BART fight! BART fight!
So you think Muni riders have bad manners? Looks like BART can very much hold its own in the bad behaviors category. I came across a blog post that made me laugh:
The fight began, as all things worth fighting over do, with a heated discussion over WHO REACHED THE LAST AVAILABLE SEAT FIRST. The aggressor, a man who looked as though he worked in an auto shop, began by pushing and yelling at the unfortunate businessman who had chosen to cross him, “What the fuck!? What do you think you’re doing, man?” The businessman, who was equally incensed over the situation, screamed repeatedly, “You’re crazy! You’re crazy! I’m calling 911 on ou!” The lame verbal argument degenerated into a physical fight, complete with both men windmilling their arms and slapping at each other in the manner of two teenage girls.
Read the rest of Bart Adventures: Grown Men Slapping Each Other.
Oh how I love a good, awkward fight between male urbanites … kind of reminds me of that scene in Bridget Jones’s Diary where Mark Darcy punches Daniel Cleaver in the face and the two clumsily wrestle each other, tumbling into that Greek (?) restaurant.
Do you find that BART has different crazies than Muni? I was reminded about that fact when I rode to the East Bay yesterday. Maybe it’s a higher class of crazies since the fares are higher? Or because they can roam the cars? Probably because they are from more than just our 49 sq miles.
My friend witnessed a verbal argument on BART yesterday about pushing, apparently it lasted for three stops. His favorite line was “you pushed me so hard you gave me breast cancer.”
Wow that last is so great that I am going to have to repurpose it and use it some time on Muni! I had always thought of BART as being more quiet and civilized but I think that’s only because I have been taking BART only once a week lately…