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For some reason, people are compelled to pee in subway station. They must really have to go, but it's just gross and horrible for everyone else - the ammonia smell lingering for people on stuffy, humid subway platforms to endure. So we hope that this terrible story about a man whose hand got totally mangled by an oncoming train will be a lesson to all. A man sneaked down the subway tunnel at City Hall Station to pee on the tracks, but, as the NY Sun describes, when he "swung around to return up the stairs in a section of the tunnel just south of the station, his hand was caught under a fast-moving no. 5 train." Aiyee. And that's why 4, 5, and 6 trains had delays. The rescue crews used air cushions to lift the train up to release the man, whose hand was partially severed (but it won't have to be amputated). The police added that the man was not an employee of NYC Transit, so he had no real reason to be on the tracks, but they are waiting for him to recover before questioning him.
5 Train's Terrible Pee-us Interruptus
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It's the same media that NEVER mentioned Muslims' hatred of Israel as a possible motive for 9/11.
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Darwin wins again. Too bad he missed the third rail. It couldve been a Darwin double play.
peeing on the 3rd rail will not eletrocute you, unless your standing in water.
Is it just me or is the World Trade Center 'E' Station the foulest smelling station in the city? It reeks of pee down there year round.
Scott- WTC is the terminus of the E, and all underground terminals tend to suck. Bums congregate where the trains end and where they're not exposed to the weather.
this is why i ride a bike. fuck the subway system. And I like how Jen gave a totally asian "aiyee" as her expletive of choice.
The Mythbusters already tested that one. A urine stream breaks up into drops pretty quickly. In fact, any small stream of liquid would, thanks to surface tension -- physics 101. No continuous stream, no current path. Now, of course, if you urinate on the rail and the urine forms a puddle under your feet, you might have a bit more of a problem, especially if you're not wearing rubber-soled shoes and you ground yourself on something.
Thing is, when you gotta go, you gotta go. The MTA really needs to fix up all their disgusting restrooms. Make them pay restrooms if you have to to pay for their upkeep. 50 cents per use, with a Metrocard swipe needed to open the door. It's a shame this guy had the wrong member cut off. If you know what I mean.
since when did "aiyee" become asian?
Yeah the WTC E station is awful. Although it's kinda strange because it's ok in the mornings but seems to get progressively worse as the day passes. By the afternoon rush hour its simply horrendous.
As I see it, people pee on the subway because there are few public toilets around. Urinating in the tunnel is nuts, but do you have a place in mind for people to go? If MTA managment were forced to find public toilets, the rest of us might have a better chance to find one.
He got what he deserved.
By "people peeing," I hope everyone means "men peeing" as I've only seen men whip it out and commence to spray. I'm sure women do it too, but it's much easier for a guy to pee on the streets/subways than a woman.
I agree, though, that the MTA needs to fix up the bathrooms, but that causes a lot of other problems, too.
I guess the lesson is to hold it or not climb down into the tracks to let it loose.
The WTC E station doesn't hold a candle to the downtown 6 at 51st St.. It smells like a person constructed entirely of sweaty feet died in the underpass.
I agree with Daniel. Where the heck are we supposed to 'go' in this city? It's ridiculous.
Still, it would have been funnier had the 1 or 2 train hit him instead....
Just like the concept of more than 2 maps in a subway car, the idea of having even the most primitive, expensive bathroom in a station is way beyond our MTA.
THIS is the reason why our subways smell of piss. People will always have to pee, it's where you put it that counts.
How much do you want to bet this turns into a lawsuit. Maybe Bloomberg should make banning idiotic lawsuits against the city his next crusade. Think of the money saved!
What an idiot. You should never be on the tracks, NEVER. And I thought nothing could top the stupid story last year about how some woman jumped down onto the tracks to get a dropped cell phone but suddenly realized she didn't have the upper body strength to get back up on the platform as a train came roaring towards her-- and she died.
how much upper body strength do you need to pull yourself up?
i've dropped my phone down there and getting it was no problem
How come Japan has the most beautiful, clean and futuristic toilets in the world and we can't get shit? oh yeah, it's cause of THOSE people who live in Public Housing.
b - it's not about how much srength you have, it's about how much strength you THINK you have. Most people can not do a single pull-up but still have this notion they are in good physical condition
so yeah, i can see a lot of people thinking that going down to the tracks and back up is no problem until they actually do it
City Hall 4, 5, 6 tunnel - worst smelling no doubt.
