This is so dead-on about the most typical sucky things people do on the subway ( with one exception--standing up before you reach your stop is sometimes the only way to get going in the process of being able to get off a crowded car where you will be fighting like hell to get off at your stop-- saying " Excuse me," etc. over and over again).
It also does not mention all the beggars and their sing-song sob stories, the bible thumpers delivering religious rants, and the "singers" and"musicians" ( you will hear more of them at the station, of course...one in ten will be OK, the others will make you think the Death Penalty is not really such a bad idea at all for disturbing the peace...well, there is no peace in the subway, true)
Finally, the people who will fixedly stare at you on a less crowded train ( trick a friend at NYU taught me a millenium ago, -- just start casually picking your nose!)
1. Clip your fingernails.
2. Lean on the pole instead of holding it.
3. Shove your way onto the train without letting people off first.
4. Eat stinky food on a crowded rush hour train.
5. Fall asleep on your neighbor.
7. When seated, attempt to get up before your stop, forcing everyone near you to let go of their poles.
9. Talk loudly on your phone when the train is above ground.
10. Put your dripping wet umbrella on an empty seat.
11. Decline to let visibly pregnant women sit.
12. Squeeze into a packed car that clearly cannot hold any more passengers.
13. Sit like this.
15. Wear a backpack on a crowded car.
16. Play a loud game without headphones, so everyone can listen to the noises.
17. Rock out with your belly out.
18. Let your hair touch other passengers, which is actually the worst.
19. Stand in front of the doors and refuse to move when the door opens.
20. Put your feet up on a seat.
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