Subway Etiquette Do's and Don'ts: Porn Is Bad, Eye Contact Is Okay

By
James Ramsay
WNYC News | Aug 2, 2017

Complaints: You've had a few.

With the average New York commuter spending about 6 hours a week getting to and from work, there's plenty of time for subway etiquette pet peeves to fester.

The problem is, complaining about other riders' behavior isn't that fun to listen to. It's often tedious when the average person does it, and arguably discriminatory when authority figures do it.

So we asked a few comedians for their subway Do's and Don'ts, and they shared these lighter-hearted lamentations.

Jo Firestone 

Connor Ratliff 

Ophira Eisenberg 

Ben Yakas 

 

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