BART 10 Commandments
After having the most annoying commute on BART that I have had in a long time. I think BART should have their own 10 commandments and hang them in every station.
1. Thou shalt not speak on a cell phone loud enough for the whole car to hear.
Other riders aren't interested in your personal life or how good your boyfriend is in bed. Keep it down and keep it to yourself.
2. Thou shalt wait for the people to unload before getting on the train.
I promise you the train wont go anywhere with out you. Don't push people aside to give people a seat.
3. Thou shalt pay for your ride.
Nothing is free in life and neither is BART.
4. Thou shalt shower and clean yourself
This one is self explanitory
5. Thou shalt not eat or drink on the train
We like our trains clean and smelling nice.
6. Thou shalt not make a mess in the toilet
It makes it inconvient for those of us who really need to use it and are clean.I f you are going to make a mess, go shit at home!
7. Thou shalt not keep trying to put a demaged ticket into the faregate five times.
You will get the same result as the other four times and wasting other peoples time.
8. Thou shalt put their own ticket into the faregate.
It may be cute that little jimmy wants to put your ticket into the faregate for you. But don't do it during rush hour. See commandment 7.
9. Thou shalt not leave their garbage on the train.
See Commandment 5.
10. Thou shalt be curteous and considerate of your fellow passengers
Feel free to add to this. Just needed to vent and put it in a format for a few laughs.
6b) Thou shalt not use the
6b) Thou shalt not use the station platform as thy bathroom.
I had to meet a friend at the Downtown Berkeley station last night, and someone had used the part of the platform near the elevator as a urinal again. I feel really bad for the handicapped folks who have to use that station. It's probably not very enjoyable to have to roll through puddles of piss every time you're on BART.
Unfortunately that whole section of the station seems to be a toilet for Berkeley's homeless, as the stairs to the street in that area also reeked of piss and shit.
You know who I really feel
You know who I really feel sorry for is the station cleaning crews. Imagine what they get to see.
They need to open the
They need to open the bathrooms.
Then it would at least be contained to one room.
11. thou shall not covet thy
11. thou shall not covet thy neighbor's seat. this commandment includes a) feet on the seats b) sleeping across multiple seats c) luggage/purses/newspapers/other personal belongings on the seats d) bikes blocking seats e) using the adjacent seat as a table for your panda express f) large asses that extend past your seat cushion g) anything not included in a through f that makes seats unavailable to others.
12. thou shall honor the train doors, and keep them holy. when on a crowded train, thou shalt get thy fuck out of the way when others are trying to exit the train. this commandment also applies to the sinners that hold doors open for friends, or pry doors open so that they can get in/out. thou shalt rot in hell.
For 11f BART should do like
For 11f BART should do like Southwest Airlines, charge double fare.
For punishment anybody violating the BART 10 commandments shal recite them 10 times each while facing Lake Meritt. LOL
12a. Upon entering rush hour
12a. Upon entering rush hour train, thou shalt not immediately park thy fat ass in the doorway and create an obstruction for thy neighbors who still desire to enter the train. Really; what kind of narcissistic asshole art thou?
13. When train be crowded and thou must standeth, thou shalt be conscious of thy gi-fucking-normous backpack that sticks out halfway across the car and constantly crashes into thy weary neighbor commuter.
"Really; what kind of
"Really; what kind of narcissistic asshole art thou?"
LMAO!
Every. Damn. Day.
Without fail, some douchenozzle will do that on the train I'm on every freaking morning.
6c) Thou shalt not use the
6c) Thou shalt not use the station elevators as a urinal.
14. Thou shalt not allow thy
14. Thou shalt not allow thy offspring to swing from the overhead bar, run up and down the aisle, or otherwise treat the BART car as though it were its own personal playground/jungle jim.
Thou shalt not play thy iPod
Thou shalt not play thy iPod unless thou hast GOOD headphones so that thou keepest thy music to thyself.
Honestly, why do I not see any complaints here about those ubiquitous white earpieces? If I see them, I never sit next to them.