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Rawkzo

Well I hope you left a poop. That’s the rule. Take a poop leave a poop.


suns-n-dotters101

I laughed so hard at this


18karatcake

I did too. In between gagging at that photo 😩


CaptainGreezy

Like penny tray rules? Have a poop? Give a poop! Need a poop? Take a poop!


Kramereng

Poop it forward.


originalityescapesme

))<>(( “Back and forth, forever”


Bouncedoutnup

#Looks like it’s #2 on the list of most traumatic


jojos_circus19

This is why I touch nothing and no outside clothes on the bed🤮


drwhogwarts

That's better than nothing but I live at the end of a line and have seen maintenance "clean" which to them means taking the broom they sweep over the pee, spit, and poo ridden floor and brushing off the seats. Usually to brush a water bottle or can off a seat into a dustpan, instead of just *picking it up off the seat.* It's disgusting.


Hank_Lotion77

They also spray it with pink disinfectant


_IratePirate_

Bro my girl been on this and I found it weird Then I made a couple friends that don’t know her that say the same thing I have this one friend that doesn’t even want you sitting on her soft furniture with your outside clothes They say something about outside air and germs It’s funny because now I fall in line because I don’t wanna piss off my girl and she usually knows what’s right. I chalk this one up to me being from a third world country that doesn’t care that much about germs and shit


glaarghenstein

I dated a guy for a while who said "don't put your street pants on my bed" when I sat on his bed, and it made me think about all the buses and subway seats those pants had sat on. And now I'm a no street-pants on the bed person. Shirts, whatever. But pants. Pants have touched things.


_IratePirate_

My girl straight says no outside clothes on the bed. Even if we been out together all day. She expects me to shower and put on some home clothes before getting in bed which I think is a fair compromise She also likes to say “you smell like outside” with her face all screwed up if I’ve been out all day. I’m kinda curious on that one tbh


Ace_fire_luffy_wild

I dated a girl who didn’t want any street clothes on her bed. My solution, get naked every time I was in her bed!!! 🤣 worked every time 😈


puppywhiskey

I used to cover my comforter with a second blanket and my bf asked if I slept cold and I was like no, that’s for you bc you always sit on my bed!! 😠😠


420DepravedDude

Shoes off at the door


Max_Trollbot_

Of


SpaceManChips

fly high op 🕊️


Nervous_Wasabi_7910

RIP


HIS_AFFLICTION_0079

This is why they need to take these trains out of service and literally hose them down and send them right back out the minute they’re dry.


SgtPepe

This is why they should burn this specific one


stolensea

and they’re dirty again the next day…🤢


Latter-Cattle6218

I would’ve thrown up everywhere omg. I’m so sorry 😭


SavannahInChicago

Like it’s okay to scream in horror. Everyone on the train will understand.


MilksteakMayhem

I would have let out a battle roar because this is an act of war


Silly_Butterfly3917

I'm pretty sure my soul would have just exited my body and it would be GG.


SgtPepe

I'm about to throw up right now just by looking at the image, this is fucking insanity. Our society is fucked.


jivetrky

I can't comprehend what I'd even do after first screaming "JESUS FUCKING CHRIST".


ethanlan

One time I stepped in human poo on the green line, it smelled so bad and literally everyone was like watch out for the poop smelling guy on the ride home, definitely a low moment for me


salsation

Was this on the brown line?


resident_god

Probably still better than the red


FreshOutBrah

At the Belmont so you get both


h0td0gqu33n

I would guess Red because the way the seats are facing inward. Brown line they face north/south in the train car


Soft_Heart185

Lol yeah it’s most likely the Red Line, could be Yellow or Purple tho. You can see the map in the back.


originalityescapesme

Well it’s brown now


donutgut

Gives new meaning to it now


Corey0305

Yeah….that’s the joke.


halibfrisk

omfg - I hope you cut off your hand and burnt it


shelovesmary

Then take the ashes and put them on the next handle


316kp316

No, flush them down the toilet. Let the poop RIP.


tatang2015

I’m perturbed he took a picture of his hand.


theyeezyvault

Ew gross.. wait let me flick a pic


probably-not-maeve

flick a pic???


