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  Can you ELI5 why that’s a curse? It sounds like each day would be better than the last.
context: In boston on the orange line, people would get on the virtually empty outbound trains in the morning, ride to stops further from the city, and switch to an inbound train.
  Probably other lines as well. >
  
  It is quite common to do this on BART (in the Bay Area) during commute time. Although, there is rarely an issue with the trains being actually full. People do it so they can get a seat instead of standing. >
  
  Another common BART rider trick is smoking fentanyl in the bathroom until you overdose and pass out so nobody else can use the bathroom til you (hopefully) wake up. That and pissing and jacking off on the train. But I mean obviously these aren’t selfish like the woman in the article though. >
  
  Man, what the fuck is up with the public transport in the US? I've used it all over Europe and the weirdest I encounter is just obnoxious people. And that one time the guy pissed himself in the back >
  
  Lack of social safety nets and shit healthcare system exacerbate homelessness and the raging drug epidemic. >
  
  You missed sky rocketing housing costs. >
  
  Have you guys actually ridden public transit before? It's not normally like this at all. >
  
  The last two cities I've lived in I've relied on their public transit systems (Boston and New York for full disclosure) and yes I regularly see homeless and drug addled folks on my daily commute in each. It's not like, a lawless hellscsape where everything is on fire but some days it felt pretty close, especially on routes near any hospitals or public health services.
  And granted some days the Boston T lines literally were on fire but anyways..
  Before THAT, I lived in San Diego and it wasn't even a question of riding public transit, homelessness was everywhere. Not as bad as San Francisco but the point stands - it's an epidemic. >
  
  Dude comm ave was always a nightmare near the methadone clinic! >
  
  I used to do the same. My commuter bus was very crowded at my stop, the last stop,  and would have 20+ people waiting.  So I’d walk up a few blocks to prior stops to get on, where the line was shorter. If the closest stop had a long line, I’d walk up one more. >
  
  “The line at McDonalds was long, so I went to a different McDonalds”
  “How fucking dare you?” >
  
  More like "The line was long at the McDonald's drive-thru so I went inside to order." >
  
  this always amazes me. the drive thru line will be MASSIVE and then inside there will be nobody. it really speaks to the laziness of people >
  
  Except that 9 times out of 10 it is still faster to go through the drive-thru.  There will be 4-5 employees working the drive-thru, and when you walk inside, you have to wait for an employee to come to the cash and take your order.  
  I've often been left wondering... since when did actually going inside an establishment make you an after thought or second class customer.  Almost every place that has a drive-thru makes the drive-thru a priority over people inside the restaurant.
  Rant over! >
  
  Corporate.
  They have time goals for drive thrus, usually only a couple minutes at most. The staff catches shit if the times are too high so they dogpile the drive thru with 4-5 people so they can keep everything moving and hit their times.
  People coming inside are not only not timed, but expected to sit around for a while at their table anyway. >
  
  1) why did anyone write an article about this 
  2) lady was just smarter than them and they mad, who cares >
  
  It’s Somerset, they rarely have anything interesting to report on. >
  
  "No luck catching them swans then?" >
  
  It's just the one swan actually >
  
  I wanna do what you do. >
  
  I do hereby give you permission to quote "Hot Fuzz" in all venues throughout the universe >
  
  I did.  "I wanna do what you do"  "you do do what I do!"
  I guess most of yall only know 2 or 3 quotes >
  
  The greater gooooooood >
  
  I moved to the end of the subway line in Singapore. I thought I would always be guaranteed a seat on the early morning train. Instead it was always full when I got on. People on the stop before the end would fill up the train, ride to the end, then back into town. I couldn't really get mad at them though. >
  
  Bizarre.. Never seen that in London >
  
  Hold the front page! Woman walks to bus stop with stroller! Gosh, life is exciting in Somerset. >
  
  “May you live in interesting times” is one of the great curses.
  I pray to live the rest of my life in a place as exciting as Somerset apparently. >
  
  I’m fond of “may each day be the best day of the rest of your life”