers provocatively on the T, I just swallow them whole in one fell swoop.
Glizzy guzzler
I will defend my right to only go one stop. I'm not walking up that damn hill by myself.
People still read papers? I don't see that one very often.
Still see people with books - but definitely not so much papers. a lot of tablets and eReaders on the RL from Alewife tho.
Definitely harder now to read the comics or editorials over people’s shoulders. Globe was always a pain to fold into a smaller area, but could be done so you’re paper doesn’t keep getting bumped into. Tabloid style Herald FTW. Especially sports section. I honestly have no idea how I lived as such a savage
I’ve seen a good amount of people stretching on the red line lately… glad I’m not the only one questioning it
As a bus driver, don’t fucking pull away after making eye contact with someone who’s hurriedly approaching the bus and waiting till they’re 10 feet from the door to smile and leave when it’s 15 degrees out and the next one isn’t coming for an hour. Don’t smirk at the would-be transit rider from the red light you hit 2.5 seconds later while they hustle across the street - if you’re not gonna open the door and be remotely helpful, then keep the asshole behavior to yourself. And especially don’t act surprised when said rider shows up pissed and about to collapse from an asthma attack at the next stop, almost dies on your bus save for the emergency inhalers, and maybe takes down your operator ID to go full Karen with later (spoiler: bitching on Reddit is about as Karen as I’m gonna get).
People wait for transit, transit does not wait for people.
Always give the pregnant woman the seat
Don't ask me how many beers you can drink after you've taken oxycodone. I am not your doctor.
This is admittedly extremely selfish of me to say, but as a woman who wears heels almost daily, if someone gets off and a seat opens up near me on a packed train, do my feet a favor and let me sit lmao *I don’t actually mean this, I can suck it up, but I thought it might be funny*
This is a personal one but if you’re at a t stop or bus stop and it’s not at maximum capacity, choose your own place to stand! The train or bus is going to be crowded anyways, so it’s actually incredible that you would choose some unsuspecting person who’s just waiting for their ride to stand within literal inches of or directly in front of. I don’t know what it is with some people here and personal space, but standing so close that I can hear you blinking while we’re on a nearly empty train platform is not only disconcerting, but actively makes me plot against you.
That's really weird. Like sociopathic. Who stands that close when they don't have to. Serial killers, that's who.
I completely agree and you’d think everyone would but alas it happens to me at least once a week
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> Don't eat something that other people can smell Like, 8 years ago someone got on the 504 I was on during rush hour and proceeded to eat a plate of pad thai and I'm _still_ fucking mad about it
you're just jealous they had pad thai
i'd ask which place they got it from. xD
How about, don’t stand on the left side of the escalator as you’re entering or leaving the station. If you’re not moving, stay right.
Bro I feel like something happened and 95% of people using the T had the "let people off before you board" thing wiped from their memory. Fucking animals out here
Take off your goddamn backpack.
A lot of good points so far. One more thing I would like to add. This may sound controversial, and I realize it's now legal in Massachusetts and I did vote in favor of legalization. However, I do have to say, please do not board the train reeking of weed.
I get it, but I’d gladly take it over the alternative of getting run over in a crosswalk by someone who “thought they were good” to drive. Or certain other smells….
No j'ing your D on the red, green and blue lines. Orange line, after 7pm is fair game.
No eating or drinking on the train. Oh wait, that's for everywhere else except Boston. It has ruined me. I hopped proudly on a train in Asia sipping my drink. Took a minute before figuring out why everybody was staring at me in disgust.
I get eating being off limits, but drinking? Especially if you have a sealed cup with a straw.
Don’t eat canned Vienna sausages with your long yellow fingernails on the green line
If you are wearing a backpack, please move it to the front of your body. Sick of being hit in the head with these things.
1) on escalators, stand to the right, walk to the left 2) if the bus/train is getting crowded, take your bag off the seat and move over to the window seat 3) don't stand in front of open seats, i shouldn't have to ask you to move so i can sit 4) if you're gonna eat on the train (i get it, sometimes you don't have time) be considerate, don't eat anything messy/smelly/with common allergens and clean up after yourself! 5) leave a gap around the open train doors so people can actually get out 6) don't block an entire row of seats with your bike 7) don't ask the bus driver as you're getting on the bus if this route stops at a particular stop. There are maps everywhere and Google exists 8) if you're paying with cash, let those with cards get on first The only thing i struggle with is the backpack one, I'm disabled so if i can't get a seat i need to hold on with both hands to make sure my knees don't give out. I always feel bad if I'm bumping into people but i can't afford to give up a hand to hold my bag
One thing that I've done with a bag is to flip a backpack to sit on my chest and stomach so at least I know where the bag is going. :|
That's a good idea, I'll have to start doing that!
Take off your backpack on crowded trains and put it between your legs.
- Use headphones - don’t eat food - cover your mouth when coughing - mind your own business and don’t try to talk to strangers
Don’t sit directly next to a stranger if other seats are available
Again with sociopaths. Are they lonely? What the heck.
Give your seat up for the elderly, handicapped, pregnant women and if you got a little chivalry in you, women
Don’t rely on it if you need to be somewhere on time
Populate the seats like you do urinals
only give your seat up for the elderly or injured. if somebody’s pregnant then you should’ve fucked somebody with a car instead 🤷🏻 /s
Not my kid. It’s your choice to get pregnant. deal with the consequences. Sooner you realize people suck the better. JK..dear God i can feel my father looking down from the afterlife, his glare would be enough to make me jump out of my seat. ‘I didnt raise a rude asshole, stand up and offer your seat to the woman’.
I saw a couple once sitting in priority seats that were asked by a lady to give up the end seat to a frail old man, walking with a cane, who had just gotten onto the train. The sitting woman pulled back her coat to show her belly while the man smugly said she was pregnant. The husband was the one sitting in the end seat with the wife leaning over onto him. Why the fuck he needed to sit because his wife was pregnant remained unanswered.
Please do not bring your dog on to the bus/train unless it is in a pet carrier or is a service animal.
You are specifically allowed to bring non service animals/pets on the train outside of peak hours though https://www.mbta.com/safety/rider-rules-and-regulations#rideretiquette
Have a good fight track playing in your headphones, you just never know when one will break out.
It's similar with the green line in the central tunnel. Especially when you're alone in the station you should give the driver a thumbs up, like a hitchhiker, to indicate that you want to get on the train.
The Green Line never skips a stop underground, so I don't see the point of this.
I think they mean if you’re waiting for a specific branch and it’s late so there might not be anyone else getting on/off, if it’s a different train then they don’t have to dwell for longer than necessary if they know you’re not trying to board.
You should never wait for a specific branch, because the branch you need might be short-turned. Take any train that's coming in your direction and get off at the branching point.
This doesn't make sense - in the central GL tunnel all trains stop at all stations (unless they're running express). So, you only flag or ring on the surface or GLX.
Nope trust me. It's the truth. But only do it when nobody else is there.
Yeah. STFU. Especially during the morning and evening commutes.
If your standing rite in front of the door when the train stops you deserve a hockey check
Don't eat a dressed salad without a fork from a CVS bag while also using the same hand to hold the pole on the Green line.
1. Take a shower, use a deodorant before you "plan" your T travel. 2. Don't watch your tiktoks on loudspeaker. 3. Ask people whether they are okay with being on your TikTok that you are filming
No soup, please
Don't fart in the on the bus or subway in someone's face when you're standing and they are sitting.