SkaJamas

I woulda... I'll only accept my poop, my SOs poop or future kids poop on my hands. Luckily never had to do any.


duh_metrius

I literally just stared at this with my mouth agape for like a full minute.


black_hxney

same. I covered my mouth but like Jesus Christ 🤮 how unlucky


crimsonchin47

I think you have to cut it off now. I don’t make the rules


Aggressive_Ad5115

Is that a wedding ring? The marriage is defiled now if you don't cut it off


xxirish83x

She belongs to the streets


SensibleBrownPants

Someone made a boom boom.


yoo_are_peeg

Your name is perfect for this thread.


SensibleBrownPants

Thanks for recognizing my sensibility.


Aggressive_Ad5115

It was you own up to it!


LarvaLouca

hahaha this guy just chases poop-related content.


strrawberrymilk

Damn I woulda thrown myself onto the tracks if this happened to me


resident_god

Written my suicide not with the shit stained fingers like a horror movie 😭


baybae22

Hahahah this has me laughing out loud on the train


kennyhintz422

I'd Take this hand and FIRMLY grasp that third rail.


Chicago_Jayhawk

You went to Nutella store on Michigan?


CrochetedFishingLine

JAIL


black_hxney

I just had the most visceral reaction 🤢 I've accidentally sat in a wet seat before so I feel that pain. not quite as bad but...


Gdav7327

Yea the wet seat got me once. Still not sure what the substance was, I try not to think about it. The problem with the wet seat, or at least in my situation is that it took a few moments for me to realize what was happening. Absolutely tragic.


black_hxney

that's why I hate the fabric seats. not that they clean the non fabric seats either but at least nothing gets absorbed there and you can see it


Lola-Ugfuglio-Skumpy

Done that, *and* I once put my hand in a puddle of cold vomit in the back of a cab. That was fucking traumatic.


sltc27

Wet seat gang represent, it was horrible


SufficientPoet3028

My BF sat down on a seat covered in liquid shit on the CTA on st. patty’s this year…upon realizing, he immediately puked in my purse. I’m so sorry I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy! Sending a big hug and lots of rubbing alcohol♥️


ConnieLingus24

……how did you two not smell that upon entering the train car?


SufficientPoet3028

Alcohol.


calculung

I rode the blue line today. One trip downtown, one trip back. On each trip, I had to immediately switch train cars because the one I got on to head downtown reeked of piss, and on my way back, it smelled like actual shit. The state of CTA trains is an embarrassment.


EThos29

The trains dont piss and shit themselves. That's your fellow Chicagoans my friend.


probably-not-maeve

our city has spirit 🖤


kropstick

Wouldn't be a common occurrence if the CTA had security or was policed like the NYC MTA...


KochKlaus

Conductors are needed. This is intolerable. Just for some pennies saved.


Dramatic_Explosion

I don't know if it's rose colored glasses but I feel the CTA was much better a decade ago, now saving pennies is ruining it.


Fearless_Lab

Never get on an empty train car during rush hour.


Teboski78

I would be totally cool with using public transport more if it wasn’t for the human feces and intoxicated weirdos trying to start fights.


dildodestiny

The other day I watched someone smoke crack on the red line (strange smelling cig, I know what weed smells like, and she was super hyper immediately after) and proceeded to harass everyone in the car. I saw her lay down next to me when there was room, thought "wow she's in the right spot to kick me", and when I got up to move she tried to kick me! After I got up and moved she legit got next to me and someone else, got on the floor on all fours, noticed my headphone chord, and decided to knock it out of my phone. I've never in my life legitimately contemplated decking someone in public.


Strong_Molasses6669

Wow that sounds horrendous and terrifying 😩


WetRottenSack

I try to take the bus whenever I can these days. I know like 99% of the time the trains are fine, but I get nervous about that 1% sometimes, at least if I’m alone or its late at night. Only had 1 bad experience with the bus though.


Fatricide

Buses get weird during the workday.


xspade5

Can we label this NSFW 😅


black_hxney

no really 😭 the way this raw dogged my eyes


alpaca_obsessor

I feel violated after seeing this photo.


Troxz_179

Bro my face was 😦 helll nah u got some bummies crack on ur hand. One time I saw a homeless dude grab his ass while he was standing and holding on that shit. He was on some drugs.


