Unsuck DC Metro: How do you Cope with Metro?

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

How do you Cope with Metro?

Via @TrentTheArtist:Ba.by I am on the train and this woman behind me opened a bottle of wine and commenced the sippage @unsuckdcmetro pic.twitter.com/i06jel9R

Via @jhuster: @wmata @unsuckdcmetro Car 1226 has a nice, empty bottle of MD2020 taking a ride to Shady Grove...klassy with a k. pic.twitter.com/oYjtx1dr

From constant delays to rude passengers, Metro can be extremely frustrating and stress inducing. Looks like it even drives some to drink.

What's your coping mechanism?

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Ever n Anon · 648 weeks ago

Earbuds. A book. An eye on other passengers for personal safety. And stoic patience, lots of patience.

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Guest · 648 weeks ago

Me too, minus the earbuds. I always have a book with me. I read it and ignore everything around me.

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Not cool · 648 weeks ago

I love this site and think its important but really think these random picture exposures need to stop. Especially if its someone breaking marginal rules or just doing something stupid. It doesnt make anyone want to take public transit if there are idiots snapping their photos and mocking them on some website.

Focus on WMATA failures. The passengers who are violent or who threatent people, sure- expose them. People who are dressed stupid, or are sleeping or eating a big mac: let them be.

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It's Cool · 648 weeks ago

One person's harassment is another person's pic sharing.

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guest · 648 weeks ago

Sense of humor FAIL.

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horseydeucey · 648 weeks ago

I love this site and think it's important but really think that people should understand what their rights are when entering public spaces.
Most of us take public transportation out of necessity, so isn't it a little ridiculous to think that a statistically significant amount of riders would choose not to ride because people are taking photos of them?
Or should we refrain from mocking rulebreakers? After all, isn't TP doing a good enough job enforcing the law?
Isn't rampant rulebreaking a WMATA failure?
Dressing stupid? Not sure I've seen too many of those pics here.
Eating a big mac? That's against the rules, right?
Feet on seats, toenail clipping, taking up multiple seats? Isn't that against the unwritten rules of respect, decency, and courtesy?
Remember, you have little to no expectations of privacy the moment you enter into public spaces. Is it really too much to expect people to act accordingly.
Enough with this victimization trend.
You know a better way to ensure a photo of you drinking screw-top wine through a straw on the metro won't end up on the internet? Don't drink screw-top wine through a straw on the metro

I don't take pictures of random riders, but complaints like yours make me want to start.

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Not cool · 648 weeks ago

Eating food as a rule is a joke. Grow up. It's not a rule that matters.

Fix real issues and this failure of a system might get better. lmao@unwritten rules. So for example if a fatass takes up two seats : isnt that against the rules? When will it stop exactly?

The point is: this site should be for improving the system, not mocking the riders who generally are a victim of this system.

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Another Nick · 648 weeks ago

Not having to sit in a pile of McDonalds bags someone left behind is pretty awesome. And I don't trust 90% of the narcissistic morons in this world to clean up after themselves. If anything, it should be more heavily enforced. Apparently no one could grow up in the first place, so we had to make it illegal.

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horseydeucey · 648 weeks ago

IMPROVE THE SYSTEM!!!!!!
<crosses arms, wiggles nose>
<magic>

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VeggieTart · 648 weeks ago

Given that the asswipes who break the rules by eating on Metro are rarely polite enough to take their trash with them when they leave the train (more than once I've seen an empty soda bottle rolling around on the floor or the seat), I'd like to see a little more enforcement of people who break this law. And I have no problem with public humiliation of inconsiderate jerks on public transit. Like the moron hugging a pole on a crowded train. But don't worry, if you're taking up two seats on Metro, I won't photograph you--unless you're eating.

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Not cool · 648 weeks ago

The people who do these photographs are cared cowards who would not enjoy having that lense turned back on them

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Guest · 648 weeks ago

Speaking of dressing stupid, about once a week a group of teenagers with clipboards in thier hands board my train and say to everyone on board, "Can i axe you a question?" I always ignore them (yay books!) but I assume they're trying to get "donations" for their team trip or something. They're always dressed at the height of urban fashion - that is, pants below their waist with their underwear showing. I'm really tempted to listen to their pitch and explain to them that if you are trying to to business you should make yourself look presentable and pull up your pants!

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dqwefwew · 648 weeks ago

apparently that's a rather well known scam that's been going for a while now.

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Derek · 648 weeks ago

Love the idiots with their pants around their knees. Remember a few years back when the "urban" trend was baggy jeans, oversize white T-shirts, and walking/skipping with a hand at the bottom of their shirt, ostensibly to appear that they have a "gatt" in their belts and they were ready to pull it out a second's notice and cap yo azz gansta style (holding the handgun sideways -- which in and of itself is also stupid)

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Ever n Anon · 648 weeks ago

marginal rules, eh? Ever SEEN some of these folks when drunk on the train? I have and I'd rather not. Come back and comment again when you sit next to them and they spill that wine all over your clothes...

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Derek · 648 weeks ago

Eating and drinking on Metro is not a legal or even desirable activity. The last straw for me will be the day that I sit in some shredded letuce and mild sauce left over from some idiot's grande burrito. And booze? Why not just allow freebasing and acid trips? On the othher hand ...

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anon · 648 weeks ago

I have coped with Metro by basically cutting it out of my life. I ride my bike to work most days, telework some and once every two weeks or so take Metro. It has been great.

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jimlcunningham 80p · 648 weeks ago

You're supposed to leave it in the paper bag! Didn't anybody watch The Wire? Sheesh.

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JoeB · 648 weeks ago

i am impressed by the size of the straw!!

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Guest · 648 weeks ago

Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's a straw, you see? You watching?. And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake!

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Dan Stessel · 648 weeks ago

As you see, we've rolled out yet another new program on Metro. Some red line trains are now equipped with a bar car, just like Amtrak. This will greatly enhance your experience when you are stuck in a tunnel during a rare minor delay caused by one of our customers.

I've heard a rumor that there is a phenomenon where some people may not approve of this. To those possible naysayers, remember that when it comes to blood alcohol content, one person's drunk is another person's functional level.

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Guest · 648 weeks ago

Aw Unsuck, quit wine-ing about Metro!

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dhdf · 648 weeks ago

I must confess, I once swigged from a bottle of mad dog while waiting with my friend for a train. we were out partying, someone bought him the bottle as a joke, the next train wasn't due for 20 minutes, we were thirsty. What we hadn't planned for was the immediate need to urinate some ten minutes later. We did not urinate on the platform though, had to draw the line somewhere.