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Bonx

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72. Sorry, but you don't eat on the metro. They are very strict.

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2019, 02:49 PM

May 2019

And I'm glad. I don't want to sit in someone's mess.

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Author faces backlash for reporting black Metro employee for eating on train; book deal halted [View all] Demovictory9 May 2019 OP

This will teach her to mind her own business. madaboutharry May 2019 #1

Apparently you can't eat on the train, period. RhodeIslandOne May 2019 #2

Which is worse: Breaking the rule or not having an opportunity to eat? marble falls May 2019 #4

The public shaming is cruel - mob mentality - IndyOp May 2019 #7

You'd have to shut down Twitter. Igel May 2019 #27

Shutting down twitter would be the start of a new day in America superpatriotman May 2019 #37

so glad I "opt out" of that crap Rambling Man May 2019 #69

+1 Blue_Tires May 2019 #108

they get 20 min to eat their meal when they are in transit from one assignment to another.. samnsara May 2019 #23

She didn't break a rule, the metro authority seemd to condone what she was doing Merlot May 2019 #48

While that might all be true, it wasn't up to some total stranger to police that employee's behavior The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #51

Fuck that - if she was on her lunch break, and according to the union, she was... backscatter712 May 2019 #83

"Fuck that" what? RhodeIslandOne May 2019 #84

It is a rule no longer being enforced obamanut2012 May 2019 #101

Not true -- it is a rule no longer being enforced obamanut2012 May 2019 #102

Then that's a different story RhodeIslandOne May 2019 #109

Yep... Dorian Gray May 2019 #95

The sanctimoniousness - it burns!! IndyOp May 2019 #3

Metro median salary is $70,000 per year RVN VET71 May 2019 #13

Metro employees make quite a bit but work overtime to do it delisen May 2019 #15

Good outcome! nt wolfie001 May 2019 #5

Anyone remember Fawn Hall? RVN VET71 May 2019 #6

The thing about racism is - more often than not, it is subtle - IndyOp May 2019 #9

I agree. RVN VET71 May 2019 #11

I do see racism. IndyOp May 2019 #31

I see it the same way. Racism lurks in our psyche, and we have to be aware of it. MaryMagdaline May 2019 #52

+ struggle4progress May 2019 #76

I wonder if the tweet would go viral if treestar May 2019 #62

Exactly.... HipChick May 2019 #40

Unlikely it was motivated by race BannonsLiver May 2019 #57

Which is why the Metro police seem to have stopped enforcement -- RVN VET71 May 2019 #96

Except it is a rule no longer enforced obamanut2012 May 2019 #103

She deserves what she got. mwb970 May 2019 #8

The act of eating on subway or public vehicle IS harmful. Debris attracts rodents. 3Hotdogs May 2019 #10

I don't see what it has to do with the quality of the novel and whether or not to publish it treestar May 2019 #12

I don't see the connection, either. Silver Gaia May 2019 #14

Any train rider who sees behavior by a transit system employee, that they think is unacceptable, MH1 May 2019 #71

She must have a lot of followers treestar May 2019 #75

It was 100% telling the employer. She used @wmata as well as @unsuckdcmetro in her tweet... SMC22307 May 2019 #92

I wouldn't rat on someone, but it would piss me off if I was hungry and not allowed to eat on the Vinca May 2019 #16

Even if the employee had been breaking the rule, who would try to get her fired? Honeycombe8 May 2019 #17

maybe someone who got arrested for eating on the Metro dsc May 2019 #18

But the boss said she was on 20 min. dinner break, so it's allowed. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #21

It doesn't say that. Igel May 2019 #29

That was the reason she didn't get in trouble. If that's the case... Honeycombe8 May 2019 #33

gosh, you've never heard of mandatory overtime? CreekDog May 2019 #97

Actually she was Shrek May 2019 #30

So...effectively there is no rule. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #34

This happens to me all the time. Laffy Kat May 2019 #42

+1. nt Honeycombe8 May 2019 #43

Maybe they need to shut it down if they treat employees so unfairly MichMan May 2019 #68

First that isn't true dsc May 2019 #32

People who deal with the public can be very rude sometimes. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #35

