Train station experience with people who really lack discipline??
By cyclopz
@cyclopz (251)
Sydney, Australia
March 3, 2012 1:14pm CST
I had actually experienced this once just a week ago and i thought that this was just a random incident becuse i only encountered it once, but just today I experienced it again and it was really quite disappointing.
I was on my way home riding the train, it was quite full maybe becase lots of people are also on their way home during that time. When the train had its stop in a station, the door opened and before the passengers could alight the train people from outsite immediately tried to force their way in the train without letting the passengers off the train. Good thing for me that i was near the door because i also had the same experience where i missed my stop because people won't make way for passengers to alight the train.
Even if there is no more space in the train they would still push their way in just to ride it. Its quite disappointing that when a woman got hurt in the incident and people still didn't care as long as they could just board the train
The sad thing about this is that people who were doing this are not that well off as i could see from the way the dress. Maybe its quite expected that people who are not that well off are not that disciplined but i think there are also some rich people who are also not disciplined. I think discipline really starts from home and on how parents bring up their children.
What can you say about this?
Have you also experienced the same thing?
Thanks for sharing.
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11 responses
@savypat (20216)
• United States
3 Mar 12
I would really like to sit back and discuss this with you. Why do you think this is happening, it defys logic, wouldn't it be logical to let people off and thus make more room on the train? A couple of things come to mind. Are the stops not long enough to allow for people to get off and new people to board? Is there some other reason, can they avoid paying if they just crowd on? Are there always more people getting on than off, thus packing the car and not allowing all who want to board the ability to board? These are just some reasons that came into my mind, no doubt there are more. But I really don't think this action can be just rude manners?
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@cyclopz (251)
• Sydney, Australia
4 Mar 12
Yes, it really is very logical to let the passengers alight the train first so that there would be space for people to aboard the train but in this case no one seemes to think about it that way. The stops are actually long enough if people would just be systematic about letting the passengers alight first before boarding but i think they are quite afraid that there won't be enough space for them when someone gets ahead of them aboarding the train.
There is no may that could avoid paying for their transportation once they are inside the station because they could not enter the station if they don't pay in the first place. There are actually lots of station where the train would stop, in some stops there are lots of people getting off in others there are quite few. I think in a way its quite rude and dumb for people to do, and from seeing the expression on the faces of these people they seemed to enjoy pushing others inside the train.
@magester1 (148)
• Argentina
3 Mar 12
I understand where that comes from, here the trains, and the subway as well, get unbelievably crowded.
Fortunately, most people have some common sense (no matter the social background as you were saying) and let people get off the train before trying to push their way inside.
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@cyclopz (251)
• Sydney, Australia
4 Mar 12
I think maybe because the fare they pay is still quite cheap that is why almost everyone prefer to ride the train and besides its much faster as compared to other public transport vehicles. I feel really quite disappointed about this that when i got home i tried searching the site of the train station to report the incident but it just says that the site is still under construction. I think is it not that hard finding a solution for this because i could also see some security guards near the doors of the train just wathching as this happen. As part of their job i think they could at least assist the passengers so that this doesn't happen but i think they don't even seem to care about this.
@magester1 (148)
• Argentina
4 Mar 12
Oh I'm pretty sure they don't care about it.
Besides, most people don't have another available choice of transportation so they'll have to use the train no matter under what circumstances.
@GardenGerty (157865)
• United States
4 Mar 12
I do not have trains, buses or mass transit of any kind available, but this also compares to people trying to get into an elevator before the passengers get off. It is rude, and dangerous as well. People should learn good behavior at home but they do not always.
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@venkit (2955)
• India
4 Mar 12
surely, this happen in my city also.
In rush time, people don't think what they are doing.
Everyone want to reach home or reach for job, never mind about others.
man/woman being a social being we should take care of others also and we should not not disturb others while using our rights.
In this busy world no one shows respect to each other and just forget how to behave to our fellow beings.If the people to enter the train stand in a queue it will not happen, but I haven't seen such a queue in my country.
The people who want to enter rushes into the train, to get the destination soon and also have the fear of missing the train.And people inside the train sometime misses their destination due to this unless our destination is the last stop.
I think it is simply controllable by the governing bodies, its their silence make this so worse.
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@AgentGulaman (3546)
• Philippines
4 Mar 12
Hoho! That is a normal sight here in our country. People are always rushing in to board the train. I always experience this especially when I am going to work early in the morning and going home after work during peak hours. There are a lot of people and the train capacity is really insufficient. But hell, yeah! There are a lot of people without breeding and discipline. They will do anything just to over run the other people around. There is usually a line for boarders, but a lot of those inhumane people will try their chances to slip off the line and move ahead of the others. Very unethical. And what more! They are the ones who got angry easily when they can't board the train. They are also the ones with the guts to mock at other people. I really don't know why such kind of people even exists.
@Vvance (280)
• United States
4 Mar 12
Yes, this happens quite commonly, especially in urban areas. Poor people move to the richer parts of their country to earn more money and at the end of the day, they have to return to their homes. I don't know if it's their eagerness or their illiteracy that forces them to do what you said, but either way, it isn't good. Where I live, people let others get off before scrambling onboard. I have experienced it but only long ago, not so much anymore.
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@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
4 Mar 12
Yes, there are people out there who really don't know how to use the transit system, and it can make it a bad experience for everyone else.
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
9 Mar 12
At commuter time the people push to get in the train or the underground carriage. I used to work in an office in London before I was made redundant from my job at age twenty. I remember the underground station having thousands of people on it and the commuters getting on the underground train. Some were pushing very badly. One time in the summer I stood up in the busy carriage and fainted. I was helped off the underground train. At commuter time Bristol train station has a train with just two carriages. That is 16.50 from Bristol Temple Meads home and it is a challenge to get on it. I think that only having two carriages makes commuters desperate to get on it. They all push and it is very hard to get on it with my disabled son's wheelchair. I take him to Bristol often for hospital appointments. When I was at secondary school the kids pushed to get on the coach. If I missed it then I had to get two buses home and it would take one and a half hours. I do not push but try to get on the train in a sensible plus polite way.
@yanzalong (18981)
• Indonesia
4 Mar 12
We have the same passengers here in Jakarta. Regardless of whether the train is full or not those people push themselves up into the train without making way for passengers who want to alight the train. This is everyday happening at the train stations. In this situation we can not distinguish which are educated people which are not.
@CaptAlbertWhisker (32512)
• Calgary, Alberta
4 Mar 12
that is the reason why I decided to buy my own car, because I had so much problemns with the traffic from those buses and the crowd of people in train stations. I remember there was this tank sized man who almost pushed me in back to the train while I am about to exit. I also remember a woman is standing in the middle of the train ride and she have no idea someone slashed her bag and stole her money.
My new car is ugly as heck but i raher have a humiliating car than commute again.
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@mariab2000 (740)
• Canada
3 Mar 12
I can understand this situation as I have also encountered it a few times in the subway here especially when it is crowded. However, most of the time people have the common sense to clear the way for others to get off the train first and then they try to get in. Here, there are only a few people who wouldn't follow this and it is very irritating and frustrating to see this. And, you are right that discipline really starts from home...
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