Spinoff to Laundry Room Etiquette- TRAIN etiquette

Check out what happened to me the other morning. I take NJ transit (the railroad) and similiar to LIRR there are 2 seaters on one side and 3 seaters on the other side. I sat down on a 3 seater. There was a lady in the same 3 seater sitting next to the window. Well, at the next stop, these 2 teenagers got on, a boy and a girl. The girl asks to sit next to me (in between the lady and I). So, I got up so she could slide in. The boy then pushes me out of the way and takes my seat! So, basically I got up to let HER in and I got suckered out of my seat. I then realized that the boy was disabled and so I of course didnt mind letting him have a seat - but the girl was fine and said nothing to me - not a sorry, not a thank you, nothing. Since this was rush hour in the morning, most of the seats were taken. A lady was nice enough to make room for me and let me squeeze in her row.

How rude though!

I hate when I'm on a crowded train, and we're heading home, and as the train empties, the person who is sitting next to me in a 3 seater (I'm in the window seat, they're in the middle)won't move over to the end seat, so pretty much we're squished together for the rest of the ride home, when there's PLENTY of empty seats around! Just move over ya jerk!

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Posted by MrsTC

Check out what happened to me the other morning. I take NJ transit (the railroad) and similiar to LIRR there are 2 seaters on one side and 3 seaters on the other side. I sat down on a 3 seater. There was a lady in the same 3 seater sitting next to the window. Well, at the next stop, these 2 teenagers got on, a boy and a girl. The girl asks to sit next to me (in between the lady and I). So, I got up so she could slide in. The boy then pushes me out of the way and takes my seat! So, basically I got up to let HER in and I got suckered out of my seat. I then realized that the boy was disabled and so I of course didnt mind letting him have a seat - but the girl was fine and said nothing to me - not a sorry, not a thank you, nothing. Since this was rush hour in the morning, most of the seats were taken. A lady was nice enough to make room for me and let me squeeze in her row.

How rude though!

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Wow...

I hate when people talk loudly on their phones. If you need the phone, you need the phone, but if you're four rows in front of me I just should not be able to hear your conversation. Though one time a woman doing this was so caught up on the phone that she missed her stop.

I've also noticed women putting on ALL their makeup on the train. That's just gross to me.

I was behind two women who decided to check out all their ring tones on their cell phones while we were riding back to NJ on the train.

60 minutes of them playing 'name that tune' with their ring tones, and they had one of those new phones where it has all the noises too (burps, sneezes, etc.) They thought every single one was hysterical.

It was driving me crazy!!!

There are some unspoken rules that exist that people who don't take the train every day don't realize... I'll post them here just in case anyone on here who doesn't take the train on a daily basis needs to take it during the rush hour (either morning or evening).

1) In the AM there is no talking. Well, you can talk- but do it quietly. People are sleeping or reading the paper or mourning the fact that they have to go to work... again... talking is disruptive.

2) if you are in a subway car during ANY time do NOT lean on the poles. Other people just might have to hang onto them. Having someone flatten your hand with their back just because they want to lean isn't pleasant... epsecially at 8.00 am in the morning.

.... I haven't had my morning coffee yet, this is as good as I get- does anyone want to add commuter faux pas?

The other night I got on the train after a really long day (and I was wearing heels, grrr) and this @$$ was sitting in a 2-seater on the subway with his bike blocking the other seat. So I looked at him, he looked at me, he closed his eyes like he's sleeping. So now I am boring into him with my eyes and he looks at me again, cause he knows he's soo wrong so I said to him. 'Excuse me, does your bike have a metrocard too?' and he's like 'what?' ... GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I was like 'Move the bike, I paid my fare.'
He was not happy, but then got off at the next stop anyway, why be mean to someone for 1 feckin stop???

I HATE THE TRAIN.

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Posted by Sassyz75

There are some unspoken rules that exist that people who don't take the train every day don't realize... I'll post them here just in case anyone on here who doesn't take the train on a daily basis needs to take it during the rush hour (either morning or evening).

1) In the AM there is no talking. Well, you can talk- but do it quietly. People are sleeping or reading the paper or mourning the fact that they have to go to work... again... talking is disruptive.

