Would you prefer to be stuck in traffic for two hours or take a 30-minute train ride? As much as we like to complain about public transportation, we would be lost without it. Many of us can’t just drive everywhere, and there are cities where you have so much traffic that it’s not even worth …
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‘You paid for your seat, that’s how the system works’: Pregnant woman and husband steal assigned train seat, argue when seat owner comes to claim it
A universally stressful moment is when you’re boarding a crowded train and you have to look for a seat. You cruise up and down the aisles, hoping for an empty one, and you don’t always see it. Or maybe you see someone sitting by themselves, but their bag is taking up the seat next to …
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Dog owner gets scolded by fellow passenger and mom for taking her dog on the train, she retaliates by exposing the misbehavior of her kids: ‘When your dog is 10 times better behaved, yet still gets complaints’
Simply existing in a public space can become a tetchy affair when you’re accompanied by either kids or dogs. Both offer no guarantees that they are going to behave, and both face a significant minority of people who don’t enjoy being in the same place as them. This can lead to some awkward interactions, as …
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‘I told him that I could not drop him off’: Bus driver schools rude passenger with deserved malicious compliance
Public transport is an essential service for literally billions of people, but not everybody feels like they have to act with gratitude about this. We only have to experience the school bus or the subway to see some sights that probably shouldn’t be seen by anyone. In particular, bus drivers can have it hard when …
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20+ Funny Public Transit Memes to Celebrate Car Free Day
Anyone who takes public transport on a regular basis has their complaints to make about it. It’s too unreliable, it doesn’t always go to the areas you need it to, and oh boy, having to deal with all of the other people. It’s true, even the nicest and most efficient types of transit across the …
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New Yorker Complains About 9 Minute Subway Waiting Time, Sparks Debate About US Public Transit
As somebody who spent their adolescence in a badly connected small town, one of the best things about moving to a city was the wonder that is public transport. Even now, I am genuinely thankful of the ability to go from A to B without worrying about calling a taxi, or bothering a friend for …
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Subway Rider Puzzles Twitter by Freaking Out at Lady Working on Laptop
You don’t have to ride the New York subway for long to realize that it’s a place where people can and will do just about anything. Sure, the MTA supposedly have a bunch of rules to put a stop to this, but does this work? Of course not. Public transit is a slice of life, …
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Woman Gets Dunked On For Being Against Smoking on a Train
I’m young enough that I don’t remember when it was legal to smoke indoors. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and South Park both covered the issue of banning smoking in bars in 2006 and 2003, respectively. I’m guessing that’s when the issue was at its peak in the discourse, and I was nowhere near old …
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Bizarre and Entertaining Subway Sightings That Summarize the Joys of Public Transport
The subway, the underground, the metro, the tube — whatever you want to call it, this form of public transport has been taking city dwellers from A to B for nearly hundreds of years. As anyone who uses it regularly will tell you, the system is far from perfect. They’re horribly busy at peak times, …
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