How to Ride the Skytrain for Dummies

[sulasno]

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For those of you who think the BTS is a pleasant experience, you’re probably getting it all wrong and should probably take a look at the following guidelines:

1. If you are not sure how to insert your ticket into the entrance gate, observe someone who manages to go through successfully and copy their behavior. Don’t just guess and hold up the whole line.
2. Those arrows on the pavement actually mean something. I know they’re at a weird angle, but form two lines on either side of the train doors anyway.
3. When the train arrives, it’s pretty safe to assume people will be getting out before you go in, so let them out for crying out loud or we’re never going to get anywhere.
4. Don’t cut. That goes for any line whatsoever. And if you’re going to cut, don’t act so offended when someone like me makes it a point to shove you out of the way when I’m getting on; I was there first.
5. Don’t shove, unless #4 applies to you. The door is not going to close while tens of people are still getting on.
6. Don’t take the security guard seriously; no one does.
7. Do not lean your entire body on the pole you selfish jerk; other people need a grip too or they’ll fall on you.
8. Cough away from anyone’s face. Cough into your shirt. Actually, if you’re sick, stay home and don’t get on the train.
9. If you have long hair, do not move your head at all.
10. If you can’t tell if a woman is pregnant or not, just give her your seat anyway. If you’re wondering, chances are other people are too. Either way, you look like a nice person for doing it. Karma points.
11. If you manage to grab a seat, congratulations, but keep your bags on your lap and don’t take up a seat with your shopping.
12. At every stop, every stop, look behind you to see if anyone is getting off. This mostly applies to rush hour when the train is so packed you can smell armpits. I hate when you need to get off at your stop and a wall of people block the exit. The mentality of ‘not my stop, not my problem’ sucks major dirt. It IS your problem because I will barrel through you like a steamroller (well, like I wish I were a steam roller).
13. Don’t give me that face. You deserved it.
14. If you’re in front of the door and people do need to get out, no one is going to a) shut the door on you, or b) steal your spot if you step off the train to let someone out. You are, after all, first in line to get back on.
15. When getting off the escalator, know which direction you want to go before you reach the bottom/top. Or at least move away from all the people about to trample you because you’ve left them no other option.
16. Visit Tokyo.

[The sperminator]

With reference to item 1.
What the best way to get through the ticket barrier with out getting cut in two,or badly bruised.
I move quickly but still get clamped between the two arms sometimes.
Also have a swipe pass but the machine gets confused as a keep my MTR pass next to my BTS pass.
Technology just lets you down sometimes not my fault.

[beachvbguy]

"I move quickly but still get clamped between the two arms sometimes."

Actually, the arms will wait a considerable time... When they start to close, it's almost always because you have either:
1. moved a bag with a purchase through in front of you
======== or ========
2. swung your arm in front of you
They will start to close quickly once something passes through the sensor.




Also have a swipe pass but the machine gets confused as a keep my MTR pass next to my BTS pass.

ok, this one is just obvious.. .dude, keep your pass away from other magnetic items, be it your MRT pass, or your bank cards or your apt security key card...

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