the A-train
Courtesy of urban warrior, Colin, once again:
Transferring from the F train to a crowded A train, Colin knew something was wrong with the woman standing a few feet and a few people away from him. Her eyes kept closing and she couldn’t balance herself very well: she looked a bit fucked up, if one might say so. Shortly after the train started going into the tunnel towards Manhattan, this woman proceeds to vomit all over herself and the people immediately next to her. Colin is shielded from the chunks and liquids but not from the smell. The woman then plainly falls to the floor, passed out.
As the train is going through the tunnel, all the passengers are quietly and patiently enduring the disgusting situation. At the next stop, Colin calls the train conductor who says they’re going to have to let her lie on the floor until she comes to, because “We can’t call an ambulance unless the passenger requests one.”
Certainly, we don’t even need to begin to discuss the inanity of this policy.
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well that is just outright bullshit. I was on a train once where a man passed out and they were able to call the paramedics on his behalf. It sounds like either this particular conductor was a total douchebag (hey did you get a pic? i smell another DbOtW nominee) or the policy has changed for some reason, like someone sued the MTA and they are trying to protect themselves now. Either way if that is indeed the policy it needs to be made public. And of course, it’s a total crock of shit.