#subwayetiquette

[bobotouch]

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Good morning from the A train. Personal bubble sphere invaded!! He’s a nice drunky tho. Video by @franklin_ponce . . #personalspace #subwayetiquette #etiquette #drunk #commute #commuters #goodmorning #nycsubway #subway #nyctransit #newyorkcity #subwaycreatures (at A Train)

[bayrizz]

NEW VIDEO 🔥🔥 personal space is mad important so back up!! LINK IN BIO. Pls share like! 😂🐭🚂🎹🎬 . . . @random_a_ @elinsky418 @lauraleebonz @lillianrosado_ @_jesserose_ @angel_jenel_santiago @vickkyyz @dennymui @capitalfloyd @giogaynor . . . Shot by @aricjacobson x @nyc_chrispayne x @sntrknergis . . . Vfx by @swivs_ Title design @julesvstudio Colored @jaimeoshow Sound design @fransamplastic Makeup @misscassjones . . . #personalspace #comedy #funny #bobotouch #nyc #mta #subwayetiquette #newyorkcity #youtube #etiquette #subway #ratboy #subwayrat #bayridge BeNice #courtesycounts #PSA #music #musicvideo #rap #rapcomedy #subwayassholes #consideration

[eddiegoing]

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When you can't let a THICK nail get in your way. Yeesh! #GoingWithEddie #Subway #NYC #SubwayEtiquette #Etiquette #SubwayAssholes #NYCMTA #MTA #NYCSubway #SubwayShaming #Commute #Commuter #CourtesyCounts #NewYorkCitySubway #Mindfulness #Consideration #MannersMatter (at New York, New York)

[marygenevanyc]

I spent a lot of time riding the subway today! 🤔 #mondaywisdom #monday #subway #etiquette #subwayetiquette #nyc #metro #newyork #1train #train #trainthoughts #thought #truth #outerboro #outerborough #wtf #annoying #rules #lol #humor #comment #commute #commuterprobs (at New York, New York)

[osradis]

When there's lots of room, but you stand with your ass in my face on a subway that sits endlessly between stations, welp... #chomp #tasty #SubwayEtiquette #CHUD (at D Train)

[bobotouch]

Should backpacks be our next PSA? Really irking us. 📸 Linda Rizzo #bobotouch #subwayetiquette #PSA https://www.instagram.com/p/B6o_nbPhE2L/?igshid=1m72wy01qvwe1

[bayrizz]

S/o to @viewingnyc for believing in me to play Tuno Mars - NEW vid in bio 🔥🔥🐭🐭🐭🐭🔥🔥🔥🔥 . . . #personalspace #comedy #funny #bobotouch #nyc #mta #subwayetiquette #newyorkcity #youtube #etiquette #subway #ratboy #subwayrat #bayridge #BeNice #courtesycounts #PSA #music #musicvideo #rap #rapcomedy #subwayassholes #consideration

[manvchild]

It’s Showtime!

When someone comes on the subway with a bright-eyed baby in a good mood, it’s like a magic act.  People are engaged, they’re making googie faces, they’re trying to see what this baby is up to:  “OH, he’s smiling!  Hiiiii!  Peek-a-BOO!”  It’s great.

Toddlers on the other hand, aren’t magical, necessarily. But some parents still think they’ve got a Magical Baby!  They enter the subway with their toddlers like those subway dancers: “It’s Showtime!” and suddenly the subway ride is all about the toddler’s crazy antics:  

“Oh, look Jackson is going around on the pole!” “Oh, now Jackson!  Watch out for the nice lady!” “Jackson, please sit on your butt, you can’t stand on the seat!”  

It’s like “The Jackson Show” all of a sudden.  There’s a tone of voice that these parents use with their kids that is presentational, like the greater public is involved.  They’re announcing things to the kid and everyone within a 20 foot radius.  It feels like this scolding Jackson is getting is for my benefit somehow, instead of getting Jackson to chill.

