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Via SFist (which calls it "deliciously big brother-y"), the Bay Area's mass transit system, BART, has created a Facebook page to help shame rude riders. BART, a government agency, says the Rude Rider Hall of Shame will feature "Rider-contributed photos of people blocking doorways, eating on trains, bringing their dogs on board, breaking all the rules and generally displaying rude behavior." So far, there are only two photos (one of a pole hugger and another of a man-sitter with bicycle), but we can imagine the madness if the MTA has a Facebook page like that.
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The concept of shame went out the window about 40 years ago.
Oh wouldn't that be great if we had that here, come on MTA do something proactive for us NY'ers!!!
I would like to create a youtube channel of people talking over the music at live shows.
Fascism at its finest, soon we will have tattletales and 'spies' reporting everything to major government and corporate institutions.
What is this the next Gestapo?
Is it just me, or are their complaints kind of petty and almost sheltered? I mean, yeah, the bike is annoying but really, who cares? But eating? Those guys who commited what is made to sound like an act of sin by holding the door open? Sure, it's annoying when people do that when their friend is somewhere halfway up the stairs to the platform and nowhere near 'making' the train, but who hasn't slid their hand in to get on/let someone run in. This is not the reason BART trains are late, the reason is BART sucks and MTA is starting to go in that direction. Oh how their heads would spin if our rude riders all moved to SF.
I disagree, chubby. There is a shockingly great deal of rude behavior among MTA patrons. Men who sit with their legs spread wide as if they had some horrible testicular affliction. People eating and throwing their chicken bones under the seat. Anyone eating, frankly. People with feet on seats or on the poles, with their filthy shoes where other people will be sitting or holding. People with enormous backpacks on their backs during rush hours. People with their bikes on the train during rush hour. People with enormous strollers that they haven't folded down. We all pay the same fare and we're all entitled to the same service. Anytime you take up more space or in any way affect my ride, you are behaving unacceptably. These are not petty complaints.
Am I rude if I have a big backpack, but I still take up less room than half of the fat asses on the train?
I'm inclined to agree with you Kyle. The seats on the subway are a specific size. It's $2 for a seat. If your can is so big that you deny me or another passenger access to a seat, you should have to pay double-fare.
So, the new technology is going to be the Big Babysitter, amplifying 'bad behavior' on the internet. Insane.
The only acceptable purpose for this kind of thing is for exposing muggers, criminals, and subway masturbators, not bike blockers, pizza eaters and nosepickers. Other than that keep your damn cameraphones to yourselves.
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This is San Francisco; somebody will photograph a man and woman holding hands or kissing and it will be considered shameful and outrageous and insensitive to non-heterosexuals, transgendered people and/or other assorted weirdos.
this comment deserves a hearty "Oh come the fuck on, Ides"
sometimes i actually agree with you and then sometimes you say the goddamn dumbest things like this.
www.mtafail.com. coming soon! hahaha.
The MTA wouldn't be able to show the worst offenders on any site accessible to children. We've all heard the stories, you know what I mean.
The only acceptable purpose for this kind of thing is for exposing muggers, criminals, and subway masturbators, not bike blockers, pizza eaters and nosepickers.
A man of reason. But I have to say I have seen people eating sunflower seeds and leaving a pyramid of shells on the floor between their legs. I think that's disgusting enough to warrant a fine.
People have an abundance of free time to to bitch and moan about the pitfalls of living in a big city. Go volunteer at a homeless shelter one day out of the month to put life in perspective...
WhiteCastle, the fact that daily big-city life is demanding does not eliminate the need for good manners. That some of us feel strongly about appropriate behavior doesn't indicate some fault on our part. If homelessness was eliminated tomorrow, people taking up more than one seat would remain unacceptable. Yours is a classic straw-man argument. It's like many of the arguments by folks commenting herein. Inappropriate behavior should be treated as such. If fines would reduce the frequency of these behaviors, then fines should be instituted.
I think a fine should be levied against you for the stupidity of your response...
Ouch. Tragically, for a second time today you make much noise but say very little. Have a good evening.
BART deleted their hall of shame gallery.
The info here:
http://www.akit.org/2009/01/update-bart-erases-hall-of-shame.html
I have a good BART hall of shame video:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/01/04/BA0R153LGU.DTL&tsp=1
Transit Cop Shoots unarmed man at Fruitvale Station in East Oakland.
Now THAT's what cameraphones are for...