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Applies to Toronto as well (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/funny@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You're christened a real New Yorker when you see a guy urinating or defecating in a subway car, hopefully facing a set of doors "for privacy."

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Pretty sure the only reason that sort of thing happens is because the restrooms in the stations are closed for no good reason. At least, that's why it happens on my city's transit system and I assume NYC is similar.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I suppose my post came off demeaning, but whether you're homeless and excluded from access to basic human necessities, or a white collar office worker who is having a very bad digestive moment, there are defensible reasons why this may happen. That said, where there's a choice: I think pooping in the unpopulated far corner of the subway platform is preferable if at all possible. That's just like, my opinion, man.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I suppose my post came off demeaning

    I didn't read it that way.

    I was just flipping the perspective to look at it as a systems and design issue, rather than a behavioral issue. When anybody poops in a subway, it's the fault of the either the architect who failed to design the thing with enough restrooms or the management/politicians who failed to keep them operating correctly. It's never the fault of the pooper unless adequate facilities are readily available and he chooses not to use them purpose.

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