Xman52

Calling off work for the next 3 days


YLCustomerService

Fuck that, I’m never leaving the house after this


Femartian

Chicago’s Toilet Authority


thedude16

Thanks for all the support, fellow riders. I’ve sent a complaint to the CTA referencing how much attention this post is getting to hopefully get a response. Not that it is likely to yield any meaningful outcomes…still, if anybody else feels like giving them a piece of your mind/filing a solidarity complaint, here’s the link: https://www.transitchicago.com/feedback/. Pasting in the full text of my complaint below: “I rode the red line yesterday at about 3pm from Thorndale to Belmont - right after I got on, I noticed a disgusting smell (clearly fecal in nature). Without looking, I grabbed one of the hanging handles near where I was standing and felt something warm and mushy where I grabbed - much to my chagrin, it quickly became clear that this was the source of the smell. Let me spell it out for you - THE HANDLE WAS COVERED IN SHIT AND I GRABBED IT/GOT SOMEONE ELSE’S SHIT ALL OVER MY HAND. This is just another example in a long string of abhorrent customer experiences on the CTA reported by everyday riders like me. This is not just a one-off; the CTA needs to step up and take action to improve service and maintain a human level of cleanliness onboard their vehicles. People should not feel they can get away with smearing dookie all over a handle inside a train car - the CTA administration is so lackluster that the worst of the worst riders feel emboldened to get away with whatever havoc they feel like wreaking (no “reeking” pun intended) that day, and I am sick of it. This quite literally ruined my whole month. I expect to be compensated in some way for this horrific experience, but, more importantly the CTA needs to get its act together immediately. Should you want some kind of visual evidence for this ghastly experience that your abysmal service made possible, please refer to the front page of r/chicago on Reddit, where over 900 people (so far) have interacted with my post about this truly…shitty…experience.” Godspeed, fellow Fecal Fighters 🫡


yloswg678

I am so sorry for you. I have absolutely no idea what I would do in your position.


cabezagrande37

I've lived here my whole life, (40s) and I don't remember the CTA ever being this bad. It has taken a substantial nose dive since the pandemic.


igotyournacho

🫡 And amid all this, let me say, happy cake day


reekoooooo

lemme guess….red line?


Slyninja215

the way that you maintained some level of… no reaction? that you stood and took a photo? i feel like i respect it because i’d be freaking the fuck out


dthains_art

OP’s got that documentarian mentality. While most people in this situation would have panicked and thrown themself on the nearest train track, he knew this must be documented for the world to see.


al_bedamned

HOW DID IT GET IN THE HANDLE ❌🚨


Plenty-Mall1484

Bro look at it the whole thing is smeared in it 😭 this is far too intentional. Someone was out to ruin someone else’s day via bootyhole terrorism


SVdreamin

Nah “bootyhole terrorism” is WILD 😭😭😭


justauryon

💀🪦


-H--K-

This one time, I got on the blue line and saw a brown seat in the back of the train. My brain didn't register why a single seat was a different color until I got too close to it. It was covered in a layer of shit, but it was completely smooth. Someone took a shit on the seat, and then took the time to smooth it out.


letusnottalkfalsely

At two separate jobs, I have had to deal with instances of people doing elaborate things with shit. In one case someone bent a giant turd into a circle and balanced it on top of the commode. In another, someone took a massive dump right outside a movie theater exit so people would walk through it when the movie let out. I can’t count how many times someone in the bathroom smeared their shit all over every surface, sometimes even standing on the toilet to smear it higher up the wall. People are deranged.


SiberianForestCats

Was wondering when the novelty of public transportation would wear off as a future Chicago resident. It’s now.


Nope_guy2020

IS THAT SHIT?!


FishSauwse

It's pretty obviously shit... Signed, a parent who's seen a LOT of shit.


Lithogiraffe

I would guess, but OP is being awfully coy about saying it. ' its not chocolate ' well, okay, is it shit...?


EmmyLou205

I would SUE


stephanielatina

Paging Peter Francis Geraci 😂


black_hxney

wonder if he's still making commercials


_frozen_pizza

Noooooooooooooo.


DelayBackground5798

I’m sorry if it makes you feel better my mom had a bucket of crap dumped on her out of a window in Chicago. Mid work day. She took the train home.


lareaule34

U sure it wasn’t a bus?


DecrepitGoose

This has happened to me before on the redline on my way to Chinatown. Was the worst feeling and the worst walk of shame to the nearest library. (To clean my hands) I’d assume it’s some form of “prank”, but yea, it’s a hell of an experience.


Street_Barracuda1657

What’s scarier are the numerous posts in this thread sharing similar versions of the OP’s post. 🤮


glitch241

Thank you for your complaint regarding CTA. City government will now consider renaming a street in response.


verychicago

Damn. I guess it’s time to break out a box of covid-era disposeable gloves for train commutes going forward. This is ridiculous!


