It's like a dressing room on wheels
By adamg - Fri, 08/08/2008 - 7:29am.
Cleary Squared wishes people would stop putting on or changing footwear on the T - it's probably not hygienic (you don't know where that floor has been) - and only encourages pervy foot fetishists:
... I was treated to an inadvertent show between Central and Harvard, where one young woman was rolling up a nylon knee-high to put on her feet, directly across from me. ...
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Oh please
People will whine about anything these days, huh?
Theres nothing wrong with changing shoes anywhere. Its not like she put on a bra or something.
Been there, done that
Well, similar anyway. I learned to discretely change shirts when I had to swap back and forth between a goal jersey and a field jersey in high school.
Not that anybody would see anything if I did.
You can also change shoes without your feet touching the floor. Set one shoe next to the other, swap.
I was treated to an
Someone has a foot fetish alright...
Yep!
Sounds like a classic "don't make me stare and notice that I'm turned on by your innocuous behavior or it is your fault you ill mannered person" closet case to me.
Clearly Square?
Guilty as charged
After I read that comment, you're right.
To tell the truth, she did it quietly and discreetly, and it is nowhere near as bad I reported it. It was overreaction on my part, and you hit the nail right on the head.
Funny thing about some of us males is that stupid things turn us on like a lightbulb. It was that split-second reaction that the polite, gentlemanly side of brain nudged me away, saying "No gawking at the nice girl...please move along and let her finish," while the tabloidy side of my brain screamed "let me see, let me see!"
Gladly, she took it upon herself not be showy, nor did many of the other people on the train think it was a big deal.
I apologize if you or anyone else were offended by the post. I'm going to go clean it up so that it heels to a more sane standard. (I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist the pun.)
I wouldnt worry about it,
I wouldnt worry about it, its a Friday and we were all stuck at work, your post provided convenient fodder to talk about lol.
In fact keep it up, I need something to keep my mind occupied next Friday as well... Get writing!
I have to say ...
When I read "inadvertent show", I thought that the young woman must have been wearing a skirt and wasn't being too discreet about how she bent her legs.
Really?
God forbid the girl might yawn and expose her tongue. What a field day the T pervs would have with that one! Can you imagine? The MBTA would soon be overrun with all those pervs with tongue fetishes!
(I might pay an extra 25-50 cents per trip if the only thing worth complaining about on my bus/train is a young woman changing her shoes, or putting on knee-highs.)
BTW, if you are worried about germs, putting your foot on the T floor should be the least of your worries. Unless you have the aforementioned foot fetish, and your toes soon find your way into someone's mouth (or for the flexible among us, your own mouth), you should be a tad more concerned with what your hands touch than your feet. Just my opinion.
I think every woman on the
I think every woman on the train should wear a full burka (spelling?) with the letters MBTA on the back. They can be white , black and yellow. It will allow me to concentrate on my book rather than the pretty young interns who galavant around here all summer. It would sure be paradise.
Id pay an extra 25 cents to be able to get onto a train where someone has the space to sit and the space to move their legs to be able to accomplish such a "feet". Whenever I take the T Im lucky if I can move my hand enough to change the music on my Ipod.
Is that the Sole reason you
Is that the Sole reason you want women to wear burkas, or is your love for pretty interns your Achilles Heel? Just make sure you stay several Feet away from them.
That's a rather arch statement, no?
I think your a shoe in for
I think your a shoe in for the best pun
More Arch Comments
Corn! Just the kind of remarks I would expect from dogs like you! You people better start toeing the line before someone nails you!
(I ankle be the guy to do it, but I bet Adam might be tendon that way.)
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Maybe...
Maybe in a follow-up post, Cleary can talus what else we can and cannot do on public transportation.
You nailed it!
Gotta stay instep with the crowd.
I hope this is the Last comment
No way!
I've ingrown myself into someone who can't resist. Mwa ha ha! I'm so polished.
OK guys, enough with the puns...
You should all be done stocking this post with all these darn jokes! XD
Frankly, I couldn't care
Frankly, I couldn't care less about people removing their shoes on the T, unless they are doing so to cut their toenails.
Given The Choice...
... I'd rather see people dressing and undressing on the T all the time. If they were all doing it, I could take my choice of what to ogle at. It would certainly make my ride go by with more interest.
Look, the guy expressed a preference. He'd prefer not to have someone doing what she did in his presence. He didn't say there should be a law, or become wholly indignant - at least so far as I could see. He showed concern for HER health more than anything else. I don't see the big deal here, folks. Why the dogpile?
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
dogpile?
Nobody here thinks this is a big deal. Matter of fact, it seems most people wouldn't even consider it worth mentioning. The T can be a maelstrom of dirt and germs and creepy, disgusting, rude passengers, so it seems a bit odd that our Cleary friend felt such that an innocuous action deserved mention.
But it certainly gave everyone something to talk about!
Look at it this way...odd as it might have seen, it was a good conversation piece, and I learned my lesson not to overreact.
Meh. I put on stockings
Meh. I put on stockings once in Copley station before and interview. I had no choice -- if I'd have put them on at work, everyone would have KNOWN FOR SURE I was going to an interview. I was pushing it wearing a nice shirt and skirt anyway. As for the changing of shoes, if you don't actually put your feet down, as most of us would certainly try not to touch the floor, is it really that big a deal?
And then again, we all take off our shoes at the beach or sometimes in public parks, right? At least the T probably occasionally gets cleaned:)
You made my day, Suldog...
...you could only have imagined my post if an impromptu burlesque show occured between Park St and Harvard.
Not only would no one ever get off the train, they'd have encores all the way to Alewife!
a knee-high made you blush?
you're the one with a fetish.
I'd rather see that than someone picking their nose on the T, or sitting near someone with a bad cough.