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MFs like this are why we really need public transit. This dude is sharing the road with everyone else while he's trying to eat chicken and shitpost. He could be doing that without endangering everybody else (though he's probably deservedly catch some shit about eating a rotisserie chicken tbh) on a train.
Yeah. Many don't understand that at least 15% of drivers should have their license revoked. But we can't do that when there are no viable alternatives. So instead they get to roll the dice daily until they maybe kill themselves or others.
"other people are bad drivers" isn't that hard of a sell tbh. The problem comes when you try to suggest alternatives.
I dunno... is he sharing? And can I get a drumstick?
As a typical American with little public transit experience, I'm right there with you. My understanding from people who do use public transit, though, is that eating a meal on the metro is a heresy deserving of immediate and excruciating death.
Its a sensory thing IMO. You're subjecting a captive audience to smells that may linger. Not to mention potentially making a mess for someone else to clean up
Just going at a rotisserie like Cookie Monster would be rude, but regular riders learn to ignore most things, so I doubt anyone would say anything.
That mental image, Jesus christ
In general, yeah. But it really depends; if it's a mom and her kid, or if it looks like someone shuttling between multiple jobs and this is the only time they have, then I'd give em a pass.
Fuck that. It's a slippery slope. I'd argue public spaces like that need to serve their purpose singularly to be effective and useful to the public. It's hard enough to run a transit system, being a mobile cafeteria in addition will only serve to degrade an already precarious service. Not to mention it's incredibly rude to subject your fellow riders to the accompanying crumbs and grease, no matter your own circumstances.
you can eat on public transport, but what you can eat depends on the mode:
bus? only snacks basically, maybe a small sandwich
tram? mostly the same, but you can probably get away with a bag of mcdonalds if you're low-key about it
metro? i'd be quite comfortable with a bag of mcdonald's, a hand-held kebab would probably fly but not anything you need utensils to eat
and lastly on a train i'd say you can eat anything you'd eat at work, so basically just not a whole pizza
Naw he needs to stay on the road. I aint trying to be smelling everyones full meals on the train home.
I say as my citys public transit, which is poorly/corruptly run, is about to lessen services even further. Sad times.
Howdy pardner, maybe Strong Towns can help? Look and see if there's a local chapter for your city and reach out to them. If not, start one! It's pretty easy, they have a lot of great resources to support you, and getting a group started is as easy as showing up to a few city councils and networking with other speakers or putting a flyer up at the library or local coffee shop!
Okay. Be stays in the road, but I don't want to be in the road with him, so we still need that public transit.
Might not smell too bad by itself, but then it combines with the lingering hobo piss and someone smoking ditch weed.
I don't know what the rules are on public transit near you. But the ones I use don't allow food/drinks.