a few months ago, NY Mag had an article about urban etiquette that i found both humorous and informative. It had rules for subway, cab, office, and ipod etiquette, among other things.
I'd just like to add a few guidelines based on some recent observations and experiences.
On the subway:
- Do not fart or eat smelly food. We're all sharing an enclosed space with little to no air circulation and nowhere to escape to. Depending on the train conductor, the ride can be smooth, jerky, or brake-happy. Do us all a favor and hold it in or eat outside to reduce the nausea factor.
- When the train is super crowded, don't hug the poles in the middle of the train as if you own them. Other people need to hold onto them too. And not everyone is tall enough to grab onto the metal bars above the seats.
On the street:
- When walking around, don't make sudden movements or stops.
- If you own a dog, pick up its crap and don't let it pee in the middle of the sidewalk so that the pee runs all over the place and stinks up the block and mothers have to roll their strollers straight through your dog's urine. No one likes to have dog crap or pee on their shoes, so do us all a favor and curb your pets. We're living in a society, people!
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
urban etiquette
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the metro here in DC has little ads on the trains to encourage etiquette ... my favorite is this "definition" ad where they define escalump (when someone stops and clogs the escalator). i'm a big fan of the "stand right, walk left" rule... i hate when people don't follow it.
ReplyDeleteyeah! i hate ppl who lean against poles! sometimes i'll come grab the pole right next to their face or under their back just to make my point. sometimes they move, sometimes they dont. i didnt read the article yet, but ppl should seriously let ppl off of the subeay b4 getting on, and i hear in europe, ppl just know to walk up on one side of the stairs and walk down on the other, so there arent those ppl jams when you are rushing to catch your train.
ReplyDeleteanother thing that bothers me on subways is when someone (usually a women) is holding the pole above my hand, and then slowly lets it slide till it is touching or resting on top of mine. SO ANNOYING! first of all, i dont want to touch some strangers had, and secondly, she just collected all of those subway germs from that foot of sliding onto her hand. gross!!
cheryl has contracted the new york disease of 'bitterocity' :)
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