Some of the more memorable and stupid moments:
1. The projectile vomiting into the stairwell of the #5 platform.
2. The drunken, leap-frogging over other seats... with passengers seated in them.
3. Attempting to walk on the ceiling of the GO train.
4. Urinating in the aisle (this resulted in the activation of the yellow strip by yours truly).
5. Passing out in front of the doors.
6. Singing loudly at the top one's lungs while drunk as all hell.
7. Trying to fart, in tune, to the song "Back in Black" by AC/DC.
8. Drunken fist fights and screaming into other passengers' faces for no reason.
9. Standing and straddling chairs in a quad while kicking at the window.
10. Lighting a joint and passing it around while young children (with grandparents) were present.
Many of these incidents occurred at a time when I was not equipped with a mobile device that recorded video, which is a shame because many of these shenanigans were worthy of public shaming on YouTube. Some of them were recorded but when played back, the audio quality was too poor to make out what was being said.
All of these incidents happened on trains where no transit safety officers were present. I have noticed that over the past year, GO has made it a point to beef up security during Leafs home games.
What these fans don't realize (not to be confused with the ones who do behave themselves) is how their behaviour affects those of us riding home after a long day at work. We don't care to bear witness to your obnoxiousness, nor do we feel you're entitled to act the way you do.
What often irritates me is when an older man, such as 65-plus, speaks up and addresses these idiots, asking them all to sit down and keep the peace. The disrespect would make my Baba roll over in her grave. The language. The attitude. Shameful. It really is.
The way some of you behave is not funny. It's just sad and pathetic. It's downright embarrassing when it's men and women from my generation.
I don't know what has caused some of these fans to act the way they do when on a public train. You can't blame alcohol because I drink to get "happy" and I've never behaved like any of these donkeys.
So what gives?
7 comments:
You expect rational behaviour from people who look forward to annual disappointment in a playoff race?
I find alcohol just amplifies your true self. So if these guys are sober assholes they become über-assholes when drunk.
I have been known to leave activities early on leaf game days solely to avoid the craziness associated with the champions of perpetual losers.
Leaf fans . . . bunch of delusional losers!!! But I will spare you from my Leaf Nation hatred rant and agree with C.J. I hate to sound like my parents but what happened that there is a generation (or two) out there with absolutely no respect for anything or anyone and a complete lack of integrity? GO should always have someone patrolling the train after any sporting event and/or concerts. How come I can go to the same events and behave myself?
People are becoming more and more disgusting as the days go by. Any one of the actions listed fully warrant somebody hitting the yellow strip or at the least telling the CSA on the train there may have been TSOs on that train just not at your end.
I grew up in Montreal. I worked as casual labor for a few shows at the Forum back in the 80's.(mostly toting lighting trees and amp towers). The traveling crew for a artehr famous heavy metal band once asked me why it was that they always had problems with drunk fans in Toronto but never in Montreal. In Toronto there were no sales of liquor or beer and they searched people at the gates. In Montreal, there was beer on sale all the way through the show... Yet there was nary a hassle with fan behaviour at the Forum, but drunken near riots on the floor of the Gardens. I told them that it was residue from puritanical upbringing. When you internalize that drinking is evil, you are more apt to think that you can be evil when you give in to the temptation. So a significant monority of Toronto drinkers set themselves up to act like arseholes because deep down they figure that's what is expected after they "sin".
I've seen GO transit cops actually board these trains after a Leafs game. Also these drunks know that they're behaving badly but they dont have a heart. Maybe someone should pull the fire extinguihers and fire it on them!!!!!
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