Two easy actions would make riding the T much more tolerable: 1- covering our faces when we hack up a lung, and 2- taking off the huge ass backpack when there isn't much room in the subway or bus.
Germs- What we really need is a campaign for sanitary public transporation. And by this I mean something that teaches people to attempt to not sneeze in other peoples faces on the T. I'm not phobic of germs, I don't wash my hands incessantly, and I don't act OCD when it comes to being around sick people but I've definitely noticed that people just dont seem to care about anything when they're sick. When you can't breath through both nostrils I know it's hard to be thinking about your fellow man but the mutant bird flu would spread like wildfire in a subway car. Also, have you ever seen the commercial for Purell where that guy sneezes on his hands and then grabs the shopping cart, and then the woman comes along and happily grabs the same handle right after?
Crowdedness- Is that even a real word? I don't know, I was a bio major.... Anyways, haven't you seen the poor little asian girl sandwiched between two huge guys trying desperately to clucth onto the handle bar while at the same time dueling with Joe-Shmo's 55 liter monster backpack in front of her?? Look at me everybody, I superglued a backpack on my back so I can look like Quasimoto. All you gotta do it take it off and the miracle of not taking up twice the space happens. But taking it off requires effort, as does lifting your hand to cover your mouth. Maybe, in the end all we need is an anti-laziness drug?
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