tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post70941530258231314..comments2024-03-11T12:46:28.806-04:00Comments on You. Me. Ride This Crazy Train - Adventures and Observations on The GO: Bare feet on GO train seats - Lovingly penned by @SprawloC.J. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325979176373626807noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-4271178009411891522015-09-29T19:55:15.359-04:002015-09-29T19:55:15.359-04:00Why do the seats need to face each other anyway? I...Why do the seats need to face each other anyway? I commuted in Montreal for many years the seats all faced forward. There was no opportunity to put feets on seats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-53639997718012144112015-09-15T14:21:12.699-04:002015-09-15T14:21:12.699-04:00I was in a mellow mood that day Nora. It was a Fri...I was in a mellow mood that day Nora. It was a Friday and I was thinking of the weekend ahead we had planned for a golfing trip.<br /><br />If it was a Monday morning then watch out.<br /><br />BTW others made some funny comments but apparently this woman cannot be shamed. Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-42280063067792295142015-09-15T08:34:15.882-04:002015-09-15T08:34:15.882-04:00"Where can I keep my stuff if you take a seat..."Where can I keep my stuff if you take a seat?"<br /><br />?! You've got to be kidding. I cam't figure out how @George kept his comments to himself - I certainly wouldn't have done so (particularly if I were the one looking to sit down at the end of a day, on a train for which I had paid an almost $10 fare).<br /><br />I agree with @Jules - it's neither fair not appropriate for GO to expect passengers to police this increasingly problematic issue. VIA staff would make short work of anyone who pulled such a stunt on their trains (mind you, they'll also ask people with headphones that are too loud to turn them down too...).Nora1968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-49861877374058007342015-09-15T08:05:36.936-04:002015-09-15T08:05:36.936-04:00The only thing worse than bare feet are the people...The only thing worse than bare feet are the people who put their snow-and-salt covered <i>boots</i> on the seats in the winter. People who do this might as well have a flashing sign on their foreheads saying "I'm an inconsiderate a-hole."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-36106980822263593872015-09-14T15:41:17.987-04:002015-09-14T15:41:17.987-04:00@ George, you are too polite I would have all too ...@ George, you are too polite I would have all too quickly had a great suggestion of where she can keep her stuff if someone takes a seat! <br />GO Transit should make this a regular PSA, because I noticed it more this summer too. Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04747774356428753615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-14398432469536632612015-09-14T14:28:15.107-04:002015-09-14T14:28:15.107-04:00Seat changing wouldn't work anyway. The foot r...Seat changing wouldn't work anyway. The foot riders will switch to the seat beside them instead. I see people sitting like that a lot.<br /><br />On the LSW last Friday I saw a woman with more stuff strapped on her than a gold miners mule unload all her crap on the seats in a quad and sat with her feet part on her stuff and part on a seat. When people starting looking for empty seat she wailed plaintively "Where can I keep my stuff if you take a seat?"<br /><br />I lol'ed and kept my reply to myself. An Indigo child most likely.Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-25101013173810923812015-09-14T12:05:10.786-04:002015-09-14T12:05:10.786-04:00I love this plan, particularly since it would also...I love this plan, particularly since it would also provide some much-needed knee room (one of the reasons I refuse to sit in a quad with people I don't know is that, quite frankly, I'm not interested in having my knees - or any other part of my body - touching that of a stranger who hasn't at the very least bought me dinner...<br /><br />Never going to happen, though - for exactly that reason. Too much leg room in the quads means fewer fares they can cram onto the trains... Sigh.Nora1968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441168213084499367.post-37600235748698881122015-09-14T09:35:14.518-04:002015-09-14T09:35:14.518-04:00She looks like she has nice clean legs, oiled and ...She looks like she has nice clean legs, oiled and everything. <br /><br />I think the foot riding problem can be solved with a simple design change. Move the seats back 6 inches and voila - they are no longer comfortable to put your feet on. This could be done by making each seat a few inches shorter. We get what we deserve after all :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com