But she isn't permitted to eat on the train dsc May 2019 #38

Her boss says she is. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #39

No her boss didn't say that dsc May 2019 #45

What is your solution? Honeycombe8 May 2019 #47

Simple dsc May 2019 #49

Do your letter. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #56

I got one! druidity33 May 2019 #93

My thoughts too. It shows a lack of compassion ecstatic May 2019 #88

I'm ambivalent. Metro has a history of arresting and handuffing people for eating Recursion May 2019 #19

There's no rule against that, is what I get from the article. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #22

Well,,,, when this stops I will have whistler162 May 2019 #20

Would you prefer they stop the train, so that the worker can leave to eat? Honeycombe8 May 2019 #24

I'd prefer WMATA took the drivers out altogether Recursion May 2019 #25

OF COURSE YOU WANT TO ELIMINATE JOBS!!! CreekDog May 2019 #98

I don't care if they keep getting paid, there's no reason for them to be in the train Recursion May 2019 #100

You don't know what they do!!! You don't know anything of their jobs, how can you know their value? CreekDog May 2019 #110

Well, fortunately WMATA disagrees with you, starting next month Recursion May 2019 #111

I just stopped in for all the comments defending the author. tenderfoot May 2019 #26

Interesting, yes? Tipperary May 2019 #28

Same lunasun May 2019 #54

I think the public nature of what the author did was out of line dsc May 2019 #36

Authoritarian Handbook 101... Wounded Bear May 2019 #41

I can't believe how many DUers are defending this racist woman. Laffy Kat May 2019 #44

funny no one had a problem with this dsc May 2019 #46

I agree that this "author" was out of line and should learn to mind her own business, but....... WillowTree May 2019 #53

Funny thing about racism Downtown Hound May 2019 #70

In other words, just because the metro worker was black, it had to have been racially motivated. WillowTree May 2019 #74

LOL. Not even remotely what I said. Downtown Hound May 2019 #80

My initial request asked what in the article indicated that this was racially motivated. WillowTree May 2019 #82

No, my point is that your question is impossible to answer Downtown Hound May 2019 #86

Actually, my question is very easy to answer. WillowTree May 2019 #91

+1 sometimes it appears every negative white/black interaction treestar May 2019 #105

Neither party here is white (nt) Recursion May 2019 #107

Metro has always been hardcore about enforcement of happybird May 2019 #58

It's like people have a little slavemaster perched on their shoulders. Rambling Man May 2019 #50

I know! nt Laffy Kat May 2019 #63

You put shit on blast, you better be ready for the comeback. Iggo May 2019 #55

If more people just learned to mind their own fucking business Downtown Hound May 2019 #59

If there's a rule against eating on the train, I won't eat on the train. MineralMan May 2019 #60

or they could be diabetic Rambling Man May 2019 #64

Exactly. I don't understand people who think everything MineralMan May 2019 #65

What is the reason for the rule? treestar May 2019 #77

Cleaning. If people can eat on the train, they'll just drop MineralMan May 2019 #81

I've traveled through Ireland recently. cwydro May 2019 #85

I'm not surprised. Some Americans are uncouth. MineralMan May 2019 #89

Yeah, no doubt you're right. cwydro May 2019 #106

Americans are really bad about littering treestar May 2019 #104

you mean they wouldn't do that if there was a law against littering? CreekDog May 2019 #99

Maybe Tynes should have made a formal complaint to the comradebillyboy May 2019 #61

Metro Transit Police can arrest you for eating on the train 4139 May 2019 #66

Maybe the author can apply for a job with them, now that her book deal is dead. eShirl May 2019 #73

If it wasn't racist it's definitley classist nini May 2019 #67

Sorry, but you don't eat on the metro. They are very strict. Bonx May 2019 #72

I accept your apology. Iggo May 2019 #87

I don't want to sit in anyone's mess either and appreciate the no-eating policy. SMC22307 May 2019 #94

There's a reason DC metro doesn't look MyNameGoesHere May 2019 #78

I especially love it when immigrants decide they get to be anti-black racists too. Dream Girl May 2019 #79

Why do some people... skypilot May 2019 #90