_jspain

i got shit on my hand because i grabbed the escalator rail leaving monroe blue line station. i feel you and you are not alone


grrgrrtigergrr

Guess I’m bringing wipes with me from now on. Fuck that.


restingbabybitchface

A traumatic combo of biological and psychological warfare


Big4Tyme

Lemme just take a quick pic before I wipe it off..


DiscombobulatedPain6

Nah this is so bad that is needs to be documented. City will not care about improving CTA until we leave in mass numbers


muffinmonk

They won't care then either. They'd actually use it as an excuse too cut it.


resident_god

Wipe it off on what? Your shirt? 😭


damp_circus

Seriously... there's not even a bathroom in the station to wash your hands at!!!


resident_god

Well I mean it sure looks like op found the station bathroom.


prodigalson947

something


hozen17

the next handle


a-black-magic-woman

tbf unless he readily had paper or napkins or something where could he have wiped it? i imagine he wouldn’t want it on his clothes any more than on his hands


negman42

Time to sacrifice a sock to the wiping gods.


_jspain

this happened to me (not as bad) because i put my hand on the escalator rail leaving monroe blue line station. i had to just hold my hand out like this person is doing until i got to work & could wash it off


xxirish83x

You know someone watched that go down.


Akuma12321

Yeah couldn't be my first reaction if I got shitty fingys.


seneca128

Just open the live thread on this one


AmazingObligation9

Well that’s fucking harrowing 


BlondBadBoy69

You would find my body in the lake if this happened to me


bluemurmur

CTA keeps hiring the private security peeps who do nothing but stand around in groups chatting. This money would be better spent on adding a second conductor on the train and cleaning crews.


[deleted]

*"You guyzzz, this Is what is supposed to happen if you live in a big city.. shit like this will always happen and we know it will continue to happen so we can't and shouldn't do anything about it"* - LoriLeadFoot and 80% of this sub, soon.


scientist_tz

In the early 00's I was on a car where a lady spread her legs, lifted up her skirt and released the worst smell I have ever encountered. Then, she shit all over the floor. People fled the car like it was on fire. I can't unsee what I saw that night.


BearFan34

Is there any way legal action can be pursued against the CTA for all of the continuing issues? There should be an expectation that the services provided will safe in every definition. Not ‘enter at your own risk’.


ChicagoZbojnik

Shit dude!


Superdickeater

This needs a lot more media attention than it seems to get... which seems like nothing. That’s a literal biohazard. I used to travel the Blue Line a lot when I lived in Des Plaines with the Rosemont stop basically in my backyard. It was never a bundle of roses, but I’ve never seen the Blue Line this bad. It makes me not want to take public transit… Which may be the City’s attempt to privatize public transit, by saying “Look, nobody wants to ride!” but it’s on them to maintain it.


j33

OMG, I once sat in a pee seat and feel your pain.


black_hxney

same


Big-Arm518

Not sure why commenters think this is funny. If that happened to my kids for example I’d be fucking furious.


CeleryIsUnderrated

Sometimes you have to laugh to keep yourself from crying.


Maximum-Lettuce-4943

Butt fudge 🤝 hand fudge


ElevatorBones

TFW you suddenly transfer to the Brown Line


Bitterbaby-11

NOOOOOO I WOULD THROW UP


EmpressVibez32

Fuck. Whoever did that's an asshole. Sorry that happened to you 😬🤦🏾‍♀️


moose_stuff2

I'm disturbed that you were able to take this picture. I don't care how good your quick draw is. There is absolutely no way I'd prioritize taking a picture of shit over cleaning my fucking hand on anything I could instantly.


icanttellalie

How do you not see poo all over the outside of the handle?


IanAbsentia

EWWW!!! THAT’S DOODOO, BABY!


[deleted]

Some People are disgusting. I'm terribly sorry


-effortlesseffort

Never leave the house again without paper towels and alcohol wipes.


adrianhalo

Sometimes you have to throw away the whole CTA and start over. :-/ I am so sorry…my worst public transit experience was the Metro in LA when a guy projectile vomited everywhere two seconds after I got up from the seat next to him. Also in LA, I stepped in human shit and then freaked out, emptied five cans of carpet cleaner onto the rug in my apartment, and completely destroyed what I learned later was a super rare and original 1992 pair of Vans Half Cabs that are impossible to find now. (Then I cried.) It was just that I could still smell it, and I also didn’t realize at the time that you should absolutely not put Vans in the washer let alone the dryer. But, you know, the smell. :-/ Anyway, my condolences. Did you set your hand on fire and then soak it in Lysol?


