Self important commuters everywhere currently rejoicing.
A self important LIRR asshole (which, incidentally, is ten times worse then the MARC Train) has been acquitted of being a self important asshole. Nothing like this to empower all self important cockstains on commuter trains all over the US.
I’ve been a train rider for the better part of 6 years now. I’ve run into a few of these self important asshole. One story in particular comes to mind.
It was early one morning and my friend and I boarded the 7am local train to DC. The train car we were seated on was empty except for me, my friend and two other riders. My friend and I were engaged in a conversation at a normal decibel, when someone said something.
“It’s just so nice to have to listen to OTHER PEOPLES CONVERSATION!” he snapped and angrily crinkled his newspaper.
“Sir, if you have a problem with our conversation, the MARC train has a quiet car, you are more then welcome to sit there if you don’t want to be bothered.” I said, in a nice tone.
“THIS IS NOT YOUR LIVING ROOM! I SHOULDN’T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU TALK!!!!” he said, now agitated that I suggested that he move to the designated quiet car.
“Well, This is also PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION! if you don’t like it, you have two options, the quiet car or DRIVE YOURSELF!”
The guy turned to the gentleman behind him and said, “The nerve of some people bothering others in the morning!”
The guy replied, “Dude, get yourself an ipod.”
The difference between the LIRR and the MARC train is the MARC’s inclusion of a quiet car. If a train is busy and I find myself on the quiet car for whatever reason, the cell goes on vibrate and I usually sleep. Respectful, yes—it’s the rules. I have sat near numerous cellphone squawkers, too. Sure, they have no couth, but seriously—this is what you get when you ride public transportation. You get an eclectic mix of all kinds of weird people. Some are respectful, some are not so much.YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. That, or deal with driving on the capital beltway. And that is a special kind of hell!
Let me tell you this: If some asshole did what that LIRR Cockstain did, I wouldn’t be so respectful. It wouldn’t be pretty. I’ve been doing this for far too long to put up with some self serving vigilante type who fancies himself a guardian of decorum in public places. In NYC, of all cities! Didn’t someone shoot up the LIRR at one point? If assholes like this ride all the time, then well….I can see why someone would be driven to point of such madness.
