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Posts in category "Breaches of etiquete"

Tempers flare, push comes to shove on Red Line crowded with Cubs fans

As I tweeted last night: “The only time I *really* hate the #CTA Red Line is at 5 pm northbound on nights of #Cubs games. Like right now.” There was the usual crush of clueless Cubs fans and tourist Phillies fans at Grand/State on the Red Line. To make matters worse, Red Line trains were... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
July 20, 2011 at 7:00 am
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We could all show a little more civility on the CTA. Here's how

One could say that pushing a woman down the Fullerton station stairs and killing her as you run with a snatched iPhone is the most extreme example of a lack of civility on the CTA. The civil thing to do is to respect your neighbor’s property and not steal. The civil thing to do is... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
March 31, 2011 at 7:30 pm
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Murder puts CTA iPhone thefts on Page 1

Unfortunately, it took the tragic murder of an innocent 68-year-old woman for the city’s major media outlets to focus any attention on the big smartphone theft problem on the CTA. I’ve been writing about the big jump in thefts on the CTA for a year. I’ve been telling folks for a year about what they... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
March 31, 2011 at 5:59 pm
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Sisters cart their lives onto the Red Line

At least a dozen times this winter I’ve seen two sisters in matching long, wool coats, matching red scarves, and matching green hats, sitting on the Red Line in the area set aside for a wheelchair. But instead of a wheelchair, they placed what perhaps is all their earthly belongings. And it looks like they’ve... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
March 28, 2011 at 7:25 pm
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CTA on Paper: deciphering the modern-day hieroglyphics

Our series CTA on Paper continues with artist Susan Wise drawing the graffiti she saw on the window sill of a southbound Purple Line last week. “Sometimes I feel like I’m standing on a corner in Ancient Rome, reading the latest gossip on the city walls,” says Susan. I’m no expert at gang symbols, but... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
March 28, 2011 at 6:58 pm
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Cap the perfume bottle on the CTA

I have my nose buried in the Tribune on my usual Red Line commute into the city. Then my nose is brutally assaulted. As we pull away from the Granville station, the strong perfume scent permeates the entire car. I turn around and immediately spy the culprit: It was a 60-something woman in a bad... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
March 22, 2011 at 9:09 pm
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CTA crime: bus stare down leads to shooting; 2 guilty in third rail death

Two stories about crime on and around the CTA popped up in the news in the last day or so. Don’t stare down guys getting off the bus. The Trib reports: “A 17-year-old boy was shot in the back this afternoon after encountering a stare-down with three men getting off a South Side bus, Chicago... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
March 15, 2011 at 8:30 am
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CTA on paper: Artist depicts public transit denizens

CTA on paper: Artist depicts public transit denizens
Today we expand our roster of contributors again to include illustrations from my talented wife, Susan Wise. (You may recall that last week we featured the first in a series of CTA haikus by Jen  Masengarb.) Susan the artist carries a small notebook with her and dashes off quick sketches of people she sees on... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
March 15, 2011 at 8:20 am
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Anonymous Cermak bus driver expounds on his regimen for health

Nicolle posted this at the CTA Tattler page on Facebook. Put your CTA story there too. Last Friday night, I was on my way to work on the #21 Cermak bus. I’m not a huge fan of this bus, as it more-than-occasionally passes me up when I’m waiting at a marked bus stop. The driver... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
March 8, 2011 at 9:31 pm
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Here's how not to be a CTA theft victim

Here's how not to be a CTA theft victim
Cheryl shares this all-too-common story: We’re on the northbound Brown Line, pulling into Sedgwick about at 6:20 pm on Thursday. Two women were standing in front of the doors, one had her iPhone in her hand but she was talking to the other woman. Just as the doors open, a man runs through the door... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
March 6, 2011 at 7:21 pm
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