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Outlaws on the trains

In case you were worried how they are enforcing the new train behavior regulations, perhaps my morning commute will be instructive.

When I got on the 3 at Eastern Parkway, there was a cop in my car. In plain view of the officer, I held open the door for people who heard the *bing-bong* rushing to make the train. Then a guy crossed in front of the cop to walk in-between cars. A woman got on the train drinking coffee. Another woman was taking up two seats by sitting with her legs akimbo. There was nobody sitting in the priority seating next to the cop, but I chose to stand and stare hatefully at the two-seat woman because I didn't feel like walking the length of the car to test that one last rule. Also, I was carrying a jerry-built thermonuclear device.

Nobody said a thing.