#and my frand and i were in the line for the lil kiosk thingy where you can put money on your subway card

[firelord-frowny]

!!!! 

idk why this is on my mind, but 

given that i am a Scaredy Cat, i don’t use public transportation very often, and the handful of times that i have, i’ve always been in the company of someone whose primary mode of getting around is the subway/bus.

so like. one day, i’m going with my frand to... somewhere in dc lol i don’t remember exactly what occasion it was. But anyway, this particular station was very low-traffic at the time, with only a few people around. No crowds, no lines or anything. 

We’re goin down the escalator, and we’re just standing, not in any hurry. And then I became vaguely aware of people coming down behind us. I’m not really paying attention to them and one of them sighed real loud and then just kinda squeezed their way past me, and i kinda saw them roll their eyes, and i’m like???????

and then my frand mentions to me that it’s like a ~unspoken rule of the subway~ to stand to the right on the escalators so people who wanna get down faster can do so with ease. 

Perfectly reasonable and sensible rule! One that I am glad to now know so that I can take care to be courteous to others on the rare occasion that I take the metro. 

but like WOW whyyyYYY are people so committed to being Rudely Righteous when they could instead just... Not Be Like That?

Like, if someone is in your way, and they don’t seem to be aware that they’re in your way... there is a HELLA EASY solution to that, and it’s called “saying ‘excuse me.’” Like, why would you just stand behind somebody and be Loudly Annoyed that they don’t realize you’re waiting for them to move, when you could just say excuse me??? 

#kinda hate how impatient people are In General #there was another time where we were taking the train to or from some sort of Event #the kind of event that attracts lots of people who are using the subway for the first time #so like #a lot of people were visibly confused lmao just wandering around #and my frand and i were in the line for the lil kiosk thingy where you can put money on your subway card #and the people right in front of us were CLEEEEAAARLY totally new to the subway system #and were having a lot of trouble figuring out how to use the machine #and they kept messing up #and allll these people behind us are huffing and saying and saying shit like #~come on now~ #~damn what's taking so long~ #~are you serious omg i have someplace to be~ #and I'm like!!!! #if you're so fucking bothered that the line is being held up by people who don't know how to use the machine #why don't you fuckin offer to help them?? #and then my frand finally stepped up and showed them how to do it #and that was that #and just #idk man i think it's so shitty and annoying #that people will so often criticize someone without making any attempt whatsoever #at helping the person