It is not easy climbing back up a subway platform. I speak from experience when I dropped a camera lens out of my bag as I got off a train a few years ago. Please note that this was done on the Staten Island Railway where there is enough gaps between trains to make it less dangerous. Unlike the subway there was no railroad clerk to ask for help. And I wonder why I haven't been to Staten Island for years.
that's why I carry around those grab it poles.
the one you see in an old time grocery store to get the items from the top shelf.
they have folding one's now, thank goodness I have a relative in the healthcare equipment business.
So the essential items for New York subway survival are:
1. A MetroCard.
2. Your own map, 'cos the trains don't have 'em.
3. A "grab-it" pole to fetch your stuff from the track.
4. An empty bottle to piss into.
Any more?
I was once drunk at Cancel Street where I saw the largest roach I've ever seen. Startled and confused, the roach limped toward me in a threatening manner. In a heroic act of bravery, I took out ‘Zeus’ and let spray my stream of justice, washing the foul creature onto the tracks. After my foe was finally vanquished, I pissed my name on the subway wall…’ZEUS’.
I was cheered and congratulated by my fellow straphangers. It stank being the middle of the summer, but It was indeed a glorious example of man’s triumph over animal-kind.
Some more essential items for New York subway survival:
5. Bottle of water (in case you wind up getting stuck)
6. Candy bar (in case you wind up getting stuck, I recomend a Mars bar from the UK)
7. Flashlight (mini-Mag Lite is good, in case you wind up getting stuck/evacuated)
8. Something to read (in case you wind up getting stuck)
"Grab-it pole?" Has the discussion suddenly shifted to Dan Hoyt?
Here's a simple solution for retrieving things from the tracks. Stay the hell away from the edge of the platform. Then you'll never drop stuff down there. And if you do manage to drop a camera lens and it rolls off the platform, let it go. It's probaby trashed anyway after two consecutive falls.
the "grab it" telescopic poles are also called
"the reacher"
I've used one to pick stuff that's fell behind a TV or desk.
ah, the joys of getting old.
I'm glad someone mentioned the downtown 6 at 51st St. because that’s the most baffling stench I’ve ever encountered. The first time I got a whiff of the rotting flesh, body odor and vomit combo hovering near those short escalators, I thought it was a fluke. But I take that train maybe once a week and it never dissipates. It’s like that underpass is haunted by silent but deadly vileness.
I'm telling you, the fetid stench at 51st Street is due to the fountain at the plaza entrance on 53rd/Lexington. They must never clean out the pipes or something.
Brightliner:
In my Staten Island Railway tale this was a freak occurance where something fell out of a bag while exiting the train and I was lucky enough to see it, the fact that it was out of doors and daytime may have also helped.
So things can fall just in the normal course of entering/exiting the subway car.
yup, 51st is worst. the only odor Krista left out is the stank of an old bleach soaked mop left to mildew.
anyone ever notice that when you walk up the steps from the platforms at the south entrance at the whithall R/W stop, it always smells like someone's vomit? for the past 7 years i've smelled vomit walking out of that station, what gives?
The MTA has a few employees whose sole jobs are to pick up things that people drop onto the tracks. If you drop anything, you should leave it on the tracks, alert the "Station Attendant" and they will summon the proper personnel.
It's curious that folks refer to "people" peeing, when, for the most part,it's one particular gender of "people" (that is to say, men) that you see peeing on the subway...
Apparently, only males lack the self control to wait til they get home and/or leave the station to find a public bathroom.. [and, in the interest of full disclosure, I have been one of those men on a couple of occasions]
On the other hand, women manage to hold out, even if they've been drinking, or are pregnant, or simply haven't had a chance to go to the bathroom before getting on the train...