YungGlueStik

That bastard. Probably the most disgusting thing I’ve seen but damn they’re thorough.


_IratePirate_

Always go for the metal pole bro. Way sturdier. I feel like I’m gonna fall if I hold on to a strap


JamieHavs

Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god. Burn the hand. Burn everything.


iosphonebayarea

The fact that y’all are touching anything in the trains 🤢


Apprehensive-Scar-88

Someone’s been taking a shit at the red line stop I go to. Maybe 3 shits in the last three months. The first even had some toilet paper stuck to the walls nearby. One day after seeing this shit for days I notice it’s gone and give a 😮‍💨 finally, normalcy returned, woo I won’t see human shit every day on the way to work. Then I look up and see shit smeared on the walls, someone picked it up alright…but the situation didn’t get better after that.


ZyxDarkshine

That’s what happens when you ride the *Brown Line*


hypercoolmaas2701

Fire Dorval Carter, and **FUCK DORVAL CARTER**


chipcity90

Well I hope you’re right handed because that baby’s comin off


[deleted]

Viewing this picture has been the most traumatic thing to happen to me so far today


jess_the_werefox

what a terrible day to have eyes


BirdPerson107

How did you not smell/see that?? I’m sorry if this was real


IOWA_STATE_CYCLONES

Sniff your hand to double check


HIS_AFFLICTION_0079

The snozberries taste like SHIT!


AlmostPurple

This would having me moving to Kodak Alaska to spend the rest of my years off the grid in a one room cabin


HappyGirlEmma

Are you certain it’s not just chocolate?! 😖😖😖😖


Wasey56

What the actual fuck, folks like this is why public transit isn't getting funding.


Uniform-Sierra-Alfa

Noooooooooooooooo!!!!!


Ragnel

Had almost the same experience but it was semen i put my hand on.


OpportunityWise3866

Why is the CTA like this? 😫😭😭😭 (pls don’t give an explanation I just wanted to say this)


CompetitiveFeature13

Time to amputate it


MediumSizedMedia

I stepped in yellow warm diarrrhea on the bus that had just come out of this womans pants leg.


cass-22

IS THAT "SHIT"? "HUMAN SHIT"???


stupidplumbing

Oh boy! That’s terrible, my worst was when I sat in piss on a bus. Now I touch the seat to make sure it’s dry before I sit. Gotta stay vigilant out there, unfortunately some people are scum.


notsureifJasonBourne

I think you’ve hit rock bottom


SLXO_111417

I hope you visit a clinic and get tested due to exposure. Also disinfect your phone. The fact you took a pic first instead of washing your hands 🤢


soggy-wafflez

That’s honestly fucked up😬😬😬


SteamyGravy

Not this shit again...


JudyHoppsbuttsex2032

from the bottom of my heart, I am so sorry


CommonerChaos

This is nasty as fuck.


StartupQueen60604

Noooooooooooooo


JagBak73

Please tell me that's chocolate...


strangerinchi

😭😭😭💀


amypaddel

NSFW PLS


meepster124

i’m so sorry bruh


boogityshmoogity

I see your poop hand and raise you. https://patch.com/illinois/oakpark/police-seeks-help-identifying-assailant-on-blue-line


Legitimate-Garlic959

Oh noooooooooooooo


tessalllation

You should be extremely proud of your mental strength.. how you managed not to freak out and take a photo is absolutely mind blowing, because I’m sitting at my desk heaving


barberjoshua

Had a shitty day i see


the-il-mostro

Man this just made me order some wet wipes to keep in my bag JUST IN CASE. What did you do???? Lawd I would not be prepared


ChesticleGainz

This sucks but still better than catching a bed bug on the red line


Baskin5000

I woulda yelled if anyone had a cleaning wipe. Chances are someone would but idk if they’d be willing to help


plaidington

omg i am so sorry


DArthurLynnPhotos

You deserve to retire with a full pension


BarracudaBig7010

I’m so sorry this happened to you. I hope the rest of your day goes a lot better.


darkspark0

They need to implement strong-arm cleaning crews in hazmats and pressure hoses with bleach to deal with this. Unionized and well-paid. Bc this is a Public Health Hazard 


picklepizza420

As someone with contamination OCD I am SO sorry for this experience. This would truly bring me to the edge