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[vicarz]

How to (not to) behave on the fucking Metro:
http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/wdc/19598535.html

I concur with all except some exceptions to:

Platform:
1 - sometimes it is crowded, and just because some idiots are scared of the bumpy section of the tile or the idea that a metro might, against all odds and for the first time in recorded history, leap from the rails, mount the platform, and start chopping people down like celery, does not mean I should wait 4' away from the edge of the platform.
Train:
5b - doesn't matter when not crowded, but if you still hold a paper or book in front of you I'll accidentally grab it, throw it to the ground, and twist my heel into the plyable pages

Comments

[dnaspydir.livejournal.com]

Platform:
1 - sometimes it is crowded, and just because some idiots are scared of the bumpy section (...edit)

I do believe those dots are their to let you know how close to the edge is TOO close to the edge. With that said however, I do agree with most of the rest... Nice post... You wouldn't be the anon poster to Craigslist now would you?

[vicar.livejournal.com]

It sounds ALOT like me, but no, can't take the credit.

Actually the history shows that the dots do not mean you are too close. Originally the indication of a safe distance was the white granite-looking line with the lights blinking in it. The dots were put in after blind people fell onto the tracks and sued, so the dots are just idiot insurance (I mean if you're blind you think you'd be used to using something to ensure you don't fall of ledges)? The dots have been interpreted as a safe distance, but like the speed limit set to 55 the original intent had nothing to do with safety per se.

Hypothesizes me...

[dnaspydir.livejournal.com]

Ya know, I was gonna say (the dots were) for blind people, but had nothing to back it up, so I left it out of my post. But nothing pisses me off more than some shithead standing at the outer edge of the dots (or worse yet, walking along them) when a train is arriving... Partly because the conductor usually rants about it when they open the doors, but mostly because I don't want my trip delayed due to track pizza.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_blackjack_/]

They have this in NYC, too, accept it's just painted lines, so they obviously don't care about blind people. There is the yellow please-stand-behind line, and the red OK-we-know-you-aren't-going-to-stand-behind-the-yellow-line-but-for-the-love-of-god-stay-behind-this-one line.