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Moral of the story: Finish chewing and swallow before entering the station
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DJ Demon J
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Yea, DC is fucking stupid. Poor lady. I noshed on half a Taco Bell Grilled Stuft Burrito (and if you've had one you know how big they are) in a Metro Station on Sunday afternoon without any incident.
Lucky Forward
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It's about time someone cracked down on middle-aged scientists.
Seriously, it may be good to have a 'no eating' law, but a little judgement is required here. I can see charging someone walking along eating a Big Mac, but someone chewing the last bite of their candy bar? Come on.
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Seriously, it may be good to have a 'no eating' law, but a little judgement is required here. I can see charging someone walking along eating a Big Mac, but someone chewing the last bite of their candy bar? Come on.
DJ Demon J
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bionic77 said:
This is only DC's Metro. AFAIK no other city subway system has this bylaw.
SteveMeister
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In 2000, police handcuffed a 12-year-old girl for eating a single french fry in a DC Metro subway station.
The thing that bothers me about this particular incident though is that the Metro police officer told her to finish her food, and she nodded, took the last bite of the candy bar into her mouth, threw the wrapper into the trash, and then stepped into the station.
She was arrested because she hadn't swallowed yet. It's not like she brought a whole candybar in there, or a big mac or whatever. It's ridiculous.
The thing that bothers me about this particular incident though is that the Metro police officer told her to finish her food, and she nodded, took the last bite of the candy bar into her mouth, threw the wrapper into the trash, and then stepped into the station.
She was arrested because she hadn't swallowed yet. It's not like she brought a whole candybar in there, or a big mac or whatever. It's ridiculous.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
I eat on the Metro daily. There's a science to it.
Cauliflower of Love
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darscot said:
But the terrorism...it's all gone!
Escape Goat
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We wont have to worry about candy wrapper laced anthrax-grams or Milky Way nuget bombs anymore.
We'd be shocked, but apparently Janet's bewbie has taken away any shock we would've had at this incident. I eat Subway sandwiches in front of MARTA officials and even offer them a cookie if they question me about the food. It almost always works. Or they just laugh and tell me to put it away.
Handcuffs are a whole new level of retardeness though.
Handcuffs are a whole new level of retardeness though.
Teh Hamburglar said:
I think they're trying to cut down on messes in the train area. I'd be absolutely shocked if they thought that the last bit of the candy bar you were eating was a bomb. It's like, "Mmm, that was a delicious candy bar. Well, time to put the bomb part of it into my mouth and blow up the Metro."
Then again, I had a pen taken away from me at an airport.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
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That's what I was thinking. The the 'odd'ness is what made this news in the first place.
Some people...
That's what I was thinking. The the 'odd'ness is what made this news in the first place.
Some people...
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
This isn't a homeland security thing. The policy started being heavily enforced BEFORE 9-11. It's about keeping the Metrorail cars & stations clean (and they definitely are). The problem is they're being ridiculous about enforcing the policy.
Fuck Metro Police. Those gorillas need to graduate high school before they start arresting 12 year olds.
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"Metro occasionally has come under fire for what some considered extreme enforcement of its no-eating rules. The best-known example was in 2000, when a transit police officer handcuffed a 12-year-old girl for eating a single french fry on a subway platform.
The incident catapulted Metro into the national spotlight, and talk radio hosts debated whether the agency had gone too far in its devotion to order. A federal judge later said the police were "foolish" to arrest the girl but ruled that Metro did not violate her constitutional rights."
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"Metro occasionally has come under fire for what some considered extreme enforcement of its no-eating rules. The best-known example was in 2000, when a transit police officer handcuffed a 12-year-old girl for eating a single french fry on a subway platform.
The incident catapulted Metro into the national spotlight, and talk radio hosts debated whether the agency had gone too far in its devotion to order. A federal judge later said the police were "foolish" to arrest the girl but ruled that Metro did not violate her constitutional rights."
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