Let’s be considerate on the TTC
December 14th, 2009 by winna | Featured Blogger
Before I delve into my bickering of the endless idiots I run into on the TTC; I just have to say whoever named the TTC “The Rocket” is also an idiot.
Here are 8 of my TTC pet peeves:
- People putting their bags on an empty seat. It’s okay when there are a few people but not okay when it’s 9 in the morning and people are barely awake.
- People standing in front of an empty seat, which is bad because a) you are blocking people’s view of the empty seat, preventing someone else from sitting in it and b) you’re taking up more space by not sitting, douchebag.
- People standing by the doors, as if there are no other places to stand and that they must block your way as you try to leave.
- People continuing to wear their backpacks in a train full of people rather than setting them down on the floor. Doing this takes up so much space.
- Guys (yes it’s only guys I’ve seen do this) sitting with their gigantic legs so far apart they take up one extra seat on either side of them.
- People lean on posts when other people need to hold on to them.
- People yapping loudly, especially a group of immature teenagers, and especially on the phone… Okay this one I don’t mind too much but when I’m tired, it is really annoying.
- The bus driver tells people to move down but they don’t.
I mean is it really all that hard to be considerate? I can admit at times I can be inconsiderate myself like failing to give up my seat to an elder, which I am truly ashamed of and which is why I often sit in the back of the bus.
December 14th, 2009 at 11:26 am
#8 is THE WORST. By not doing moving back, people who want to get on the bus/streetcar have to wait for the next one, even though there’s a ton of room in the back of the bus.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
The only common courtesy that you mentioned which is a cardinal sin, is not giving up one of the designated seats to the elderly! How can you admit to that and mention being peeved by someone who sits with their legs apart or people “yapping”?
December 14th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Number 6 annoys me so much. If I’m in a passive aggressive mood I just jam my hand between their back and the bar in order to hold it, and they get the message.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:28 am
I’m with Victoria re: passive aggressive. Sometimes, people don’t realize that they’re being inconsiderate (I hope), so I just ask the person to move their bag so I could sit, or ask them to move away from the empty chair if they’re not going to sit.
Add a smile, and most of the people I’ve asked to move actually apologized.
December 15th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
I hate it when the bus/train driver keeps yelling for people to keep moving back when CLEARLY, there is no more room to move back otherwise we would have done so already. And some drivers, I feel, simply enjoy using the damn loudspeaker.
I have such a love/hate relationship with the TTC. 9 AM rides, thick of rush hour, honestly make me hate my life. hahaha
December 16th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
I’m with Justine on this one. Actually, as annoying as the things you mentioned are (it drives me CRAZY whenever people stand in crowded trains wearing their backpacks), TTC staff are usually far more rude than the passengers. I’m sure we’ve all been barked at more than a few times just for trying to buy tokens/passes.
December 18th, 2009 at 12:35 am
The worst is when people play their music so loud in their headphones that you can hear it 10 feet away or if they play it out loud with their cell phone so everyone has to listen …. that drives me crazy.
December 22nd, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Oh gosh :$ im guilty for soooo much here.
I vow never to:
-lean on pole
-out bag on empty seat
-stand in front of empty seat
-stand infront of doors
-yapp loudly with friends
Never Again.
Sorry TTC Riders!
December 23rd, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Lol I’m glad this post helped someone
December 25th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
I’m going to continue standing in front of empty seats and the *rear* doors because you might not realize it but it’s twice as awkward to stand in front of you with my crotch in front of your face. No thanks.
And it’s funny because they’re standing so you can have a seat. So stop complaining like a little girl.
December 26th, 2009 at 1:16 am
Hmmm, Complaint Box seems extremely concerned about people getting too close to his crotch. I wonder why that could be?? But you probably don’t need to worry – I highly doubt that anybody is as concerned about your crotch as you appear to be.
Thou dost protest too much, Complaint Box. In the future, you should probably make more of an effort to hide your guilty defensiveness.
December 26th, 2009 at 2:22 am
I completely cant STAND the yapping!! How much mindless crap can people discuss in one train ride?? In my experience, too much. And the worst part about it is that they KNOW they have nothing to talk about, they’re just trying to ease the awkwardness of having to sit/stand near each other in public. I think that should be closer to the top than anything…
I can’t say I’ve ever experienced the wide-spread leg thing… although I do recall some menacing looking people taking up space with their extra large coats. I don’t know if I’d feel comfortable all up in there to begin with. But I do agree its VERY RUDE TO HAVE AN OVERLY LARGE COAT, especially when one is prone to using public transit!
FINALLY, I feel there is FAR too little complaint about the lack of consideration taken by a very small but PROMINENT selection of TTC workers. I speak of the bus drivers who ride each others’ backsides all through rush hour, causing 40 minutes gaps where there should be 10. The ones who decide to make a pit stop at Tim Hortons whenever they feel like it, just slip out the front door for 5 minutes without even BOTHERING to ask if I’d like an ice cap…. I meaaaaan, really. How very inconsiderate.
December 26th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Hmmm Sarah, I also do not understand why Complaint Box mentions his crotch so many times.
What exactly does his crotch have to do with this article?
He must feel the need to justify his non-existent manliness in an effort to get laid someday.
How pathetic.
Complaint Box, I hope you realize the whole purpose of leaving a comment is to provide the writer with constructive criticism, not to showcase your freaky Freudian fantasies.
December 31st, 2009 at 2:03 pm
okay, yes its true all these things are annoying but have you taken into consideration that your bickering isnt going to change shit, yes all those things are annoying and yes these guys are idiots but so are you, what are you going to do about it your still the stupid random white girl who stands and stares with disapproval but nothings going to change
fuck you and fuck this blog post