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Posted by Truepioneer on Jan-25-2006 03:57:

Joys of squished subway rides

Your on a crammped subway car during rush hour and your caught between two peoples dull as hell conversation lol.

This afternoon it was an older man and lady ranting about chandeliers. Went something like this:

Lady: so where did you but your chandelier? Man: I bought this chandelier at such and such place. Lady: Really I bought a chandelier at such and such place once aswell. Man: So what did you think of the quality of the chandeliers at such and such place? Lady: Well I found the quality of the chandeliers at such and place good but no as good as this other place.

and on, and on, and on for 15 minutes lol

Posted by tatgirl on Jan-25-2006 04:45:

This thread is about as exciting as that conversation.

Thanks for sharing.

Posted by Misanthrope on Jan-25-2006 04:48:

THANK GOD FOR HEADPHONES.

I hate small talk on the subway. Although, I always am polite.

Once a lady said, you look depressed are you ok? I thought for a second, aw that was consider...until she started yacking about Jesus.

hurrah.

I happen to be carry records one day and suddenely, i hear this dude talking about records and some shit about drum 'n' bass. Before I leave the subway cart, he asks, oh what do you spin? [ I said house, because that's all I had on me at that time] and he said oh you look like a techno dj. I spin drum n bass. I smiled and hopped off.

gaaaay.

There are always some loud obnoxious girls. grr. I hate them all.

p.s. the Go Transit sucks just as much.

Posted by Orko on Jan-25-2006 04:51:

quote:
Originally posted by beatjunkie
THANK GOD FOR HEADPHONES.

The only time they cannot save me is when I leave work at the sametime as somebody(who i do not know) and then end up on the same subway car as them.

So what do you do, what department, how long have you been here, do you like it...blah blah blah. They are being nice, but i never saw them before and I probably wont see them again, even though we work at the same place.

thank you mp3 player + headphones!

Posted by monishb on Jan-25-2006 04:52:

i dont mind it, sounds like friendly peeps

Posted by Truepioneer on Jan-25-2006 05:08:

Anyone ever step on to a subway car and find a full-on party inside! and get handed a beer as you step in!

It's happened to me a couple times over the past few years.

Usually at or around Royal York station.

Posted by dEsidEL on Jan-25-2006 05:57:

u shoulda dropped a massive egg fart

Posted by shanny on Jan-25-2006 06:05:

I was on a subway one time with an extremely overweight man who stunk who insisted on bothering this poor girl next to him by showing her his button collection.
Poor girl!

Posted by slingshot on Jan-25-2006 06:43:

quote:
Originally posted by shanny
I was on a subway one time with an extremely overweight man who stunk who insisted on bothering this poor girl next to him by showing her his button collection.
Poor girl!

hahhahahha, dude......was this on our way to get tickets for lawler????

Posted by Mr. Smith on Jan-25-2006 06:54:

It's the worst in the summer when you get that one asshole who decides not to wear deodourant, and god must punish me when he has to hold that cross bar that runs across the newer trains. For those 4 stops of hell, death would have been a better fate.

Posted by Stingray on Jan-25-2006 15:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Truepioneer
Anyone ever step on to a subway car and find a full-on party inside! and get handed a beer as you step in!

It's happened to me a couple times over the past few years.

Usually at or around Royal York station.

LOL wow nothing to that extent, but I remember one time we were heading downtown and these guys in front of us had a bottle of rum, a bottle of coke, and cups. They were mixing drinks right there lol. So we pulled out our beers and I spun up a joint. w00t!

Posted by nadezhda on Jan-25-2006 15:43:

and this is why i walk to work, ladies and gentlemen.

i only take the streetcar when i'm running late or it's pissing down outside. awful stuff. nothing worse than being crammed in with a bunch of crusty people in the mornings.

Posted by dj_souvlaki on Jan-25-2006 16:03:

if u can squeeze a fart out do it. usually clears you some space and gives the other people something more exciting to talk about.

Posted by loca on Jan-25-2006 16:08:

It's not just squished subway rides... The bus rides to school (with Viva) can be pretty intense too. This morning i was squashed inside the viva York U bus for 45 mins. What pissed me off the most was that some "older" (see late 30s - early 40s) people were sitting their fat asses on their nice seats and were making fun of all the students that had to stand from RH Centre to York. What a bunch of WANKERS And they were men too (only one of them was a woman and she was just as bad).
Some of us have really heavy backpacks and were putting them on the floor so we could stand without losing our balance and those guys kept making comments about how someone might trip and fall and how "when i was their age..." Fuck off! You're not our age, and we don't care what you did when you were. Our backpacks are sometimes really freaking heavy and some of us have bad backs. Mannnnnnnnn i was in such a bad mood by the time we got to school i just wanted to spit on them when i got off the bus

Posted by ShadoWolf on Jan-25-2006 16:34:

Within 12 hours of this thread being started, this was published:

http://www.680news.com/news/local/a...125_055703_5080

TTC could get more "overcrowded"

January 25, 2006 - 5:57 am
By: Laura Hampshire

Taking the TTC to work today?
If you don't have time to wait for a bus that isn't overflowing you know how crowded it can get during the rush hour, but the TTC is considering packing in even more passengers.
Today they will consider a report showing how they could save up to 5 million this year if they opted for overcrowding.
The city has asked the TTC to cut 17 and a half million in spending or they will have to raise fares, again.
TTC Chair Howard Mosco says he doesn't like squishing in more passengers like Tokyo, where they hire people to push others into subway cars.
The TTC says they already allow modest overcrowding especially during the morning and afternoon rush hours.
The Transit Commission is also considering cutting 29 cleaning staff in favor of using machines overnight to wash down subway stations and save money.

