Not only sleeping on the train at rush hour, but taking up two seats and not moving for a woman carrying a baby.
UPDATE: She did ask him to move. He grumpily refused. I gave her my seat, and instead of stewing, I took his photo and posted it on my blog. It made me feel tons better.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Jackass
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you should re-post this on Sense-of-Entitlement.com and if it doesn't exist we should start it.
Teeeeeenagers.
my good friend and i have decided that we are going to work the word "cock-suckers" into conversation as much as possible. This seems appropriate for you photo. Wait! Can I say cocksuckers here? Sorry!
*snerk* You can use whatever swear word you want, you scamp.
where's a flamethrower when you need one?
that looks a lot like my commute too. Hell is other people.
I see this everyday too. These kids drive me freaking crazy.
Did no one on the train say "Pardon me, is this seat taken?" or something to that effect? Naive, I suppose, especially in DC or New York City (this from someone who has lived her life in the sparsely populated Western USA). But sometimes courtesy wants prompting.
I fucking hate this man and his cohorts.
Next in the series: Man With Wall Street Journal, legs apread and briefcase beside him, on the morning train.
nonna, you're generally right about asking except that you never know when you'll hit that one crazy person who goes absolutely insane on you, especially if you wake him/her up. you literally can take your life in your hands sometimes.
there's a general attitude of "fuck you" on the metro. i was pushed down the escalator in the middle of rush hour at christmas time year ago. i went bump-de-bump all the way down those hard, metal steps and ended up crumpled at the bottom. not one person -- and there were many -- stopped to see if i was ok -- they all stepped over me to get on their train.
i've never forgotten that.
Nonna: Yep. She asked, and he refused to move. REFUSED. AAAARGH!!!! (So of course I quickly gave up my seat, even though there were men all around carrying less than I.)
Karrie: I hate that man, too. WTF is up with that?
Wreke! I would have picked you up, dusted you off, and given you a quick sippie of bourbon from my hip flask. (As long as I'm time traveling, I'm adding the hooch to my daily commute.)
I swear, what a little jerk. There are some people who are just not brought up properly - plain and simple.
Frosts my ass, man. I remember the days of sitting on a bus, carefree, and always, always, always being the only person to stand to give an older person or a pregnant woman a seat.
WHAT a WANKER!!!
Righteous Kelly!! I'm so thrilled you posted this!! What a great picture of an ass. I would have given up my seat and sat right next to him...there was some room next to him...violate his personal bubble to make him uncomfortable, I say.
And I saw it!! So there. SusieJ
BWAA HAA HAA.
And MB, I love the word cocksuckers.
you're now the vigilante blogger ;)
Not only is he rude, he's got a tiny penis. If you're gonna sit dow with your legs splayed out, at least stuff some gym socks down there.
Ah, so sad to see such ignorance and rude behavior unchecked. I understand totally the concern for confronting a stranger, given the possibility of drugs and mental instability. So ignore my question, it presents a severe safety issue not worth testing. I get away with more perhaps due to the silver in my hair, but it does not protect against the irrational. And the escalator scene prompts a dismal memory of being on crutches in a mall at Christmas time. No details, but let me just say that my fellow humans did not acquit themselves well. The flamethrower image is very satisfactory for times like that, and I will add it to my defensive "arsenal."
He REFUSED??? OMFG!
I am dumbfounded that people feel so entitled. Seriously. We loved, LOVED riding the metro when we were in DC, but we never rode at rush hour.
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