Anonymous wrote:unpopular opinion, I eat when I am on the train, today the officer told me to stop eating and I dont know why they don't crack down on vaping on smoking, but they just choice to crack down on eating its dumb. Crack down on people jumping the new gates...

Good. They should have arrested you.

Unpopular opinion indeed OP. I take metro a lot but l always wash my hands before eating something after I’ve taken public transport. Eating on a train or bus is not appealing.

I take metro 3 to 5 days a week. Both of my normal stations now have the higher fare gates. They’ve made a huge improvement. I think if you have to pay you are less likely to be the type of person who also eats, drinks and smokes on the metro.

I have noticed less random food and drink spilled in the trains, and less pot smell. I’ve also noticed a lot more officers and security personnel over the last 2 years or so.

I really think the biggest improvement is a result of the fare gates, not the security people. Sad that our city cannot function well on an honors system, but it’s reality.

You have never been able to eat on the train. This is not NYC

One can certainly hope. This rider hasn’t seen any decrease in fast food bags, fried chicken bones, or spilled drinks in the cars on a late afternoon ride on the red line.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eating has always been banned on the metro and it should be.

If you can't get thru a 10-40 minute metro ride without eating, you have issues

Yes it's called wanting to sleep in. get the eating done outside home and if metro is how they commute, that's where they're going to eat. Have you seen someone on a bike try to scarf down a meal while riding?

What an excuse-maker you are!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eating has always been banned on the metro and it should be.

If you can't get thru a 10-40 minute metro ride without eating, you have issues

Yes it's called wanting to sleep in. get the eating done outside home and if metro is how they commute, that's where they're going to eat. Have you seen someone on a bike try to scarf down a meal while riding?

Cyclists have some sort of liquid meal replacement they use.

Anonymous wrote:As anyone who has been on a NY subway across from some guy gnawing on chicken bones, which they then leave on the seat when they exit the train, I applaud this!

That's called job creation.

Anonymous wrote:Excellent news! When they used to enforce the no drinking and no eating rule, Metro was so much cleaner and nicer. Glad to hear it.

Agree! No one ever used to eat on the metro. We followed the rules. Then everyone stopped being able to follow rules and the metro ride became much less pleasant.

I am so glad someone talked to OP since was unable to follow the clearly visible signs.

And, by the way, they are cutting down on gate jumping.

Anonymous wrote:Excellent news! When they used to enforce the no drinking and no eating rule, Metro was so much cleaner and nicer. Glad to hear it.

+1
Don’t eat on the train OP. It makes it nasty for everyone.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eating has always been banned on the metro and it should be.

If you can't get thru a 10-40 minute metro ride without eating, you have issues

Yes it's called wanting to sleep in. get the eating done outside home and if metro is how they commute, that's where they're going to eat. Have you seen someone on a bike try to scarf down a meal while riding?

So then maybe they should put their big girl/big boy pants on and wake up earlier so as to not be such a lazy, rat-enabling child.

Anonymous wrote:Eating has always been banned on the metro and it should be.

If you can't get thru a 10-40 minute metro ride without eating, you have issues

Yes it's called wanting to sleep in. get the eating done outside home and if metro is how they commute, that's where they're going to eat. Have you seen someone on a bike try to scarf down a meal while riding?

As anyone who has been on a NY subway across from some guy gnawing on chicken bones, which they then leave on the seat when they exit the train, I applaud this!

I always wear a mask so obviously can’t eat

Yes, eating has never been allowed but much easier for Metro police to deal with than turnstile jumping.

Metro needs to get its priorities in order.