Unsuck DC Metro: Rider Hall of Shame: Party Down

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Rider Hall of Shame: Party Down

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Is drunkenness a problem on Metro? What have you seen?

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Kara Harkins · 752 weeks ago

You mean aside from a drunken slob with bottle in hand trying (badly) to proposition me on the green line?

Of course it would never have happened because we all know metro enforces 'no food or drink'.

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Guest · 752 weeks ago

Annoying but better here than on the roads...

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Matt G · 752 weeks ago

Seriously. I'd rather have people on public transit than crashing cars into nuns on the highway.

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F'n JD · 752 weeks ago

second. although a few barf bags at either end of the cars could help a bit. especially without automatic controls being used.

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Corresponding Toads · 752 weeks ago

yo unsuck, you got something against drinkers? did you have your gallbladder removed?

maybe if MJ was legalized, unsuck wouldn't have anything to complain about

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Drinker · 752 weeks ago

I had my gallbladder removed, am I not supposed to drink?

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J Beam · 752 weeks ago

I had my gall bladder removed to room for more liquor!

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Corresponding Toads · 752 weeks ago

Drinking is bad for you, gallbladder or no gallbladder. In your case, no gallbladder.

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@VeggieTart · 751 weeks ago

I have nothing against people who drink, unless I have to sit near a chronic drinker/smoker on the bus/train--my sensitive nose can't take it. More than once I've had to move.

Luckily, I only saw someone puke on Metro once, and that was when I lived way out in the 'burbs. He was sitting across the aisle from me and just spewed all over the floor. I let the poor station manager know as I exited at the end of the line.

As others have said, know your limits. Don't get so drunk that you pee, poop, or puke in a station or on a car. Please.

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Matt · 752 weeks ago

obviously we don't want a heavily intoxicated person getting in a fight or falling on the tracks... but for the most part I don't think drunks on metro cause many problems, and if we don't want people to get home safely on friday and saturday nights after going "out" why is metro open so late?

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guest · 752 weeks ago

GO NAKID DODGEBALL !

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@The_CLA_Group · 751 weeks ago

You've never had a Metro drunk vomit on you, have you?? Well I have! It ain't pleasant!

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Dogfish Head · 752 weeks ago

Drunkenness on WMATA is - IMHO - far less prevalent than on other systems I can think of - London, Paris, New York, Boston.

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Bryan · 752 weeks ago

i'm sure this isn't uncommon, but i was on the last westbound orange line train, and when the train pulled up outside east falls church, this guy stepped out of the car and projectile vomited all over the platform. his friends started cracking up, and then the door closed and the train left, and i got to listen to them freak out about how their wasted friend (who was visiting the city) was going to find his way from east falls church to vienna

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Ever and Anon · 752 weeks ago

With the vermin on the floor areas, I wonder if that fellow checked his hair when he got home after laying on the platform? Personally, I'd be more worried about being stepped on by another drunk. ;-)

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dyocco 1p · 752 weeks ago

Several months ago, I witnessed a gentlemen politely walk to the end of the platform and relieve himself up against the wall.

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demonfafa 50p · 752 weeks ago

Ah, just like New York!

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eric · 752 weeks ago

Problem??? More like solution!

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Corresponding Toads · 752 weeks ago

dyocco brings up a good point.

the worst part about drinkers on the Metro is that there are no restrooms in plain sight, so most of them will relieve themselves in the nearest corner.

beware of the areas underneath staircases...

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John · 752 weeks ago

Good thing you are covering the real stories....

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John · 752 weeks ago

Nothing different from your average afternoon in Columbia Heights.

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GlenmontGirl · 752 weeks ago

I don't have a problem with people who want to get a little drunk, and I would absolutely rather have these people riding Metro after a night partying than driving their cars.
But I do have a problem with people who get falling-down drunk and then either a) drive, thus endangering everyone on the road around them but probably not themselves, since drunks seem to survive a large percentage of drunk-driving accidents or b) get on the public transit systems and endanger themselves by falling onto the tracks/passing out on the train or platform and/or make the ride unpleasant for others by being loud and obnoxious, puking and urinating on the train.

