Comments on: Opinion Poll: Etiquette

By: Patns

Patns — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:07:33 +0000

e) Say “is it me or does this cab smell like feced?” to no on in particular, burst into tears, hang my head out the window like a dog and demand he pull over.

By: erica

erica — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:18:26 +0000

I would have said, “Dude your cab smells like shit. Stop the car.”
Ew ew ew.

By: silverfox

silverfox — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 18:42:17 +0000

It has to be e for two reasons.
One-A cab is too hard to get to easily give up.
Two-You want to take measures to avoid passing out in that environment.
Oh and it would seem to be healthier to scream outside as well as less distracting to the cabbie.

By: jenny

jenny — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 16:05:08 +0000

mike: it was cold, y’all! too cold for head hanging, i’m afraid.
kapgar: ooh, the D + A combo? Slam! that’s a good one.
neil: please send me a list of these cities immediately so i can scratch them off my “must see” list.
steph: i say the cabbie should invest in some depends, then.
churlita: wow, you would “b” even for that one block? that’s hard core.
sizzle: wow. way to make me feel bad… 10 kids?
shari: you prefer excrement? feces is way better in my book, although i did also contemplate the term “human waste.”
claire: i totally want to be in the cab w/ you when you do that!
vivian: like a heavenly forest of wool and fleece.
dave2: OMG! i totally forgot – it’s an outbreak!
serap: a scarf will do in a pinch, as long as you double it up.
thb: that’s ’cause you’re a badass.
alice anne: let’s see… it was yellow, had a light on top with a number, four doors – you can’t miss it!
fiorello: okay – i thought about doing A but it was pretty late so then i contemplated C, but didn’t feel confident that he would remember by address. As i mentioned before, i then said D over and over again in my head, while wondering if i would get frostbite if i did E while he was going 65 MPH down Lake Shore Drive. So yes, ultimately i just did B. Shallow little mitten breaths.
tracy lynn: clearly you know me too well.

By: Tracy Lynn

Tracy Lynn — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:36:21 +0000

I would have done D, followed by a discussion of why the cab smells like shit, while I rolled the window down. After checking for a source, of course.
I know for a fact that you did B.

By: Fiorello LaGuardia

Fiorello LaGuardia — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 03:10:28 +0000

So, you ARE going to tell us which one you did, aren’t you? Pleeeeze?

By: Alice-Anne

Alice-Anne — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:29:27 +0000

Okay, what did the cab look like? ‘Cause I’m coming to Chicago in less than a month and maybe I can avoid that one. I love Chicago though, so it’s worth the risk.
Of the choices, there are several I would want to do, but I know I would probably breathe through my mitten unless it ws so bad I started to gag. Then I might have to resort to the “oh no, I just remembered I need something at the CVS on this corner’ tactic.

By: teahouseblossom

teahouseblossom — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 02:22:05 +0000

Definitely d..

By: serap

serap — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:22:54 +0000

I would have done e, combined with b when my face got too cold. Oddly enough the tube train I got on yesterday smelled of feces (which is spelt faeces in the UK in case you were wondering!). There wasn’t an option of windows as we were underground, and I didn’t have my mittens on, so I chose breathing through my scarf.

By: Dave2

Dave2 — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:37:18 +0000

SEE! It's not just me after all... remember what happened last time I was in Chicago??