ummm excuse me but what the HELL?!?!?!?

as you may very well know I travel by train everyday to get to and from school. Well, with all of the economy going in the shitter, the LIRR and MTA (trains, buses and subways) have decided that they have to increase fares. Ok Ok, I understand they need money, but so the fuck do I!!! If they raise the prices more and more people won't be able to afford to commute to work (the lucky people that still have their jobs) It's ridiculous.

NOW within less than a week there have been two major incidents on the LIRR. Lasy week, 2 trains 'bumped' inot each other as they were both trying to get on the same track. Luckily they were both just leaving the station, so they were moving relatively slow, but it is apparent that no one paid any attention. The one train hit the other one a few cars inot it, so how the HELL did they not SEE that they were getting pretty damn close to the other train, They were travelling slow enough that they could have stopped. Reports state that both engineers of the trains ignored their stop signals (so you just ignore these things that are IMPORTANT in preventing accidents?!?!?)

and as of today (which is a Tuesday) the LIRR is STILL working on a derailed train from SUNDAY!! Yeah three days of crappy commuting chaos! Trains cancelled in both directions, commuters forced to use buses to get to and from work. Not to mention the fact that the MTA stated on their website that if the delays cause an overflow of commuters in Penn Station, they will have to shut it down! Scary facts, luckily they didnt and the delays were reduced by today, but they are still working on it....

Why do I bitch about this? Because how can I honestly say "Sure I'll pay more" When these fucks can't keep the damn trains on the tracks!?!?!?!?

on a side note....

Today while I made my way into Manhattan, I encountered 2 women and their children. they had among them about 6 young boys (I would say the ages ranged from 5 to 12 or so) and I have to say after seeing all the crap I see on the trains, they were a pleasant change for me....

they didn't yell and scream

they stayed in their seats

they weren't obnoxious

and the mothers ACTUALLY kept the kids under control and PAID ATTENTION!!

I am so sick of some woman (or man, or couple even) hopping on a train and they have ONE kid with them...bouncing on the seats, running up and down the aisles, screaming, crying and having temper tantrums...its ridiculous! The parents also like to do nothing about it either...let them run amok, they don't seem to care! And now I come across this group and the kids are all so well behaved! (and I'm not saying it like they were silent and all, they chatted with one another, and they were much more quieter than some of the adults on board when they talk!)

Kudos to good parents who teach their children the proper way to behave!

I cannot believe this has actually happened!

How can I be so damned lucky to encounter possibly the WORST person to have to share a train car with during my commute?!?!?!?!? The woman I am mentioning had the following 'qualities' that made me want to kick her teeth in:

- chattering away LOUDLY on her cellphone

- during this conversation she also has her IPod turned up to the volume limit (can't you shut it off even to gab on the frigging phone?)

- not bad enough I have to listen to her crappy choice of music, but then I get to 'enjoy' her singing along

- after her phone calls were apparently done, she started texting. How do I know? because she had the chimes on so that each keystroke made a wonderful sound as she typed and then when she got a new text the song blasted some crappy song. You are STARING at the phone the whole time, do you NEED it to be ringing so loud? Put it on silent or at least vibrate! I don't appreciates blasts of music every few second for a 90 minute trip!

- she must have sat in a vat of perfume for a few hours prior to getting on the train. It may have smelled nice in moderation, but the stink that eminted off of her could NOT be considered a lovely perfume. Those few ounces of liquid that come in those perfume bottles are not one time usages....

- and THEN she was clicking her gum...click click, snap snap...chew chew...WTF!!?!?!?!?

I was wondering why she wasn't coughing or sneezing all over as well, that would have been the final straw!!!!

I mean you turn up your IPod to tune out the rest of the world, yet you are causing stress and annoyance to all of those around you in the process!

I truly just wanted to lean over the seat and peg a pen or something at her head, I REALLY REALLY did!




AFTERWORD:
all these cellphones now have music players on them as well....WHY DONT YOU WEAR FUCKING HEADPHONES!?!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!? I have someone here in the computer lab next to me singing her heart out and loudly playing her 'phone'. Why are people always under the impression that everyone else wants to hear their shit? WHY? WHY? WHY?????