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BringMeInfo t1_j6enav7 wrote

>Transit officials have in recent months turned their focus to adding cellphone service to all the city’s subway tunnels and stations.

No, no, please for the love of God, no. The subway is bad enough at rush hour without assholes who are on the phone the whole time.

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pompcaldor t1_j6evfeg wrote

I was once with a subway car with a person who was in the middle of an emotionally distraught phone call. The problem was it continued way past the station, and under the East River.

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BringMeInfo t1_j6exnks wrote

I once asked someone if I could take her picture for my Tumblr of rude people on the phone on a crowded train. She initially said yes, but then you could see her process the actual words and she changed her mind.

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bigvicproton t1_j6gaws6 wrote

That's funny. I was commuting from Long Island to NYC on LIRR back in the mid-90's or so. I remember the first guy yelling on a phone. "I'm on a train! I'm calling you from a train!". I really wanted a cell phone then but I couldn't afford it. But seeing that made me wonder how this whole cell-phone thing would play out. And it didn't look good. I've since moved to the forest and have no idea what it's like recently.

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OverlordXenu t1_j6fe5vy wrote

idk why people are so pissy about this. it's not an issue on the bus. it's not an issue on metro north, LIRR, nj transit… all of which i've taken with some regularity from time to time. almost everyone is tired and just trying to get to work. the subway is by far the loudest of all the forms of transit in the city, and it's the one with the lease service coverage lol.

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BringMeInfo t1_j6fhjqj wrote

The last three years have led me to expect very little consideration for others.

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SexyEdMeese t1_j6fy79v wrote

Guess what's different about MNR and LIRR vs. the subway? Hint, the former are used by commuters, and the latter by every person in the city, for whom it is the cheapest option.

And yes, there are all sorts of shitlords playing TikToks or taking loud voice calls all over the subway. Lack of cell service doesn't stop them, but it does impede them.

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NexusLI t1_j6gbfke wrote

Something like 40% of the system is above ground, and has cell service anyway. I've never found people on the phone to be as big an issue as everyone anticipates. Happens sometimes, but not frequently.

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