Fun piece about the joys of NYC commuting. Check out the woman who frosts a cake on the 3 train!
I have a super long commute. Sometimes, when the Long Island Rail Road and New York subway systems are off kilter, my round trip takes upwards of 5 hours. I’m traveling with as many as 8 million rail commuters, and sometimes the crowded system looks like it. But early this year, the MTA launched a campaign that is cute, laughable and maybe even derisive of the New York sensibilities. One might say, the campaign suggests we’re all a bunch of rude, insensitive idiots and it is up to the MTA to school us!
The subways are subject to the same human habits and attitudes that make NYC unique. I was amused when I saw my first sign in the campaign.
The advisory was aimed at trying to stop this:
[youtube https://youtu.be/nJK0yvLeKdU]And then there are performances such as these:
[youtube https://youtu.be/ninzUqHoAh8]So in a sense, advising people not to perform on the poles on…
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