1. Get on the train
2. Take out your food. Preferably something hot and watery like Chinese food or a big slice of pizza. You get the idea.
3. Sit next to a Hipster or Yuppie with a kid in a stroller. The kid in the stroller thing is key here.
4. “Accidentally” spill some of your food on the floor or on yourself on near the Hipster or Yuppie.
5. Pretend that you didn’t even notice that you spilled any food and continue to eat.
6. That’s it. Done.
7. Now wait to hear from your local Politician that no one can ever eat food on the subway again. Why? Because that Politician received about 100 emails and tweets and facebook posts about the disgusting slobs that eat on the subway and what is he gonna do about it now or he’s not gonna get voted for the next time around.
8. Pat yourself on the back for finding a solution to the problem without doing too much yourself.
9. Trust me, it works.

Isn’t Bill Perkins a friend of Carl Kruger’s?

Maybe he should fess up about this….

http://politicsinbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2012/01/political-buffoonery-brought-to-you-by.html

…as soon as nancy “mrs. paul mccartney” shevell resigned her position on the board of the mta, stuff is starting to get crazy. i told you all before that woman was keepin’ it all together. you watch what happens. you’ll see. they’ll be trying to get people to stop peeing on the platforms then what are we gonna do? this city is going to hell. what a shame.

Many years ago, I worked in a legal word processing department. Staff got to have the leftovers from the partners’ meals, and I happily walked down the hall with a plate. The cleaning lady walked past me and I smiled in greeting.

“Hair floats,” she said, gravely.

It’s the last time I’ve eaten in a public space that is not a restaurant nor park.

That’s the thing that creeps me out about people eating on the subway. You have no idea what sort of human detritus is floating around in those cars. Blech.

Obviously this Senator has a lot free times on his hands. There’s no reason to fine somebody for eating on the train. Maybe this is the one time they got a chance to eat, who knows! I don’t eat on the train, but I don’t see why if I don’t do something that makes somebody else doing it wrong. As for those who are “grossed out” by this, you really do need to get out more and interact with more people.

Not going to happen.

WHERES SHILL PERKINS WHEN THE MTA IS RAISING THE FAIR AND CUTTING SERVICE,OR IS IT HE HASNT GOTTEN ANY FACETIME LATELY……SHILL PERKINS CAN DROP DEAD

I do not agree with legislating behavior like eating however, what takes place on the subway demonstrates the lack of respect people have for themselves and society. Etiquette is something that should be taught in the home. Unfortunately, the breakdown of the traditional household with family values, self-respect and consideration for your neighbors has led to the issues raised in this article.

Apart from whether it’s rude to eat on the subway or not, it’s wrong, period. What kind of humans have we become if we don’t eat where we’re supposed to eat, crap where we’re supposed to crap, and talk loud where we’re supposed to talk loud, etc. Are you telling me people don’t have time to eat at home or in a restaurant? Then they’re living wrong lives in the first place. As for fines, I think 250 is not high enough; more like 2000 is high enough. How long does it take to eat food on the subway? It can take just as long at home or in the place where the food was purchased.

I was interviewed this morning by CBS and quite a few others in the car said they didn’t mind and neither do I; funny, our comments weren’t included. If feeding rodents is the main issue then the MTA should be addressing littering–not eating. I don’t regularly eat on the subway, but I have like other normal people. Only the “stush” (aka pompous) have a problem with it…its a reason for them to look down there noses at people who don’t have the time to sit at a table.

THE EATING AND DRINKING ON SUBWAYS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. YEARS AGO THERE WERE SIGNS. THERE SHOULD BE EXCEPTIONS LIKE TYPE 1 DIABETIC

This is absolutely ridiculous. This is another case of the government getting too big and trampling on our rights as citizens. If I want to eat my breakfast on the subway, nobody should be able to tell me not to.

Well another smart ass from the government
the PROBLEM IS NOT EATING in subway or anywhere else
the PROBLEM IS LITTERING that people do NOT keep their surrounding clean after them self
it should be fined for littering not for eating
Please address the right issue here and not something else Mr Perkins

Can we get a ban on sick people on the train first?

Sigh guess I’ll have to get used to one meal a day…dinner

People should Wait until they exist the system, but that’s not going to happen. The coffee drinkers really get on my last nerve in the A.M.

In Las Vegas, you’re not allowed to bring any beverage or food containers on their buses.

this idea is about the stupidest one yet.
i know the MTA is trying to run a business and make more money off their riders.
but with all the service cuts and everything i think they should just shut down the entire subway, pave the tracks and let pedestrians and cyclists use the tunnels instead. it would be faster anyway half the time.

What a great idea! Americans should try a little self-discipline and self-restraint and perhaps a little individual responsibility.

….goodbye America,…welcome to the third world,…..
—————————————-

The U.S. of Hollow

Junior demons litter the culture,
sucking up all that’s left.
The Elder knew how to pick em’
The Boy claimed no such heft.
Picked apart and long picked over,
our bird of Giving Thanks.
America, finally laid to rest,
by her own traitorous Yanks.
Liberty & Freedom,
need no such plan to follow,
bleeding slowly across our land,
The United States of Hollow.
-
RJ O’Guillory /Author/ Webster Groves-The Life of an Insane Family

I agree! It is disgusting to watch someone chow down a sloppy smelly sandwich or a plate of spaghetti riding on the subway. There are no boundaries anymore. People do whatever they want wherever they want with absolutely no regard for the other people aound them.

if you stop the riders from eating bagels, they will surely eat oneanother

To be honest this is America and if people can eat in their cars, they can eat on the subways. Yes rodents are a problem but some people need to eat and should have the freedom to do so. We are already gouged enough for everything in the city as it is. Be reasonable. This is not a communist country. Lets not act like it.

Criminalizing normal, otherwise legal behavior is NOT the civilized way.
They tried to ban eating (and drinking) before, but there was too much protest. How does having a politician propose this ban make it more acceptable? Or is this (as I suspect) just another publicity stunt on a slow Sunday?

The easiest and most obvious solution is to SHUT DOWN all public transportation. It’s also the most patriotic solution because REAL Americans drive everywhere.

OK Maybe having a meal on The Train is a bit ridiculous.I rather eart in more pleasant sarroundings.But what about snacks.There are concessions in Subway stations that sell candy,peanuts,drinks,some sell hot coffee.Does’nt The Rockefeller Centre Subway station have a Dunkin donuts.A full meal,no.But you can not ban all types of food especially those sold by vendors in The Subway.I see no problem with a commuter running late taking a Dunkin Donuts Breakfast sandwich into the Subway,as long as they clean upafter themselves.If not they should be cited for littering.There is a line that has to be drawn here.Banning all food would put these vendors out of business.