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LIRR riders behaving badly

November 12, 2007

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.

Nelson

I was actually threatened with being "killed" by an enraged commuter for no particular reason I can think of except he was pushing my legs against the wall and I was pushing back.

Pete

I was seven months pregnant and ... the train was packed like a sardine can and with all the pushing and shoving I was not able to find a seat. So I stood in the aisle, opened my coat and proceeded to rub my seven-months pregnant abdomen. Not one person offered me a seat. The train made a stop at Jamaica and I saw a seat become available, so I inched my way toward it. A well-dressed man in a suit jumped right into the seat! So I started to stare at him and gave him a dirty look and he ignored me. Finally, about five minutes after that, a man sitting behind him offered me a seat. With gritted teeth, I thanked him.

Lisa

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