Comments on: Should These People Be Riding The Metro?

By: billi70

billi70 — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:02:02 +0000

Why didn’t you say that Metro should not have been put up as there were soo many people from Indian Subcontinent?
Westerners who can hardly afford a motorbike in their home countries and fly here in Ferraris,will never ride on the Metro everyone knows!
Such incidents are part of the package and here they were expected too!
People learn to do by doing.Next time he will think twice before spending 2000DHS in Metro, so will his friends!
Were you in the Metro yourself yesterday? The answer is NO.

By: FPB

FPB — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:46:16 +0000

They say “little things amuse little minds”. This seems to be the case with people who have never been on an underground train system before.
You cannot prevent people from using a public transport system purely on the basis of their race. However they can and should have a punitive system by which offenders are traced and punished, and repeat offenders are banned from using the service. This can be done simply by required the use of an ID card while buying a ticket.
In Paris your metro ticket is valid for all stations, as long as you do not leave the underground. However, the standard ticket is only valid for single use not exceeding 90 minutes, in order to prevent just such a scenario with joy riders.

By: Ururu™

Ururu™ — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:42:35 +0000

Well, maybe they thought the big red button makes the train start/stop haha
Well why only indian subcontinent people creating trouble?
It’s probably because they make up majority of the population and therefore the probability of a person creating trouble is more likely from the indian subcontinent.
Also most of the immigrants from the indian subcontinent are in the lower class(some don’t even get education)… you can’t expect them to be very smart.
In fact, people of lower class of any nationality tend to behave that way.
If you get hobos from the west… they might even burn the train down just for the heck of it.
Now you wont find civilized people from the indian sub continent doing such stuff will you?
So if you say those people who represent the lower class should be banned then it’s no different than an aristocracy where the poor are not given rights.
Well I’m not saying I’m defending them, even I agree they’re idiots… but I don’t think they should be banned from using services like these.

By: Noname

Noname — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:55:19 +0000

It made me laugh reading this on gulfnews. I guess they mistaken it for the stop button like on the bus.
^_^

By: yuliaa

yuliaa — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:38:24 +0000

i dont think they should band such nationalities ,, but this guy should panned from riding the metro again … & maybe they should put some employees to make sure that things are going just fine in the train ..

By: A Girl

A Girl — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:34:58 +0000

yes if disturbing passengers are let off planes same should apply on trains.
responder that says westren people never getting on dubai metro train is really wrong. Look on this photo .. many riding it.
http://www.emaratalyoum.com/Articles/2009/9/PublishingImages/9_13_2009/ar07-130909-01_small.jpg

By: H

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:47:30 +0000

Man, I know why I won’t use mass transportation in the UAE.
Last year I read that these people were supposed to be educated how to use a train and stand in line. Maybe the instructors forgot to tell them not to push the emergency button just for fun:)).
I know that using the emergency breaks without a reason is fined in the USA and Europe, but I don’t know how much the fine is. I never experienced it.
You can’t ban these people from using the Metro, you just keep on riding your own car.
Thanks for the laugh.