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I love public transport always.
I find it easier to scrub my hands clean than my pants, especially if I’m heading to work.
Yeah, public transpiration would be great if my fellow Americans weren’t such filthy, disgusting trash. I am not sitting on the seat that smells like ass cheese because the guy that was sitting on it 5 stops ago is a nasty fat fuck. Not like the bus company ever houses them down but once a month, either.
Japanese public transportation is immaculate and the number of people that use it is mind-blowing. There is no excuse. America, you’re fucking disgusting, lazy trash.
That is your city maybe but all the transit I’ve used was nice other than the terrible service speed and frequency.
The big irony is that Japan’s systems are so smooth because they don’t organise themselves democratically. The west literally can’t replicate it because they have no experience implementing a functional compromise. Majority rule means you stop looking for solutions once 51% of people are convinced it’s a good idea.
What do you mean? Do you have examples?
Gotta love the bare aluminium seats. The heat conductivity also makes sure to get rid of the lingering heat that makes you feel like someone was there a few minutes ago.
But the coughers and tobacco stinkers. Nothing we can do about it. Using the Metro on the wrong time, for me, means catching a cold. Maybe the latest strand of flu, even. Even though they have a pretty good HVAC
Japanese public transportation is immaculate
Eh, it depends. Lots of vomit later at night. Also people taking their masks OFF to sneeze and cough without covering their mouths on the trains during corona was fun. But, most of the time, I would agree
I’m the guy who won’t sit down. You see if I sit down, I have to choose between sitting in the aisle seat (and being one of those assholes who blocks off the window seat), or sitting on the window seat - which poses the risk of someone coming and sitting next to me, in which case I might be forced to ask them to stand and let me get out when it’s my stop. And while that might seem like a minor problem to the uninitiated, what if they do this when my stop is next, and then they may wonder why I wordlessly allowed them to sit next to me when I’m about to get up and ask them to move?
It’s easier to just stand.
I dont know if it helps, but I dont think I would be bothered to be asked to stand up for someone to pass:)
I would be kinda bothered to see an empty seat though, cuz someone could be sitting there (even if it isn’t me, it’s still better if the bus has fewer people standing).
(I suppose some people might have their reasons (like medical issues) and might want to seat alone, so I can’t be very bothered about empty seats, as I don’t know for sure their case.)
Also, you can stand up if you are approaching your stop (like maybe when your stop is next), to lower the chances of having them sit down and stand up.
PS. I’m the guy who doesn’t tend to sit down, mainly cuz there aren’t many seats.😆 If it’s packed, I might stand next to the door to step down the bus during each stop to help with the flow of people:)
My first assumption with someone standing by an empty seat is that there’s something wrong with the seat.
Hard mode: be a woman and worry about a creep intentionally blocking you in.
We have the same autism
sorry don’t want to ride the crazy train. I will pay $$$ for my car.
Unfortunately, you’re not paying for all the externalized costs. The pollution, the consequences of car-first infrastructure, etc.
I do get stressed when public transport is inefficient, but it’s my state’s problem because of carbrains, and I also really enjoy being able to go to the city’s center or close to the metro to a party, drink/smoke and get to my house using public transport. Mind you, I don’t get too bad, I’d hate to bother or worry other people.
Re: sitting down, I’ve experienced (more than once) an unpleasant dampness soaking into my shorts/trousers from the seat fabric. I stand unless I have no choice.
You stand on the seat?
Edit: read it again. I thought the image said “standing on an open seat”
Appreciate it. I don’t have access to public transit at all.
my “public transit” has transitioned to “micro transit” so it’s basically a 3 dollar Uber anywhere but downtown.
I stand a lot on transit, I just prefer it. Only sit if I’ve been walking all day or extra tired for some reason. No blocking seats though, I’ll definitely move if I spot someone eyeing it, or to get past me for any other reason.
Yeah, nope. I ride mass transit regularly, and there’s never a time I don’t despise the system and the people on it.
I love it. Met a lot of cool people in it and had good conversation. Sometimes you get bad people too, but the cool people are by far the majority.
Mass transit is all too often rum by those who think transit users should be punished for their poor life choices that make them unable to afford a car. It shows with how bad it is.
I never feel like the first one, I only get annoyed when there are delays.
Of course, nowadays I mostly wish I was biking instead, but the fact that I’m on transit generally means the weather is so shit I can’t stand the thought of a bike ride, or that I’m planning to drink enough that riding the bike home would be irresponsible.
I use public transportation a lot and the ones I frequent are always late. So if anything, they’re always delayed.
I’d like to enjoy public transit, but between how terrible of a service it is due to underfunding and NIMBYs, that and my severe OCD & germaphobia prevent me from using it. It makes my skin crawl.
But I also recognize how useful of a tool it is for a city.
I always have to take a shower when I come home from a day of public transportation. Shit’s nasty as hell.
Same, but for being outside in general. If I’m touching things outside, I get a shower the moment I get home. I just can’t stand it.
Ah that sucks to hear. Surely you’re in the US? There are a lot of other countries where it’s great
Yup. My city itself is pretty decent in comparison to the average U.S. city from what I can tell. But we have basically zero rail transit, and every journey by bus forces you to take one downtown and another to your destination at a minimum, if not 3 busses. It turns a 20 minute trip into a 1-3 hour trip. They’ve got like no funding, no dedicated bus lanes, etc.
Between that and the smell of piss, I just can’t do it.
I just realized while reading this meme that the last time I was on a bus, I was the one driving it. Which made this even funnier.
Me on bus sober: everything is fine
Me on bus drunk: “Let’s see if this fucker can do a barrel roll!”
Added comedy: I drove a school bus.
“oh wow another acid flashback, man I’d hate to be driving a bus right now”
Riding Public Transit on On Ecstasy: “Oh I love having everyone so close to me, but we’re wearing too many clothes.”
Public transit is what you make of it
This brings me the same joy as being sprayed with unwelcome shit at Macy’s.
But this version might have an easy solution that works as a deterrent: don’t be stinky:-).
That’s the same thing the Macy’s lady said
What is she holding?
A can of aerosol. Could be cleaning, could be disinfecting, could be scent only, could be insecticide.
It’s deodorant
I bet that’s a pretty good insecticide.
Armpit camera. She has a fetish.
I can fix her
It looks rather like she is fixing him though… :-P
Spray deodorant, presumably
