I witness so many examples of people behaving badly on transit that I could probably dedicate an entire blog to that. Well, the other day I witnessed a doozy and more importantly I witnessed the other commuters openly verbally bash the offender. It was awesome.

I was on the skytrain and it was about half-full. I was on the long, bench seats in an older-model train car and an older man (about mid-60s?) who was neither homeless or crazy stood up and then turned around and planted one of his size-10 shoes on the seat that he had just vacated and tied his shoelace. Then he proceeded to do the same for his other shoe. When he was done he put his foot down and walked towards the door, leaving behind 2 sandy, dusty foot prints on the newly-vacated vinyl seat.

The older lady beside me (also in her mid-60s I’d say) loudly scoffed when he tied the first dirty shoe with it on the seat. I had my headphones on so I didn’t clearly hear her, but then she said something like “Some people! How rude! No manners, so oblvious!” (you get the idea). Then the other elderly women who were seated around us nodded in agreement and the proceeded to trash-talk this guy while he stood just a couple of meters away. He had his hands in his pockets and was staring at the door, and I wasn’t sure if he was ignoring them or if he was so oblivious that he had not idea how his behaviour had just offended the rest of the train car.

Regardless I have to agree with the ladies on this one. Seriously, buddy. You have no class and you’re a loser. Just because you’re finished with the seat, you have absolutely no regard for the next person who wants to have a seat on transit during rush hour but has to contend with your dirty foot prints that might rub off on their asses. Give your head a shake. You’re an idiot.