If you blast your phone audio on the train, you should be fined
Featuring May Hong
Summary
A rider with strong opinions thinks people who blast phone audio on the train should be fined, and that money should go directly to paying tickets for turnstile jumpers. Kareem mostly agrees, though he admits he kind of likes eavesdropping on other people's TikTok scrolling. The conversation spirals from there. The rider clarifies she's not talking about the JBL reggaeton speakers but the people flipping through reels at full volume, which she compares to "smoking on the subway." She carries spare AirPods to hand out. Kareem throws in a bizarre confession about asking people if he can look at their feet. They debate acceptable volume levels, whether the money should fund the MTA instead, and agree that FaceTiming in coffee shops deserves immediate ejection. The episode ends with a pitch to watch Subway Takes itself at full volume.
Full Transcript
So, what's your take? If you blast your phone audio on the train, you should be fined.
100% agree. I also think if you make a top on the subway, you should be fined. Yeah, I think that money should go directly to paying the tickets of people who jump the turnstiles.
So, the people that come on here blasting the JBL speaker, listening to reggaeton. No, no, no. I'm talking about flipping through TikTok videos, reels. That—
I don't mind it. I kind of like it. It's like eavesdropping. What? Yeah. That's crazy.
Just give it a little perverted. Like you ever see someone scrolling and kind of go like this?
No. I love looking at other people's feet.
Absolutely not. No. I like carrying around my old AirPods to give to someone the next time I catch them doing it. I sometimes ask people if I can look at their feet.
That's insane. Also, if you do this in like a coffee shop, if you're FaceTiming at a restaurant, you deserve to get kicked out. You deserve to get kicked off a flight. You want a quiet, polite society.
Just not listening to TikTok reels. Like I cannot have that full blast. It's insane. It's okay. What about like a little loud? Like not full blast, but like a little—
What a little bit of paper in your face. You know what I mean? It's like the same type of pollution. Like it's like smoking on the subway. What is the fine?
It's however much the ticket is for jumping the turnstiles. It has to be a direct one to one. And then we use all that money to pay for the tickets of the people jumping the turnstiles.
For sure. It's not bad. I think we could also use it to improve the MTA. I—
I mean, yeah. Where's your boy? Why is everyone always—why is everyone always talking about my boy on here? What is save us? Actually, the train's not bad.
Oh, no. It's not bad. Anyways, I 100% agree. Yeah, turn your volume down. Unless I'm on the train, then let me watch it.
And if you're watching this video with your phone audio on, turn it up. Watch Subway Takes loud. [laughter] Subway Takes is best experience at full volume.