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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven’t read the whole thread, but why was it the author lady’s job to tell the metro lady she was breaking the rules.  I get the whole “see something say something” campaign but I thought that was more for life threatening infractions.  She could have handled it way differently.  Use the train intercom to call the authorities, taken a picture and then take it to metro police.  Who probably would have cited her for being a nuisance.

What gave her the right to take the law into her own hands? She isn’t a metro employee.  She wasn’t attempting to correct a child.  This was another grown adult woman. She has no agency over this woman.  What a sense of entitlement.  She should have minded her own business.

The poster who tagged her metro molly got it right!
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The riders have to call out people who violate the rules.  The other day I was on a Metro train, and some hipster kept putting his shoes on part of the seat where I was sitting.  I finally asked him to take his feet down.  He actually refused to do it at first and asked what was wrong with it.[/quote]

But you didn't display his photo to thousands when you did that, right? Hence the difference and the justifiable outrage.[/quote]

A photo "board of shame" may be the only way to force behavioral change and more enforcement attention.  Filth, litter, panhandling, loud music playing, dogs (untrained so-called support animals) who bark and defecate, other types of antisocial behavior in the Metro have increased in the last couple of years.  Considering that Metro was once a model for the nation, it is the riders who should be justifiably outraged.[/quote]

Tell you what, [b]Becky[/b] - go for it. And see who comes out worse in the end - you or the people you are trying to shame.
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Buh, Felicia![/quote]

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