Close shave on the Green Line

I've never had "hairs everywhere" when I do. The head of an electric razor stores the hairs inside itself until you detach the head and dump them out. And unless you only shave once a week or something, it looks like dust.

And besides, compared to the garbage and other detritus I've seen on the T before...

Um, thanks, but...

By Sally
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 8:36am

I do not want anyone's "dust" floating around the T car on which I'm riding. I really don't think its too much to ask that people do their personal grooming at home.

You do realize

By anon
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 10:31am

that most 'dust' is made up of stuff like human skin that's been shed? At home, other people's homes, inside stores, workplace, inside your car/suv/truck, any enclosed space,that's predominantly what that dust you see in bright light floating around is made up of.

Um, yeah. Thanks.

By Sally
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 6:00pm

Please don't shave on the T, OK? Or hawk loogies or pick your nose and examine the contents elaborately while hanging off a hand railing. I'm no germaphobe but we've got to draw a line somewhere.

You know what's gross? (warning: graphic content)

By Nancy
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 9:17am

Nail clipping on the T.

hmm..

By laurene
Thu, 02/12/2015 - 4:15pm

i have never heard of someones skin/hair falling off from applying make-up. think again.

Shaving while manspreading.

By anon
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 7:45am

Shaving while manspreading. That's the worst.

AND backpack on the seat next

By fox_orian
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 4:16pm

AND backpack on the seat next to him. (Not sure if that's his or the other man's though.)

If you lived here...

By Ami
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 7:51am

If you lived here on the train, you'd be home now. He's smarter than all of us.

Entirely understandable

By anon
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 8:09am

Considering how early you have to catch the T nowadays just to get where you need to be on time...

Seriously

By Michael
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 9:32am

I'd cut the guy a little slack; for all we know he's been sitting there for 72 hrs.

Thanks for deleting Mark

By Scratchie
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 10:38am

Thanks for deleting Mark Kaepplein's offensive (and completely off-topic) comment and the thread it engendered, Adam.

Now if you could just delete his account, you'd make a lot of orphans very happy.

PS: No pun intended.

What'd I miss?

By Gary C
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 11:55am

Now you've left those who were late to the prom wondering what I missed.

Absolutely nothing.

By Scratchie
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 11:59am

Trust me.

Clutch the pearls

By markK02474atRents
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 6:11pm

It wasn't much, a small joke that overly sensitive and PC people who lack humor when not used by an ingroup, expressed indignation. In other words, people looking for any excuse to express bigotry, as often occurs here (def: intolerance for differing points of view).

Can we return to Space Savers reports?

By Just Sayin'
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 12:34pm

Universal hub shouldn't post a photo like this (of someone) without obtaining (the man's) permission first. How would any of you like to find your photo on a website with a bunch of comments?

If I did something stupid or

By Scratchie
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 12:44pm

If I did something stupid or annoying in public in front of dozens of people, I would sort of expect my photo to show up on the internet. That's how it works these days. Even more so when you have a "captive audience".

Public is public

By MattyC
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 12:45pm

Don't do gross things in public if you want privacy. Full stop.

UH should set an example

By anon
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 1:45pm

Kids today think everything is fair game for promoting their own media brand, and don't have any actual civic engagement.

Someone in a rough or embarrassing situation? Photo/video and post as your content. Someone being attacked? Video and post as your content. Someone having a heart attack? Video and post as your content.

Some guy who has to ride the T, dealing with the weather, and for all you know might be coming off one all-night work shift and going straight to another job, and just trying to get his stuff done. Electric razor on T is questionable, but not to the point of broadcasting it as entertainment for the Internet comment trolls.

We know that boston.com is a wasteland, and the Herald and Globe have their multiple personality disorder. Could UH actually elevate the level of civil conduct and set a better example for everyone?

Afraid I have to disagree

By adamg
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 6:30pm

First of all, while the photographer is not identified, I know who he is and no, he is not a millennial with a personal brand.

You're right that context is important and sometimes I fall down on the context job (yes, maybe the guy's between two of his three jobs or whatever, I don't know), but at the same time, I readily admit I'm fascinated by the unusual, the weird and the quirky and I have to say somebody shaving on the T is at least one of those three, at least to me. Granted, he's not putting himself at as much risk as the earlier photo of the guy being shaved with an actual razor blade, but my first thought on seeing that photo (and probably that of the person who took the photo) was: Oh, my God, what if the train suddenly hits a curve or bump?

Embarrassing the person? Maybe, but I tend to think of embarrassment with situations in which the person couldn't help themselves - somebody falls in the mud, their skirt gets ripped off by a stupid subway door, etc. I don't think doing something deliberate like shaving falls into that category.

No need for permission

By Ron Newman
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 2:21pm

An MBTA car is a public place. There's no reasonable expectation of privacy.

True

By whyaduck
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 4:15pm

but there are rules of decorum and civility. You would not expect someone to defecate or piss in the corner of the car would you? Or spit? Or sneeze and wipe his/her snot along a pole? No. I thought not.

Right, if you did those

By fox_orian
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 4:20pm

Right, if you did those things, you'd be at complete liberty to be photographed and made a fool of because it's not seen as common courtesy in public transportation.

Might be illegal to photograph

By anon
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 8:08pm

Say if it were a woman wearing a skirt/dress doing those things, or a minor.

Unless you're aiming a camera where it doesn't belong

By adamg
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 8:56pm

Believe it or not, but women are people, too and don't come with special prohibitions against being photographed in our society, no matter what they're wearing.

The upskirting law sets some very specific exceptions, which apply equally to men, but if she's shaving her face (or applying makeup) on the Green Line, and you take her picture, no, you're not breaking the law - as opposed to, say, sitting on the steps of the trolley and aiming a phone up her skirt.

And while many people consider it polite at the least to ask a parent's permission before taking their kid's picture, again, if you're not taking a photo that is pretty obviously pervish in intent, no, that's not against the law.

You would not expect someone

By Scratchie
Wed, 02/11/2015 - 5:17pm

You would not expect someone to defecate or piss in the corner of the car would you? Or spit? Or sneeze and wipe his/her snot along a pole?

No, because those are illegal and spread disease.