From Anonymous
Hi CJ,
Everyday on the 4:18pm Stouffville train there are these 4 (sometimes 5 woman) that get up and walk from the second car to the front one right after the train leaves Unionville so that they can be the first that get off at Markham Station (where they proceed to run across the tracks while the train gates are down, red lights going and bells tolling).
These door donkeys block the aisle and door everyday.
Usually I just ignore them but last Thursday I was quite in awe when I saw them purposely block the door while this poor woman was stopped from getting off at Centennial. The 4 door donkeys just stood there with their hoofs firmly planted looking as if they did no wrong. One of them even giggled as if it was funny.
This poor lady, however, was not impressed and rather than yell at them, she calmly called her husband to tell him what happened. What was fantastic is that another lady saw what happened and immediately asked if she could give the woman a ride back to Centennial. The 4 donkeys pretended not to hear.
Today I overheard the donkeys complaining that one of their donkey friends received a SECOND ticket this month by the GO Transit police ($175 I think) for crossing the tracks while the gates where down. They know that the Transit police are at Markham and they still run across the road in front of the train. Not sure if anyone from GO reads this site but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send your boys out at 5:00pm to Markham to catch these women (who run to the east side of the road). Please? It would make my week!
Karma, baby. Karma
13 comments:
These Markham riders are so gangsta'.
I wish I could be there to see this.
I here if you leave a box of donuts on the side of the road GoPo will come :)
I'm a big guy and I have literally barged through door donkeys and stairwell donkeys when they refuse to move when I ask politely. A few hundred pounds gets them out of the way and I'm not gentle.
Kudos to the lady who offered a lift! Helps boost my faith in humanity.
man, if someone was physically blocking me from getting off and I was going to miss my stop, I would push and shove. I certainly would not let it happen without a fight!
My question is why doesn't someone speak up and put these a-hole Door Donkeys in their place. Otherwise nothing will ever change
Poor lady, she doesn't sound very assertive (nor am I so I understand how it can happen), but sometimes you just have to use a some muscle with these types of idiots. Evidently asking them to move would be beyond their mental capacities.
I am the exact way.... Get out of my way, or get an elbow in your back/rib etc and be ready for pain. I hate TTC door donkeys.
Geez, what a shame it would be it one day the train gate suddenly went up and they got hit by an oncoming train. Too harsh???
Nope. Perfectly acceptable. But if I remember correctly, on the last post on this topic, someone mentioned that there is only 1 track.
I will admit that it will take something almost as drastic for them to change their behaviour.
Some people just live in their own little bubbles...
The Darwin principle has an effective way of dealing with this part of the gene pool so long as they are left to cross the tracks on foot.
Squiggles - I was trying to remember if that was the "one track station" too. Some people just feel so entitled.
We have read your comments. Constables will be riding your train and, as always, attending Markham station.
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