Of Slobs, Subways and Self-Control

We have to weigh-in on the MTA’s trial program of removing subway bins from some high-volume stations.  Advice to the MTA: whoa, there, fellas.  Let’s think this here thing through, together.

There are a lot of Real New Yorkers who are subway slobs.  Over the years, I’ve routinely seen NY’ers:

  • Do #1 on subway platforms and ramps
  • Do #2 “”    ”            “”             “”     “”
  • Vomit “”    ”            ”              ”       “
  • Methodically rip paper into tiny pieces and drop the pieces on the floor of the moving car because, when asked one time, this lady told me, and I quote: “Mind your own business; if I didn’t do this, what the (expletive deleted, this is a family blog) would those (expletive deleted) have to do?” 
  • Let their half-empty Snapple bottles roll along the floor of the car
  • Drop newspapers, like, wherever…
  • Eat complete, multi-course chicken dinners, daintily dunking the food into a little cup of BBQ sauce — with pinky extended, people while sitting in the moving car and casually drop the bones on the floor
  • Etc.

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Dudes of the MTA: we need a multi-pronged plan before you pull the plug on garbage bins.  Consider:

  • Promote “carry-in/carry-out” laws (yup, like when camping);
  • Encourage riders to contribute their clean plastic shopping bags for this use;
  • Educate riders on how fast rats multiply, using graphic billboards near bin locations;
  • Announce the fines for being a subway slob;
  • Strongly discourage eating food on platforms and trains (yeah, I know…but fer crissakes, we gotta at least try);
  • Then and only then, take the bins away, in stages.

Real New Yorkers shouldn’t be subway slobs.  But many are.  Going cold turkey and removing the bins without a heavily promoted program of rules and penalties will benefit only one group: exterminators with City contracts.

Comments?  What do you think? Inquiring minds at The Real New Yorkers want to know…

 

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Martin Kleinman is a New York City-based writer and blogger. His new collection of short fiction, "When Paris Beckons" will be published later this spring. His second collection, "A Shoebox Full of Money", is available at your favorite online bookseller, as is his first -- "Home Front". Visit http://www.martykleinman.com for details.

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