People, please, before you go out drinking: KNOW YOUR OWN LIMITS and stick to them.

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Corresponding Toads · 752 weeks ago

I HAVE NO LIMITS, CLEAR THE LANE!!

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UnSuck Fan · 751 weeks ago

Sorry Glenmont Girl, but my sarcasm won't be/cannot be contained! Although I completely agree with you about someone knowing and sticking to their limits, asking them to take personal responsibility for their own actions is a lot to ask for in this day and age!

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Graxczyl · 752 weeks ago

First of all, I don't know if these guys are drunk or just really tired. If they are drunk, then I agree with the posters that said that it is better that they are not on the roads, and I'd point out that this may have been a conscious decision on their part.

I would also point out that given the quality of metro "service", a few drinks probably help ease the pain.

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Bryan · 752 weeks ago

It's a kickball shirt. He's drunk and tired.

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donjuan · 752 weeks ago

last night on the Orange line to Vienna, I saw a guy with a leather satchel. He opened it and I saw the tops of three bottles. I assumed he was just a lover of soda (or into recycling), but then he pulled out his small bottle of vodka and took a swig. He was acting weird and I watched him out of the corner of my eye to be sure he wasn't going to get up and approach me. He started shouting out loud to himself as we approached Dunn Loring station. Thankfully, this was my stop, and he continued on to Vienna.

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Jefe · 752 weeks ago

Dude I Know That Guy!!!!

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italiandude · 752 weeks ago

who cares if they are flat out shit faced plastered deal with it!!! At least they are not driving metro is a great sober ride home

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Golden Silence · 751 weeks ago

I'm glad they're not "driving metro" either! Can you imagine that?

Sorry, had to crack on your odd sentence structure.

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Bill · 751 weeks ago

at least they are not driving the metro.

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Metro Bandit · 751 weeks ago

Vomiting on Metro is one of life's few pleasures. I love knowing that some employee has to clean up my barf.

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Golden Silence · 751 weeks ago

I was commuting home last one night during Snowmaggedon, and this wasted girl vomited on the floor in front of the priority seats. It was disgusting. She was at that point where she was out of it and too drunk to realize what the hell was going on. Her friends were useless, just laughing at her. She got off at Foggy Bottom (barely), touching the handrail in the process. All we could was tell people boarding to not touch the handrail.

I wish Metro came equipped with a barf bucket.

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guest · 751 weeks ago

As an former employee, can tell you it is a problem. Glenmont or Shady Grove station on a Saturday night can be disgusting.

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Hmmmmm..... · 744 weeks ago

While drunks are generally unpleasant and annoying to be around; I’d rather share a train or platform with a drunk than the welfare litters of dirty, nasty, foul smelling, violent ghetto kids (rats).

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capitalspirit 62p · 744 weeks ago

Couple of Christmases ago, I was on the Red Line heading towards Glenmont. We hit Dupont Circle, and onto the car walks a guy in a Santa suit, with two elves in fishnets on his arm. The guy was totally lit up, and I do not mean he was wearing Christmas lights. He missed his connection, and tried to get out at Judiciary Square...but he couldn't get off the train because the doors were literally closing right on him. And he was still trying to get off the train. Feeling no pain? Oh, yeah.

So they get him back on the train, and sitting down. Well, before the train got to Union Station, we all found out what this guy had eaten for dinner. So they came through the car at Rhode Island Avenue and told us to clear out of the car. Trouble is, Metro was running 4-car trains at the time, and the other three cars were sardine cans. We had a choice: pack it in even tighter on one of the other three cars, or wait twenty minutes in VERY cold weather for the next sure-to-be-as-crowded 4-car train.

I'll be blunt. The only way that sort of thing is funny is if you're the lush who's passed-out drunk and you don't remember laughing at the carpet.

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Jaws · 727 weeks ago

A few years ago at about 3pm I saw some drunk guy with a seat for his six pack (which he was drinking openly). I forget weather he asked me for a bag or not but I gave him the bag that my lunch had been in.