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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to be a daily Metro commuter; I haven’t been near a Metro track in years because to do so activates my anxiety to panic levels. And yes, I have a diagnosis of panic disorder and have taken meds for decades.

My metro panic developed from claustrophobia but now I’m sorry to report is multifaceted. I have no interest in facing my fears as I’ve done with airplane travel. I simply will not ride Metro.[/quote]

As challenging as airplane travel can be, at least the passenger sitting next to you is not lighting up a joint mid-flight and likely didn’t vault past the security checkpoint and the gate agent to board the plane without paying.[/quote]

But who cares if the person next to you vaulted over the turnstile? Why would the fact that they didn’t pay make you more anxious?[/quote]

Fare evasion is theft of services.  And you can be sure that anyone who commits assault, robbery or some other crime likely didn’t pay a faire to ride.[/quote]

OK, but that doesn't mean that the person next to you who didn't pay likely is going to commit assault or robbery. Besides, once you're on the train, you have absolutely no way of knowing whether the other people in the system paid or not when they walked in, except in a small handful of cases where you see people entering when you do.

Do you ride Metro regularly? Or you just have an opinion on how it's sketchy now because people aren't paying? I commute to and from work by Metro two or three days a week, and I really am not remotely bothered by individual people not paying, except insofar as it's obviously not good for the system if they're not collecting fares. I pay. I don't care if the person next to me paid. None of them have assaulted me.[/quote]
There is a strong correlation between people who commit this crime and people who commit other crimes. People are generally not selectively anti-social. [/quote]

Yes, but even if 100 percent of crime committed on Metro is committed by people who don't pay their fares, we don't know (a) what percentage of people who don't pay their fares commit other crimes (it's surely a small one, though) or (b) who among your fellow passengers hasn't paid their fares. So again, I don't worry about it when I'm on Metro.[/quote]

So you’ve said…but if you are not caring so hard, why are you here posting in this thread?[/quote]

Because I think the rest of you who are gnashing your teeth about it are being ridiculous.[/quote]

I don’t really care about the metro, I don’t have to ride it any longer.  For my trips into DC I can Uber.  It’s more about the casual acceptance of antisocial  behaviors.  It doesn’t bother you, so you don’t care.  People don’t care about shoplifting.  Maybe a little is ok.

Then, maybe a little racism is ok, too.  If you are a man, why would a little casual misogyny bother you?

Come on, we live in a society, act like an adult.[/quote]

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