Now I’m watching a show called “The Very Good Parent of Jackson” that i didn’t know I bought a ticket for.  Hey, I’m trying to do a crossword puzzle here.  I want my money back.

Hey, maybe I’m turning into Andy Rooney in my old age.  But people gotta chill with their kids!  

[jasminepoulton-blog]

#Balls vs The World. #subwayetiquette

[therealsamjones]

Subway Etiquette   

[newyorksillyusa]

She's not homeless, she's just really comfortable. #mta #nyc #SubwayEtiquette #metro #amny

[glossgal]

Not wanting to be the #EmilyPost of #MTA & a bike can prop against you or the bench. No need to take up three people's standing spots. #SubwayEtiquette 9/18/13 note the rh side where a rider sits with his bike #flush to him. That's the way to roll. #ImeanIcant

[highpowerceo-blog]

This makes you an ass. #newyork #subwayetiquette (Taken with Instagram)

[bobotouch]

Remember to @letemoff TY #Friday #subwayetiquette (at New York, New York)

[bayrizz]

Tonight @bobotouch will be on #PIX11, 10pm EST -- talking about our new video Subway Creeps! Thx @gregmocker ! #pix11 #subwaycreeps #subwayetiquette

[manvchild]

Pregnant Lady on the Subway Etiquette from a Dude

I’m a dude.  And I’m here to give pregnant ladies advice on how to get a seat on the subway.  

Still reading?  Cool.

I've seen articles (here and here) about how hard it is to get a seat on the subway when you're pregnant, but I haven't seen any practical guides to getting one.  Being a pregnant lady on the subway is harsh.  In an ideal world, everyone would offer a pregnant woman their seats.  But girlfriend this ain’t an ideal world.

So you still want a seat, right?  So I’m gonna tell you what works!

1.  LOOK PREGNANT

This is Rule Number One.  I can’t read your mind or see into your tummy.  I don’t want to offend an overweight lady by offering her my seat mistakenly.  That sounds dumb, but it’s true!  I read an advice column that said you could fib a little in such a situation:  ”I’ve been sitting all day, would you like my seat?”  But practically, I think that sounds lame and way too obvious.  Given an ambiguous situation and a nice comfy seat, I think most poeple play it safe.  

Be pro-active!  Look pregnant!  Especially in winter, unzip the big coat and let your baby bulge bulge!  Give it a rub.  Be real pregnant-y.

2.  BE SEAT HUNGRY

Nobody likes a martyr.  I’m happy to give up my seat, but don’t make me work too hard for it.  Be trying to find a seat!  Search the eyes of your fellow straphangers longingly, pleadingly.  Look around frantically!  Ham it up.  Try to catch someone’s eye.

Sometimes, I will spot a pregnant woman and I can’t get her attention to give her my seat.  Now maybe this is because I am a creep and she wants nothing to do with me.  But creeps have seats for you!  So heads up!

3.  PROFILE

Get close to a likely target.  

Young dudes playing two-thumbed iPhone games, old jerks with giant books and hung over young hotties - these people will not give you a seat.

But people with kids - kind mothers and fathers - many of us will happily forfeit our seats if prompted.  Profiling is horrible, wrong...in theory.  In practice, it will get you a seat!

4.  BE A BIG LOSER

If you’re one of those gorgeous, glowing pregnant ladies - ya know, the ones that just radiate the possibilities of life, the ones that are walking soap commercials - you’ve got extra work to do.  You’ve gotta channel your inner exhausted down-on-their-luck chump.  Nobody likes to give their seat to a winner.  But the truly pathetic?  Feels good to do a good turn for the truly pathetic!

5.  BE A BELLY - er - BULLY

What’re you trying to make friends?  You’re trying to get a seat!  If the going gets tough, if no one is stepping up, time to Mama Bear this shit.  Pick a particularly fit and well-rested layabout and politely shame them:  ”Do you mind?  I’m pregnant and would love to sit down.”  Hoo-boy, that will work on almost anyone.  

That's my advice!  Pregnant ladies/former pregnant ladies:  what am I missing?