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#Post#: 7315--------------------------------------------------
Eating on the BART
DIR By: LurkingGurl
Date: June 29, 2018, 5:47 pm
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I think we can agree that breaking the rules and eating on the
train is rude. But, isn't causing drama over someone doing
that, even ruder?!
The crowd here would seem to think so.
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Re: Eating on the BART
DIR By: TootsNYC
Date: June 29, 2018, 5:50 pm
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I am so tired of people who think it's necessary to call the
police over this sort of thing!
Sure, it's illegal. But honestly, is it ACTUALLY hurting
someone?
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Re: Eating on the BART
DIR By: cleargleam
Date: June 29, 2018, 5:52 pm
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--- Quote from: TootsNYC link ---
>
> I am so tired of people who think it's necessary to call the
police over this sort of thing!
>
> Sure, it's illegal. But honestly, is it ACTUALLY hurting
someone?
>
--- End Quote ---
Well.. it has the potential to leave the seats even filthier,
and to to spill on other passengers. I never called it in, but
I always dreaded the possibility I would be wearing someone's
french fries/sandwich/whatever. No end of water bottles and
sodas *did* spill, adding a lovely stickiness to the floors.
#Post#: 7328--------------------------------------------------
Re: Eating on the BART
DIR By: lakey
Date: June 29, 2018, 6:28 pm
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I don't think it's a good idea to get into confrontations with
strangers. I also don't think a police officer's time should be
wasted on this. I get it that public transportation can get
dirty and food and drink make it worse. I still don't think it's
a good idea to correct strangers unless it is a really serious
matter. If I had to ride public transportation a lot, I'd
consider bringing a towel to sit on. A bit Sheldon Cooperish,
but at least you're not sitting on "whatever".
#Post#: 7366--------------------------------------------------
Re: Eating on the BART
DIR By: HenrysMom
Date: June 30, 2018, 12:42 am
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Former Bay Area resident here, and I can tell you those seats
get grimy. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been on BART to
go to an interview and been afraid that I’ll be wearing what
someone else had for breakfast. People really don’t need to be
eating on the trains, as any place on the lines can be accessed
in about an hour, barring mishaps and exceptions like low blood
sugar and small children.
That being said, I certainly wouldn’t directly confront anyone
on the train about it, I’d discreetly tell the conductor and let
him deal with it if he thinks it’s warranted. Why invite
trouble?
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Re: Eating on the BART
DIR By: Lula
Date: June 30, 2018, 8:19 am
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Gotta love these stories where both sides are awful, just awful.
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Re: Eating on the BART
DIR By: Isisnin
Date: June 30, 2018, 10:14 am
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While both people were rude and over the top, I was, and am
still, kinda glad that someone spoke up against eating on public
transportation for something a bad a a burrito. A burrito has
huge spillage potential.
I've eaten on public transportation when it's been a really bad
day and/or I'm not feeling well. Plus eating/drinking before I
got on didn't work out and won't after I get off, but I will
make a point to eat and drink non-intrusive things. A crumbless
power bar, which I break into bite sizes in the package, and a
non-spill drink container, for example.
I saw a video on youtube of a mother feeding her child ramen
soup on a Hong Kong subway.
People are a mystery.
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Re: Eating on the BART
DIR By: Aleko
Date: June 30, 2018, 2:11 pm
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For years I commuted into London by train and had to take the
Underground from the terminus. The underground station was
always jam-packed, and on days when two crowded trains had
arrived simultaneously due to one of them being late, the crush
on the underground platforms would routinely get so dangerous
that the entrances would be closed until a few tubes had come
through and emptied the platforms somewhat. When the gates were
opened once more, this solid mass of humanity would jostle
through the ticket gates, down to the platforms, and fight its
way on to already-crowded tube trains. This was totally normal.
And yet dozens of people on arriving at the station would get a
takeaway coffee and bring it with them when joining this packed
mob.
Why? Honestly, why? They must have known that the chances of it
spilling down themselves or another traveller were excellent,
whereas there was no possible chance of taking of the lid and
having a sip in the heaving mass of people waiting at the gates.
Nor while waiting on the underground platform, nor on the tube
itself. These people weren't going to be able to taste that cup
of coffee for at least half an hour, until they finally got to
their destination and emerged from the tube system near their
workplace; by which time it would certainly be cold and stale.
Why buy it at all?
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Re: Eating on the BART
DIR By: kitty
Date: June 30, 2018, 6:08 pm
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I'm confused. Did he call the police police or the transit
police? Because the transit police are actually there
specifically to enforce stuff like that -- graffiti, fare
jumping, etc. The actual police shouldn't be involved in
something this tiny.
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Re: Eating on the BART
DIR By: Starry Diadem
Date: July 1, 2018, 1:09 am
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--- Quote from: Aleko link ---
>
> For years I commuted into London by train and had to take the
Underground from the terminus. The underground station was
always jam-packed, and on days when two crowded trains had
arrived simultaneously due to one of them being late, the crush
on the underground platforms would routinely get so dangerous
that the entrances would be closed until a few tubes had come
through and emptied the platforms somewhat. When the gates were
opened once more, this solid mass of humanity would jostle
through the ticket gates, down to the platforms, and fight its
way on to already-crowded tube trains. This was totally normal.
And yet dozens of people on arriving at the station would get a
takeaway coffee and bring it with them when joining this packed
mob.
>
> Why? Honestly, why? They must have known that the chances of
it spilling down themselves or another traveller were excellent,
whereas there was no possible chance of taking of the lid and
having a sip in the heaving mass of people waiting at the gates.
Nor while waiting on the underground platform, nor on the tube
itself. These people weren't going to be able to taste that cup
of coffee for at least half an hour, until they finally got to
their destination and emerged from the tube system near their
workplace; by which time it would certainly be cold and stale.
Why buy it at all?
>
--- End Quote ---
Who takes the lid off? You just drink it through the hole in the
top edge of the lid, which is what those lids were designed for.
Fewer spills, and keeps the coffee hot, too.
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