Sounding off: Mga bad trip na MRT commuters

[baludoy]

meron ding ganyan na thread sa pinoyexchange

[Chip]

dami talaga lowlives kahit saan.

yung isang kaibigan ko nahipuan din. kaso LALAKE sya at BADING yung humipo sa kanya! bata pa kasi yon e kaya di pumalag kasi malaki daw yung bading, umiwas nalang sya at ginamit yung dalang folder bilang pantakip heehee

number one pet peeve ko sa MRT ay yung people who dont give way sa mga bumababa, sumasalubong pa. walang common sense talaga, lalong natatagalan e. yung subway dito sobrang puno din pero sobrang efficient yung pagsakay at pagbaba kasi nagbibigayan e, pinapababa muna yung nasa loob bago sasakay.

*nic,
i hope your wife has some form lowlife-deterrent with her. kahit pepper spray lang. i always advise my sisters to have one hand inside the bag clutching the pepper spray when commuting or walking alone at night.

[kinyo]

sounds like we badly need to revive marcos' slogan

"sa ikauunlad ng bayan ..."

[theveed]

di lang din naman sa LRT/MRT yun eh. try to observe people's behavior sa elevators, di ka pa nakakababa, sasalubungin ka na...

Dami na ako nakaaway na ganyan, walang disiplina talaga, basic sequence lang di pa magets.

Sa offices to ha...

At isa pa, dami di gumagalaw sa elevator kahit may space pa sa likod nila... Kakapal ng muka.

[Isuzoom]

Ito ang panalo... open ko ang door ng store for my wife tapos yung genius nasa loob nauna pa lumabas.... ang bait ko noh...

[Isuzoom]

but nobody beats the wang wangs of our good politicians kala mo emergency yun pala liko sa mall....everytime they overtake me I greet them with my friendly finger and TANG NA NYO!! means hello.

[oldblue]

so malapit-lapit na pala tayo maging India katulad dun sa amazing race na napanood ko. 2 models pa ata eh sakay sila dun sa train na popular sa india. kitang-kita sa camera umiiyak na sila pero hindi makagalaw sa sobrang sikip. pagbaba nila, kaya pala umiiyak, kung kani-kanino kamay humahawak sa kanila while on cam.

[nugundam93]

kaya ako i just position myself sa mga sulok or sa connection between 2 coaches. less chance ng siksikan. and i'm a big guy pa.

mas ok siguro kung lagyan nila ng pila talaga for the entrance and exit para bawas gulo when boarding and disembarking.

as for the menyeks...welll, ibang usapan yan. minsan din naman sa sikip at tulakan at pag gumagalaw na yung train, di maiiwasan ma maligaw kamay mo accidentally, but when that happens to me (i think twice nangyari, can't recall, tagal nako di nag-MRT), i say sorry kagad, di naman sinasadya eh.

[orly_andico]

i recently had the misfortune of riding the MRT a couple times, after like 3 years. it's extremely unpleasant.

there's a very obvious reason why the MRT is the way it is.

and that's -- the DISTORTED PRICING STRUCTURE. riding the MRT is CHEAPER than ANY other form of transport, for the distance covered.

so nicolodeon's observation na maraming blue-collar types who direly need a bath -- RIGHT ON THE MONEY. eh MRT ang pinaka-murang transpo eh. tapos baka makapag-chancing ka pa sa isang white-collar Makati girl. eh di saan ka pa, diba?

they should let the fares on the MRT float, or at least be higher than on the aircon bus. better quality naman and faster eh. as it is riding the MRT is CHEAPER than riding a jeepney! so the government is subsidizing the MRT at palugi siya. if they just let the fare be "fair" e.g. meet their costs, i suspect the population distribution of MRT riders will normalize.

[oldblue]

Medyo marami din na commuters sa MRT na kikita ang mga deodorant at mouthwash companies.

it would be interesting to note that a number of our fellow countrymen still cant afford a deodorant and toothpaste. I learned about this dun sa mga nagtrabaho minsan sa isang construction project namin. we let them use our CRs, along with it our soaps, shampoo, conditioner, perfume, deodorant, mouthwash etc ... well, all I can say is andami evidence na ginamit nila yun mga laman ng CRs namin. at one point parang experimenting pa nga. and I know they ride the MRT before and after work.