Reminder transit riders
Don’t be a Chatty Chihuahua!
Source: Buzzer
Pet Peeves
There are some people who talks about their pet peeves. Do I have one? Yes, my pet peeve is people talking about their pet peeves.
I enjoy reading and listening to pet peeves. I ignore them since we have all idiosyncrasies. Hey, I ain’t perfect. Look at the lighter side of life; it will lower down the blood pressure.
Besides, there is pet peeves police. Leave it to them.
For instance, our transit system has signs all over the transit system about etiquettes. As far as I am concerned, we have a good system going. The commute is never a dull moment. There may be occasion that the system breaks down. C’est la vie!
Being on transit there is no such thing as sacred space. There are times we are like sardines, very crowded. The smell is so aromatic. One of these days, I will wear a burka or a bandana just for my nose.
The smell of morning breath, last night’s dinner (sardines), moth ball, hair spray or gel, the fruit lotion, Fabreeze. Ah, just intoxicating.
Transit police stated that since we’re all in it together (sardines), it’s important that we treat fellow sardines, I mean, riders with courtesy and respect. This, I agree 110 percent!
So the transit police is politely reminding us to put a lid on the “chatty Chihuahua”. That means cell phones. What? No phone? I don’t think that will fly especially most people sleep with their cell phones. Not me. I use landlines.
They are asking the commuters (sardines) politely: “Please refrain from enabling speakerphone or yelling loudly on the phone. Keep the volume down. Make the conversation short and sweet to avoid disturbing other passengers.”
And in bold letters on a transit board:
smiling, laughing..ah still grinning..love this article
Do you take public transit?
years and years ago ( we have lived in the country for 33 years) but i hated it so much that i biked 10 miles to university ON THE PRAIRIES, waeing a winter coat and wrapped in a scarve for as long as it was possible and even when it wasn’t
I so can relate to this post. Here, they are glued to their phones 24/7.
They will die clutching that cell phone and iPod on the other hand. 😛
Yep 🙂
But they can’t stop riders from being snarky sardines 🙂
Only Piranhas are off limits 😛
Better a chatty chihuahua than a chatty doberman! I saw a woman with a live chicken under her arm on the NYC R train. I said not a word. I didn’t want to know…
A chicken, ahahahaha…. I still have yet to see that in our side of the world. Most people carry the real Chihuahua dogs on the train now. No more dog walking.
It was a pretty zen chicken. That would be a great recipe. Zen Chicken. LOL
Hahahahaha! We’ve been wet and steamy sardines around here lately… And I thing the Chatty Chihuahua was next to me today. What made it the worst was he was using a hands free thingy so he was totally like a crazy person discussing his personal business.
No need for sauna after that right, eh? As for the Chihuahua,I hope he wasn’t using all that hand gestures as he speaks. Arg! That is so inconsiderate.
🙂
It’s been so long since I braved public transport, but I can imagine how it would be packed in like sardines 😉
With your work, I suppose the easiest way around is the car. We have good transportation system here except everyone has the same idea of going green. 😛