2) if you are in a subway car during ANY time do NOT lean on the poles. Other people just might have to hang onto them. Having someone flatten your hand with their back just because they want to lean isn't pleasant... epsecially at 8.00 am in the morning.

.... I haven't had my morning coffee yet, this is as good as I get- does anyone want to add commuter faux pas?

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i am GUILTY as charged

This is the biggest reason I hate my commute. The talking in the morning on thr train really pisses me off...especially the coffee clutch in the seat facing each other. Keep it down. Last night I had a guy (obviously religious) praying out loud! Now, ok, pray all you want, but out loud?

In the am yesterday this guy put his wet umbrella on the seat so no one could sit there. When the conductor came to check tickets I told her that he would pay for my fare since I had to stand the whole way and obviously his umbrella was more in need of the seat. I told on him, the whole train laughed and he felt like an a$$.

I'm so sorry you lost your seat. That is just the worst!!!

OH JEEZ where do I start!
On our train in the morning we had a guy who used to practice his guitar, one person who clips their fingernails, one guy who flosses and brushes his teeth (I SWEAR on this one) this group of really loud lawyers who always talk about their cases... UGH! We try and find a quiet car every morning... but it's no use. We get stuck with these really RUDE people.

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Posted by don424

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Posted by Sassyz75

There are some unspoken rules that exist that people who don't take the train every day don't realize... I'll post them here just in case anyone on here who doesn't take the train on a daily basis needs to take it during the rush hour (either morning or evening).

1) In the AM there is no talking. Well, you can talk- but do it quietly. People are sleeping or reading the paper or mourning the fact that they have to go to work... again... talking is disruptive.

2) if you are in a subway car during ANY time do NOT lean on the poles. Other people just might have to hang onto them. Having someone flatten your hand with their back just because they want to lean isn't pleasant... epsecially at 8.00 am in the morning.

.... I haven't had my morning coffee yet, this is as good as I get- does anyone want to add commuter faux pas?

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i am GUILTY as charged

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You've been warned.

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Posted by Blu-ize

This is the biggest reason I hate my commute. The talking in the morning on thr train really pisses me off...especially the coffee clutch in the seat facing each other. Keep it down. Last night I had a guy (obviously religious) praying out loud! Now, ok, pray all you want, but out loud?

In the am yesterday this guy put his wet umbrella on the seat so no one could sit there. When the conductor came to check tickets I told her that he would pay for my fare since I had to stand the whole way and obviously his umbrella was more in need of the seat. I told on him, the whole train laughed and he felt like an a$$.

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That is funny!

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Posted by don424

eh, the way i see, the train is a public place, if i wanna talk, i'm gonna talk, as long as it's not screaming and i'm not yelling in someone's face, i see no problem in it

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I completely agree. The no talking in the morning 'rule' is stupid.
Some people prefer to sleep in the evening too, you know.

The large loud groups are annoying am or pm, but talking, whatever.

I'm sorry you lost your seat MrsTC.. especially to such an ingrate.

While I have accepted it on the subway... I think that pushing to get on a commuter train is stooopid. There just is no need... it's not going to get you into a seat any faster.

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Posted by MrsTC

I am so nervous that when I get PG some idiot will push me or that I wall fall in the armpit of penn station or in between the tracks and the train or something!

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That worries me too. I see a lot of PG women on the train, but I don't know if I could do it.
I fall down enough as it is. I did get my leg stuck in
the gap once.

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Posted by tourist

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Posted by don424

eh, the way i see, the train is a public place, if i wanna talk, i'm gonna talk, as long as it's not screaming and i'm not yelling in someone's face, i see no problem in it

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I completely agree. The no talking in the morning 'rule' is stupid.
Some people prefer to sleep in the evening too, you know.

The large loud groups are annoying am or pm, but talking, whatever.

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What I mean by 'no talking' is be respectful of others- early in the morning the majority of people are either sleeping or reading the paper... talking loudly is sort of rude and obnoxious.. Talking quietly is or course fine...

And the 'no talking rule' at least when I took the LIRR was both ways, AM AND PM... unless it was the bar car (do they still have those?)