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A tough Boston etiquette question

By adamg on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 8:33am

Nancy wonders:

What is the proper etiquette when encountering someone on the train with an Aaron Hernandez jersey? Ignore? Eye roll? Smdh?

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Comments

By anon on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 8:35am.

harassment goes a long way...

By anonism on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 8:38am.

Report him as a gang member?

By deepfreeze on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 8:58am.

Innocent, etc...?

By anon on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 9:27am.

I was trying to find an AH jersey over the weekend. no luck

By tape on Wed, 07/03/2013 - 7:10pm.

all the new-from-the-store ones have been destroyed by the NFL, so you can't buy one. you'd have to find one second hand, but I can't really recommend that, because that would make you pretty twisted.

of course, you have apparently already been looking, so chances are you're already pretty twisted.

By jlbpr00 on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 9:23am.

Just ignore and go about your busniess. Either the person is clueless, but they got the right to wear what they want.

By Brian Riccio on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 9:31am.

If it offends you, the proper etiquette is to say to the person:

"Hey, pal, you realize they're getting up to 300 bucks apiece for that jersey on eBay? That's some serious cheddar for a stupid shirt, yo."

Of course, you could go the tabloid route:

"Yo,with the 300 you could get for that shirt on eBay, you could buy a shirt that tells people you're not a fan of the dumbest motherfucker on Earth."

By Stevil on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 9:36am.

Dvdoff - you've been listening to too many games where Eck filled in for Remdawg.

:-)

By anon on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 9:34am.

I guess I would wonder why you would feel the need to comment or be offended? It's a T shirt ...

By anon on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 9:41am.

That's a killer shirt!

By Dani B. on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 10:14am.

We have a winner!!

By anon on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 10:37am.

Easy. Ignore. Hernandez is innocent until proven guilty.

By anon on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 10:53am.

Why change the policy for one shirt. You're supposed to ignore everything and everyone at all times.

By anon on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 11:03am.

Tweet about it because you need some attention?

By Lecil on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 11:25am.

Do you understand why Twitter exists, right?

By Nancy on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 1:33pm.

I tweet, therefore I am.

By merlinmurph on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 11:33am.

Tell him he can trade it in for another jersey - free - on July 6-7
Details here

By anon on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 11:55am.

Is this a trick question? because there is no etiquette on the T, it's the law of the jungle, the survival of the most beastly...

By Johnny Rico on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 12:18pm.

Treat them like you treat everybody else on the T - rudely. Because you are from Boston. Just don't touch the driver.

By anon on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 3:48pm.

You do realize a very large and significant number of people who ride the MBTA are not 'from Boston' or even MA? A significant, I'd dare say possibly majority, of people you'll encounter in central Boston, the touristy areas, etc., are likewise not 'from Boston', many not even from MA.

Generally, the few times I hear anyone speaking with a Boston dialect/accent, it's police, firefighters, emts, MBTA workers, etc., and even then many of them don't.

Don't blame all the 'rudeness', real or perceived, on people 'from Boston'.

By Johnny Rico on Wed, 07/03/2013 - 10:58am.

Jeepers. Lighten up. You aren't from around here, are you?

By Johnny Rico on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 12:21pm.

Treat them like you treat everybody else on the T - rudely. Because you are from Boston. Just don't touch the driver.

By Suldog on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 12:32pm.

... you make sure it isn't actually Aaron Hernandez.

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

By Bongo Superduty on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 1:17pm.

obviously

By tenfortyseven on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 5:30pm.

Nancy needs to get a hobby

By Suldog on Mon, 07/01/2013 - 9:37pm.

... I'd say she has one. Twitter doesn't qualify?

Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com

By SwirlyGrrl on Wed, 07/03/2013 - 11:38am.

She likes to watch TV with her three cats and drink cheap white wine.

By SwirlyGrrl on Wed, 07/03/2013 - 11:37am.

You can apparently get another one for free if the one you are wearing is legit.