Posted by loca on Jan-25-2006 16:47:

Posted by Truepioneer on Jan-26-2006 03:11:

quote:
Originally posted by ShadoWolf
Within 12 hours of this thread being started, this was published:

http://www.680news.com/news/local/a...125_055703_5080

TTC could get more "overcrowded"

January 25, 2006 - 5:57 am
By: Laura Hampshire

Taking the TTC to work today?
If you don't have time to wait for a bus that isn't overflowing you know how crowded it can get during the rush hour, but the TTC is considering packing in even more passengers.
Today they will consider a report showing how they could save up to 5 million this year if they opted for overcrowding.
The city has asked the TTC to cut 17 and a half million in spending or they will have to raise fares, again.
TTC Chair Howard Mosco says he doesn't like squishing in more passengers like Tokyo, where they hire people to push others into subway cars.
The TTC says they already allow modest overcrowding especially during the morning and afternoon rush hours.
The Transit Commission is also considering cutting 29 cleaning staff in favor of using machines overnight to wash down subway stations and save money.

Yeah it's a shame that our upper levels of government haven't taken public transit too seriously. Despite the minor annoyances I still consider it the better way over a car anyday

Really, compared to other cities, like London, U.K., where they actually have to close the front doors of some stations because they're so rammed! You have to line-up outside, just to get in the station! Our stations can look really laid back to me.

If all the commuters were to follow simple rules like actually move all the way in the subway cars instead of cramming around the doors! We've all seen this happen at rush hour. Also, always stand on the right side of the escalator to let people in a rush pass by quickly.
The above would really not be much of a problem I bet. Those two rules are followed almost religiously in London and if you don't someone will remind you politely

Posted by Yohan on Jan-26-2006 03:25:

How does TTC fare compare to other major cities? It's only what 2.50 a ride?

Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Jan-26-2006 03:32:

quote:
Originally posted by EvilTree
How does TTC fare compare to other major cities? It's only what 2.50 a ride?

It's 2.75 now I think to take the bus in Windsor. I dunno...I took the Tunnel bus on the weekend and that's what it was. I don't take the regular bus though, so I'm not sure if it's different.

Also...I like eavesdropping on conversations. Sometimes you get some juicy gossip! Hehe Though after the 5 minute entertainment it doesn't really matter, b/c it's not like you'll ever see those people again.

Posted by Truepioneer on Jan-26-2006 03:49:

quote:
Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
It's 2.75 now I think to take the bus in Windsor. I dunno...I took the Tunnel bus on the weekend and that's what it was. I don't take the regular bus though, so I'm not sure if it's different.

Also...I like eavesdropping on conversations. Sometimes you get some juicy gossip! Hehe Though after the 5 minute entertainment it doesn't really matter, b/c it's not like you'll ever see those people again.

Yeah! there are definetly some random adventures to be had on public transport that's for sure. I've fallen asleep on buses/tubes with friends after parties and have ended up on the opposite side of the city. Only to get on the bus and do it again! lol at myself!

Here's what single fares are currently in London. We still get a deal in this respect:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/fares-tic...e/tubedlr.shtml

Here's a map of what you'd be navigating. Pretty extensive:

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/pdfdocs/colourmap.pdf

Posted by dEsidEL on Jan-26-2006 05:03:

quote:
Originally posted by EvilTree
How does TTC fare compare to other major cities? It's only what 2.50 a ride?

it's actually somewhat comparable from what i've seen .. however the fare structure i think needs some total rework .. they should really consider introducing zoning so that you pay according to distance travelled rather than a flat rate fare.

needless to say funding also needs an overhaul.. i won't even begin to compare subway systems with other cities around the world of comparable population .. i think most of you already know that story ..

Posted by Truepioneer on Jan-26-2006 05:14:

quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL

it's actually somewhat comparable from what i've seen .. however the fare structure i think needs some total rework .. they should really consider introducing zoning so that you pay according to distance travelled rather than a flat rate fare.

needless to say funding also needs an overhaul.. i won't even begin to compare subway systems with other cities around the world of comparable population .. i think most of you already know that story ..

Consider the population boom and there has only been what? maybe 5 new stations built in the past 15 years.

We could use a subway that starts at Union station and goes up Spandina Avenue. Then follows the old University line spliting off at Downsview towards York U and after headng towards some of more neglected and less accessable areas ex. jane & Fich and Rexdale.

Now I'm getting into my visionary mode lol

Posted by Irishaddict on Jan-26-2006 07:45:

New York. That is all.