Top 10 Most Annoying Habits of Metro Riders!
Having been an avid metro rider for the past 10 years of my life and experiencing many different situations I thought I should talk about the “Top 10 Most Annoying Habits of Metro Riders!”. There are many and believe me many disgusting, ridiculous, horrid, and other adjectives to describe the many things I have seen on the good old DC Metro. Some of these reasons have been displayed on one of my other posts “Top 10 things to make the DC Metro Better!” but it doesn’t make them anymore excusable. This top 10 goes over my personal pet peeves about the Metro Riders but to check out other peoples opinions check out UnsuckDCMetro’s post here!
10. People Talking on the Cellphone.
I cannot stand it when the person next to me or near me is talking on their cellphone. Granted this is to much of a problem as not all the stops give reception but they will soon (check it out here). I can understand a quick call but your life story come on! I don’t want to know about how hungover you are or what you did last night shoot them a text or email. And why do you feel the need to talk so loud! Which reminds me who the *$%^ are you talking to at 8 in the morning. I have always wondered about this question as I can only think of about 5 times in my life I have called someone that early and it was only because of something important not to chit chat.
9. People Trying to Act Cool!
I have seen many people try to do this and I still fail to understand it. Why do you feel the need to do this most of us are not in high school anymore and don’t care about you. Here a few links to metro riders trying to look cool (here, here, and here).
8. Body Odor!
It is 2009 and people still fail to use deodorant and other necessities to keep themselves smelling fresh. I understand there are homeless people that can’t do this but I am not talking about them. I am talking about the people in suits, dress shirts, or whatever that just reek. Please for our sake and your sex life put on some deodorant.
7. Unnecessary Touching!
Why oh why must you feel the need to brush up against me or put your hand on my back when trying to cram into the metro car. I understand you don’t want to miss the train and the people behind you don’t either but why the touching. That really does just make me move slower because I have to turn around and give you a dirty look.
6. Metro Car Door Standers!
Get out of the way! Unless your getting of the train you should not be standing within three feet of the door. The people getting on and off will now have to funnel through a one person space where normally two people can get out. Its not like the extra five seconds you save by standing there will actually matter.
5. People standing in the Left Lane!
Just like with cars us commuters here on the metro use the same principle. Fast movers on the left slow movers on the right. This should be stated on the metro card. I dunno how many times I have been stuck behind someone crawling up or down the escalator in the left lane. Then when I ask them to move over or pass them they get all pissy. Grow Up!
4. Move to the Center of the Train!
If people are coming in and you know the train is going to get crowded move to the middle. I mean seriously it is not like you are not going to get out. It makes room for the other people getting on the train. Don’t hog space close to the door it makes no sense.
3. Escalator Jammers!
This one really pisses me off. I cannot stand when people stop and decide which way they are going to go at the bottom of the escalator. GET OFF then decide! I have had many times where the person in front of me stops and the person behind runs right into me. Its not their fault it is the person blocking the escalator. I don’t understand why the logical decision of getting to safety then finding out where you are going.
2. Annoying Teenagers!
Calm down! This is not your freaking school bus. So you don’t need to talk like it is. In the real world people talk in a normal tone of voice and don’t infringe on other peoples rights. Why do you have to scream and act like idiots WHY??????
1. Performing Tasks on the Metro that Should be Done at Home!
I have seen many disgusting things on the metro but two stand out far above all else. I once saw someone cutting their fingernails on the metro. WTF that is ridiculous, nasty, and rude. Their is no way this person was going to pick up all their nail shrapnel ugh it makes me sick thinking about it. I found this on UnSuckDCmetro and it is pretty bad as well. It is known as the Arm Barber. A man was cutting his arm hair on the metro. Seriously? I don’t even need to rant about that one but you can check it out here!
Let us know about your gripes on the metro! I hope I have helped some people realize how disgusting and or annoying they are. I also hope they will stop, but I doubt it. Hopefully at least one person learns a lesson!
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LMFAO! This is an awesome post! Thank you!
You left one out — although you can see him in the picture of the doofus with the bag in the door — the a**hats who insist on bracing their entire back against the vertical pole and/or the females who wrap an arm around it and lean against it as if they’ve found their new favorite stripper pole, leaving no room for anyone else to hold on. Get a grip people, preferably with one hand like everyone else!
But you forgot the nastiest ones – the nose pickers who flick that shit afterwards.
My complaint – pole huggers. People who lean their entire bodies on poles that others could be using to hold on to when the train is crowded. Are you paying rent on this pole? Is it exclusively yours? No. So get a grip, and stop hugging it.
People who feel the need to sit down at an angle so I end up with you or multiple bags on my arm or in my lap. Approach the seat, edge in and sit straight down. Its really not that hard.
Great post, but someone needs spelling and grammar lessons. Almost as offensive as some of the Metro transgressions.
Sub-category of annoying kids: the ones who, instead of listening to music on their headphones like normal people, insist on entertaining the whole car with whatever Rihanna song is hot right now via their bad-quality speakerphone. Few things inspire as much rage…
Here in Atlanta we call it the Marta. I agree with all 10 of yours and want to add one more. Coughers, suck on a piece of candy for the sake of the folks around you. we dont want to hear you and we dont want your spittle.
geezzzz raised in a barn or what?
I always get a kick out of these. I hate metro it is so unreliable and gross, but it is my only option since driving is out of the question, but I have to disagree with one of your points. I take a bus at west falls church and due the the unreliability of metro sometimes I have less than 60 seconds to catch it and if I stand in the middle of the train waiting for all the pokey low-energy people as they amble out of the train and up the escalators I will never make my bus and it does’t come every 5 or 10 minutes so don’t tell me to wait for the other one. I can’t stand being behind people who can’t move it.
Backpacks! People just don’t look before they turn and end up hitting others with their backpacks.
Small bags on wheels just take up too much space in a crowded place.
Amen to ALL the above! They all irk me too!
How about the folks who take their time getting off the train with a mob waiting to get on, knowing full well that the doors don’t stay open forever. They want to carry on conversations with people who are still on the train, or play with their cell phones instead of making their way off the train, or how about the sightseers, the ones who stand in the doorway and look around before they get off. My comment to those folks is: if you don’t get your asses off this train, we don’t have time for your foolishness!!
body odor is nasty that is why i always take a bath twice a day..`*
body odor is nasty that is why i always take a bath twice a day.~-: