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Or spend all that money to
Or spend all that money to make the MBTA more reliable and then people won't be spitting at employees?
Ever have a public service job?
The service could be flawless and perfect, but there would still be spitters. That's because people who spit on/at others are abusive jerks who will find an "excuse" to be abusive and get their little power thrill.
I wonder how many of these samples will track to some "usual suspects", as well as uniquely identify spitters (and remove the risk of false accusation, too)?
Don't forget the angry smokers
Some of them have become spitters too.
"Uh, excuse me sir. The sign right there says no smoking."
"ptooo!" (not really sure how to type a spitting sound)
"UGH! What the?!"
Speaking of the T and spitting...
In the 60s and early 70s I recall signs posted in all T stations proclaiming "spitting prohibited", and I believe a $5 fine was threatened if caught. I always thought those signs were kind of odd, but there are some people who have this bizarre habit of constantly spitting large amounts of saliva (sometimes great distances), which does not appear to be health related. The signs were directed at that kind of behavor, not at the relatively recent phenomenon of spitting at employees. The signs started dissapearing mid-70s as stations were renovated.
The old No Spitting signs in
The old No Spitting signs in the subway were put there in response to tuberculosis concerns during the Depression.
I'm for it. I think they
I'm for it. I think they should give citations to people who spit on the concrete inside T stations and at bus stops as well. It's a gross habit, and it is not an addiction like smoking--there's no reason for it.
Do those cooties ever get
Do those cooties ever get through the soles of your shoes?
Cooties ain't the point
There are reasons other than contagion to ban spitting.
Don't need to get through
Won't get through but you can certainly track them around. Or one could trip and come in contact with it. Or not notice and put your bag down in it and then pick it back up.
But seriously, it's gross and there's no need for it.