8 Stories Of Public Transport Passengers (And The Pictures To Make You Feel Cringey)

Let's face it: garbage people are everywhere, and that's not even counting the guy watching a VR movie in the seat next to you on the metro. Here are some of the most annoying folks you'll undoubtedly encounter on a nearby public transportation system.
Guess what? We asked, you responded. The worst thing you can do on a train is not manspread. While you reported numerous instances of visible genitalia and/or the fluids that may have leaked from them, it seems that daily on public transportation there are many other less vile but no less egregious offenses committed. You have some really good stories here. Be careful when you're outside. Also, keep an eye out for crabs.

#1 The snackers

Source: Zombie_John_Strachan

20-something kid is eating his sandwich. He’s almost done with only the crust left. He leaves the sandwich on the empty seat beside him and starts playing on his phone. There he is, not caring about the mess he just made and the one less seat for someone else. I’m standing there internally fuming at this ingrate who is too damn lazy to clean up after himself. Stop after stop I think about what I’m going to say. Finally, I gather the courage to say something. I take a step toward him to begin speaking and before I say anything he …. picks up what’s left of the sandwich and finishes eating it. He goes after all the little crummy bits too. The anger instantly vanished, replaced with repulsion, confusion, and a little laughter to myself as I exit the train. — Moosen10

#2 Masturbation

Source: Cory0527

A woman screaming “he’s masturbating!!!” at me while I was holding a bag of groceries in one hand and my iPod in the other. I don’t really miss riding the train. — felixpotvin

#3 The urinators

Source:OnceJazz366 

Riding the Hanzomon line in Tokyo a few years back – guy gets up from his seat at the end of the car when it is crowded, sets bag on seat, opens the door to the next car, takes a big ol piss, sits back down.
It was like 6pm on a Thursday. — Count Smorkula

#4 The Arsehole Drivers

 

Source: tristydotj

Was on a bus some years ago heading home, listening to my iPod when the bus driver starts yelling about me needing to turn down my music. (I was listening to a comedian’s album, so calling it “music” should have been the first clue.) I turn it down. Ten seconds later: “I asked you to turn it down!” So I turn it down some more. Another ten seconds: “Hey, pal, you don’t turn it down I’ll throw you off the bus!” I yank out my headphones and am about to (politely!) explain the situation when I hear some arsehole in the back has music blaring on his phone — not through headphones, just playing music on his phone. I explained that to the driver, who promptly and profusely apologised to me (he was so apologetic he offered me a three-day bus pass) before yelling at the idiot in the back. — matt.mara

#5 The Druggies

 

Source: Addian4

Worst: people shooting up in front of everybody; twice. Once on the LUAS Red Line in Dublin (tram), during rush hour, (the security guards got on and booted them all off) and once in Sydney on some grafitti’d wreck of a train. That was late at night. There were no security guards.
Best: free pole dance on the Central Line in London. I think she might have been a bit tipsy (it was in the middle of the morning on a work day) and she was basically wearing nothing under a long coat. In true British fashion, everyone politely ignored her and said nothing. — DownTheLiffeyOnADonut

#6 The litterers

Source: notpreposterous

I sat on a bench waiting for a BART train in San Francisco. Next to me was a man. Behind us was a very pretty red haired woman in a really nice suit and heels. She was calmly eating her dinner while waiting for her train to arrive (I noticed her immediately because she was really pretty).
Her train arrived and both the man and I turned around instinctively as the train pulled into the station. The woman left her empty food trash immediately behind us and walked up to the platform. The man and I looked at each other in amazement that someone would be so rude as to dump her food garbage behind us and just leave.
I was going to leave it alone, but I couldn’t help myself. I walked up to her as she was getting ready to board the train and asked (in a loud voice), “Excuse me. Is that your garbage over there on the bench? I think you left your trash behind. You need to pick up your trash.” She mumbled something and quickly took a seat on the train. I stood at the door and said, “Hey! You can just leave your food garbage on the bench like that! Pick it up!” The whole train car turned and looked at her. I can tell she was mortified. I stepped out of the door because I didn’t want to hold up the train. Now she had to spend the rest of her trip with a train car full of people knowing that she is a person who dumps her trash on the platform.
I returned to the bench and the man said, “She’s fucking disgusting!” — Jean Lafitte The Second

#7 The Snoozers

Source: jangro

I had one that was kind of uncomfortable. I was on a train in Tokyo during rush hour (So packed in like sardines). I was wearing a soft fleece jacket during autumn. It’s normal for Japanese people to fall asleep on the train, but this was the first time someone fell asleep on my shoulder WHILE STANDING UP! So as he fell asleep on my shoulder, he started putting more weight down on me. Then, the businessman on the other side of me started falling asleep on my OTHER shoulder! So I had two fully grown Japanese men asleep on both of my shoulders weighing down on me, all while standing up! It was as if my fleece jacket was lined with chloroform. So when we arrived at the next station, I shook my shoulders with the inertia of the stop to wake the babies up. — GizGuy