by james1787
When I started commuting to NYC with a different job, I would take the Midtown Direct in and take the E subway to my stop up in Midtown. Every morning it was the same thing - people would cram and squeeze to try to get every last person on the train, myself included. God forbid you'd have to wait for the next train!
So after our bank was bought out I found myself in a different company altogether commuting to 23rd street. I began taking the Gladstone line to Hoboken and then Jumping to path.
Something I've noticed a while and just never bothered to ask about is why do people decide to wait for a less crowded PATH train when there is still plenty of room to get on the PATH train I'm standing on? It's not just one or two that do this.. there's alot!! Are they looking out for a seat? Is the 12 minute trip too long to even think about standing? I've actually watched some people (usually a few a week) get off the train when it starts to fill up to go wait for the next one. What mezmerizes me even more is that there are people that will stand and wait on the wall side of the 33rd street train because there are too many people on it and after it goes.. they stay there! That means that they have to wait for the middle 33rd train to go before whatever train replaces the wall side 33rd street train to go. That's a good 10-15 minutes, when all they had to do was step on the train. Another one that gets me is if I'm running late.. obviously the path train is less crowded and there are usually seats available. I have seen people get out of the seats to go get on another 33rd street train even when there were seats free on the train I'm sitting on.
I just find it odd.. something weird I picked up on.
So after our bank was bought out I found myself in a different company altogether commuting to 23rd street. I began taking the Gladstone line to Hoboken and then Jumping to path.
Something I've noticed a while and just never bothered to ask about is why do people decide to wait for a less crowded PATH train when there is still plenty of room to get on the PATH train I'm standing on? It's not just one or two that do this.. there's alot!! Are they looking out for a seat? Is the 12 minute trip too long to even think about standing? I've actually watched some people (usually a few a week) get off the train when it starts to fill up to go wait for the next one. What mezmerizes me even more is that there are people that will stand and wait on the wall side of the 33rd street train because there are too many people on it and after it goes.. they stay there! That means that they have to wait for the middle 33rd train to go before whatever train replaces the wall side 33rd street train to go. That's a good 10-15 minutes, when all they had to do was step on the train. Another one that gets me is if I'm running late.. obviously the path train is less crowded and there are usually seats available. I have seen people get out of the seats to go get on another 33rd street train even when there were seats free on the train I'm sitting on.
I just find it odd.. something weird I picked up on.
James Kern