July 4, 2008
Stories: Your rider woes
As the LIRR renews its campaign urging customer courtesy on trains, Newsday is asking readers what irks them during their commute. Here is some feedback:
Riders behaving badly
Rude LIRR commuters
Too many cell phone users. Rowdy passengers. Commuters clipping their nails in the seat next to you.
What happened to you on the Long Island Rail Road?
LIRR riders behaving badly: Readers' stories
I recently had a gentleman pick his teeth clean with a metal dental instrument from Penn Station to Floral Park. All the time spitting his findings on the floor in front of him.
LIRR riders behaving badly: readers' stories
I saw a woman seated across from me shaving her legs! It was this summer, and she was going over her bare dry legs with a razor. I kid you not!
LIRR riders behaving badly
I was on the 6:04 p.m. train to Ronkonkoma a few months back. There was a young lady sitting across from me plugged into an iPod. You could tell she really had the thing on loud. Then her cell phone started ringing and she removed an earphone to answer. A lady sitting behind me asked her if she could please lower the volume on her iPod. The woman with the iPod became enraged and started yelling into her cell phone that some lady on the train has the nerve to tell her to lower her iPod. She filled the cabin with curse words ... In an instant I found myself standing between the two irate women as they tried to get at each other. I attempted to reason with the young lady ... The girl cursed at me and got out at Jamaica.
LIRR riders behaving badly: readers' stories
As part of its coverage of the LIRR Commuter's Council project on bad behavior on the trains, Newsday is asking readers to send suggestions on how to correct the behavior problems. Here are some ideas:
LIRR RIDERS BEHAVING BADLY
More LIRR readers' stories
One evening my train from Penn Station to Seaford was two cars short, which resulted in a lot of people standing in the aisles. One man, sitting in the aisle seat closest to the doors, became increasingly agitated simply because there was a woman standing next to him.
LIRR riders behaving badly: readers' stories
As part of its coverage of the LIRR Commuter's Council project on bad behavior on the trains, Newsday is asking readers to send suggestions on how to correct the behavior problems. Here are some ideas:
MORE LETTERS FROM LIRR RIDERS
Readers' stories
As part of its coverage of the Long Island Rail Road Commuter's Council survey of bad behavior on the trains, Newsday is asking readers to send in stories of behavior they could do without. Here are samples:
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