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athenaltenaT courtesy is a two-way street
The best thing the MBTA can do to promote civility is to eliminate the factors that promote anxiety and conflict among riders. When a long-delayed bus arrives with little room for new passengers, or when there’s no way of knowing how soon the next train will arrive, riders are more apt to take out their frustrations on one another.
Yah. Yesterday when I got out of the gym I was waiting nearly 20 minutes before my train showed up, and by then I was sweaty, sore, tired and pretty pissed off. And because you have no clue when one is going to show up (they've just now started giving time estimates with buses) it's hard to call ahead to let people know if it'll be five minutes or 20. It's really hard to schedule around the T, which is one thing my move next year is meant to address since I know how long I usually take on foot.
I'm usually fairly polite on the T, but yes, after that long waiting and especially after a long day I just want to sit down. I'm human, forgive me, but the MBTA does not help at all.
The best thing the MBTA can do to promote civility is to eliminate the factors that promote anxiety and conflict among riders. When a long-delayed bus arrives with little room for new passengers, or when there’s no way of knowing how soon the next train will arrive, riders are more apt to take out their frustrations on one another.
Yah. Yesterday when I got out of the gym I was waiting nearly 20 minutes before my train showed up, and by then I was sweaty, sore, tired and pretty pissed off. And because you have no clue when one is going to show up (they've just now started giving time estimates with buses) it's hard to call ahead to let people know if it'll be five minutes or 20. It's really hard to schedule around the T, which is one thing my move next year is meant to address since I know how long I usually take on foot.
I'm usually fairly polite on the T, but yes, after that long waiting and especially after a long day I just want to sit down. I'm human, forgive me, but the MBTA does not help at all.
