Off the Rails: Rude Riders Making the Commute a Nightmare on Some Trains, Investigation Finds

[Via Garibaldi 8]

INVESTIGATIVE

Off the Rails: Rude Riders Making the Commute a Nightmare on Some Trains, Investigation Finds

by Inside Edition 

5:45 PM EDT, September 13, 2017

 

 

Passengers are getting fed up with rude behavior on planes, trains and buses.

 

From speaking too loudly on a cell phone to eating on a train and even clipping toe nails, commuters have had enough.

 

Inside Edition's Chief Investigative Correspondent Lisa Guerrero boarded the Long Island Rail Road in New York to see firsthand what kind of rude behavior passengers experience all too often.

 

She saw "seat hogs" — people taking up more than one seat, including one man who was taking up three seats while watching videos like he was on his living room couch. Then there were the "recliners,” who were seen getting comfortable by putting their filthy shoes on seats where other passengers have to sit.

Guerrero approached a mother and daughter about having their feet up on the seats.

“Guess what is one of the No. 1 peeves people have when they go on the train?” she asked the woman.

"The feet up on the chair,” the woman replied.

“You just got busted,” Guerrero told her.

The woman motioned for Guerrero to take a look at her daughter, who also had her feet up on the seat.

"Does this run in the family?" Guerrero asked.

Then there was a young woman who was apparently getting ready for a night on the town, and she had no problem sharing her deodorant tips with her friends, who could be heard throughout the train car.

An Inside Edition producer asked, “Do you think that you're being loud tonight on this train?"

The young woman responded, "Yes, most definitely being loud.”

 

But nothing gets fellow passengers more upset than loud conversations on cell phones or watching videos with the volume turned up.

One man was in the “quiet car” chanting, “Let’s go Yankees!” at the top of his lungs.

And another man was watching a video on his phone with the volume up so loud that other passengers could hear.

Anthony Lombard got so fed up with rude behavior that he started his own website, Man's Marbles: Exploring The Things That Drive You Nuts.

“I've seen people picking their nose,” he told Inside Edition. “There's a video on the website showing someone eating. He used 20, maybe 30, napkins and one at a time threw them under the seat.”

Another of Lombard’s peeves is people blocking the aisles with their bags. Sometimes he even issues a special “ticket” to people exhibiting rude behavior.

“Pardon me sir," Lombard said to one passenger. "I wanted to give you a ticket for obnoxious behavior for putting your bag in the aisle when there is a luggage rack available."

Guerrero also spoke to a conductor, who has his own complaint: garbage left behind by rude passengers.

Inside Edition found plenty of bottles, cans, and food containers dumped on the seats and floors of almost every train we rode.

His message to passengers? "Take your trash with you."

 

Video link: http://www.insideedition.com/investigative/25475-off-the-rails-rude-riders-making-the-commute-a-nightmare-on-some-trains-investigation-finds

 

 

Source: http://www.insideedition.com/investigative/25475-off-the-rails-rude-riders-making-the-commute-a-nightmare-on-some-trains-investigation-finds

 

[N6 Limited]

Interesting article. They couldn't even provide the link to the guy's site?

https://www.mansmarbles.com/

 

Edit: some of the posts are petty. Like "bag spreading" when the car isn't full, who cares?

[QM1to6Ave]

Wow, what great investigative reporting LOL. Rude people are annoying, Shocking. 

[trainfan22]

Haha, I saw this on inside edition last night

[Via Garibaldi 8]

Wow, what great investigative reporting LOL. Rude people are annoying, Shocking.

 

I almost feel like it's fabricated because that guy giving out "tickets" and telling the guy about his "obnoxious" behavior... I don't buy the guy cooperating so easily. If it were me I'd look him dead in his face and ask him who does he think he's talking to.

[QM1to6Ave]

I almost feel like it's fabricated because that guy giving out "tickets" and telling the guy about his "obnoxious" behavior... I don't buy the guy cooperating so easily. If it were me I'd look him dead in his face and ask him who does he think he's talking to.

Haha! It seems like one something out of those undercover camera shows

[bobtehpanda]

Was this ever a secret?

[Cait Sith]

It's the absolute worst on game days and special events. I took the LIRR home last night(I couldn't be bothered with the train running local) and once we got to Woodside, these event-goers got on the train being extremely noisy. What made it worse was that they were vaping by the doors, stinking up the entire car.

I should've dealt with the train in that case....

[Via Garibaldi 8]

Was this ever a secret?

I've never seen fights break out.  The worst I've seen are loud people, but then again I rarely use Metro-North late on the weekends. I try to get the semi-express trains. The trains that make all of the stops to Croton-Harmon late at night are the worst.  

[NY1635]

This isn't really news. LIRR commuters during off peak and overnight hours have always been rowdy.  There's drunks using the system to get home from a night of partying, event goers loudly talking about what happened in Barclays or MSG with other people, or on rare occasions, parents who can't reign in their kids. Most of it is noticeable at Penn Station, or Atlantic Terminal during special event season. I've seen this happen multiple times coming home from work. In contrast, the normally rowdy n6 to Hempstead is usually a nice quiet ride from Queens into Nassau during overnight hours because it's mostly consists of folks trying to get home.

[bobtehpanda]

I've never seen fights break out.  The worst I've seen are loud people, but then again I rarely use Metro-North late on the weekends. I try to get the semi-express trains. The trains that make all of the stops to Croton-Harmon late at night are the worst.  

 

LIRR is a different beast than Metro-North. Strong Islanders are always doing stupid crap on the trains, especially late at night.

 

It gets to the point where, quite frankly, sometimes the atmosphere on the train is preferable to that of the LIRR.

[Mtatransit]

LIRR is a different beast than Metro-North. Strong Islanders are always doing stupid crap on the trains, especially late at night.

 

It gets to the point where, quite frankly, sometimes the atmosphere on the train is preferable to that of the LIRR.

Oh Long Islanders... bunch of teens or people in the 20s during the off peak with alcohol and screaming at the top of their lungs... only acceptable on the LIRR. You do that on the subway, people will think your crazy..