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CTA Tattler
Seen and heard on the Chicago Transit Authority
All CTA Tattler Entries in the Altered states Category
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05/14/08
Express buses and those unclear on the concept
04/23/08
El groping is common problem nationwide; "recidivist transit grinder" arrested in NYC
04/21/08
Happy First Anniversary to CTA Wedding Couple
02/27/08
Ban those annoying MP3-playing cell phones
02/15/08
Graffiti artists work over model CTA trains in exhibit
01/31/08
Try to take an empty seat? "Perverted; felonious; retarded!"
01/15/08
No Pants Day recap: "Everything can be more fun without pants"
12/10/07
Choice El reading materials
12/ 6/07
Too much of a hands-on experience
11/21/07
Why I am thankful this year
10/17/07
True Confessions: The behavior I try to hide on the CTA
10/14/07
Misplaced priorities: Prayer over transit dollars
09/25/07
Updates: Transit funding; more deep-cleaning details
09/18/07
El dressing
08/22/07
Here's why eating is prohibited on the CTA
08/21/07
Legs-spread-wide men raise ire of women passengers
08/ 8/07
Maggie stories: The humper and non-gay guy
08/ 6/07
A last wave - and then tears
07/17/07
Retracting the tracts
07/ 4/07
Memories of July 3 fireworks madness
06/21/07
Handing him his lunch
05/10/07
Sweet slumber interrupted
05/ 7/07
Drunk lady spews vulgarities
04/30/07
Who deserves the "priority seating" and what are the rules?
04/26/07
Puke-worthy bloody tale
04/12/07
Bag lady takes her good ol' time on bus
03/29/07
Life's little dramas
03/28/07
Scary schizo with steak knife
03/26/07
Battle of the stare-downs
03/ 9/07
The later-evening El crowd
03/ 5/07
Odd bus conversation on drugs, band members
02/23/07
Taking rowdy matters into your own hands
01/31/07
Beware of the DOTS from Japan
01/22/07
"Da Bears" echoes through train car
01/17/07
New ways to ignore your child
01/10/07
The homeless poet tangles with The Redhead
01/ 9/07
Turn that down please
12/12/06
Christmasy train sparks
11/27/06
The deliberate train surfer
11/ 1/06
Tricks, few treats on Halloween
10/30/06
Out the wankers with cell photos
10/12/06
Is it a Brown or Purple?
10/10/06
The black-shrouded lady
09/28/06
Pointed rants about God, the Irish and Hitler
09/27/06
The late-night school crowd
09/26/06
The crowded train crush
09/12/06
Don't you have headphones for that phone?
09/ 6/06
Does Tiger Woods take the Purple Line with his trophies?
08/21/06
Headline of the year: "Subway saw psycho"
08/10/06
Snore-ville Redenbacher
08/ 2/06
Seabiscuit shares Too Much Information
07/31/06
And the Geeked-Out Award goes to...
07/28/06
The universal subway etiquette guide
07/26/06
Some motormen make fun announcements
07/19/06
Doin' the Lean
07/ 6/06
What are you people THINKING?!?!
06/28/06
Like father like son
06/26/06
We know about wankers. What about gropers?
06/25/06
A letter to CTA brass about wankers
06/22/06
Let's stop the CTA Wanker
06/21/06
From the CTA Lost-n-Found: Streisand album
06/20/06
Sing it Alice: "School's out for summer..."
06/19/06
Shell Game rears its ugly head
06/16/06
Great insights and Tattler tales from fellow readers
06/15/06
Harrison crazies: Protect your wives!
06/13/06
Mom grooms son, harvests love
06/ 9/06
Restful repose for CTA riders captured
06/ 7/06
Let Julie your Cruise Director show you to your seat
06/ 6/06
A first for PDA voyeurs
06/ 1/06
Blue Line train transformed into art gallery
05/30/06
A real thumb-sucker
05/26/06
Nude woman on the Jackson platform
05/25/06
Riding the El with Frank
05/24/06
Page 1 news: The CTA is dirty!
05/23/06
The irate mutterer
05/22/06
Motorman plays to the Sox-Cubs rivalry
05/18/06
The fear of riding backwards
05/17/06
More tales from the "Crazies" front
05/15/06
Polite motorman makes for pleasant CTA ride
05/11/06
Nonsenical blathering, like clockwork
05/10/06
Nude man on the Sheridan platform
05/ 9/06
Horrible smell from Hobo Corner deposit merits varied reactions
05/ 7/06
All aboard the CTA Fashion Train
05/ 4/06
It takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'
05/ 2/06
Lost in their iPod world
04/25/06
A surprising reply for the phone beggar
04/24/06
The "let-me-use-your-phone" rant
04/18/06
"I heard a loud *thump*" ...
04/11/06
"Doorkers" called-out on DC Metro
04/ 3/06
Unearthing the guy underneath all those paper hats
03/28/06
Shutting down the Shell Game
03/24/06
Talk about making yourself at home!
03/23/06
Confronting the rude seat hog
03/21/06
Getting the cold shoulder
03/17/06
Top o' the mornin' to ya
03/15/06
Delayed police action confuses riders
03/13/06
Take my lunch, please
03/ 7/06
Just pick up the $20 mister
02/27/06
Really stinking up the Hobo Corner
02/24/06
More fun at the old ball yard
02/21/06
Blind date impressions - he's no Valentine
02/14/06
Apologies for that smell
02/10/06
Do your grooming at home, please
02/ 1/06
Equal opportunity scariness
01/30/06
Subtle hints of couplehood
01/26/06
Hitting the snooze button too often
01/25/06
Clean with a Capital C!
01/24/06
Masked bandit?
01/19/06
Family affairs
01/18/06
Those naughty train announcers
01/17/06
Share your romantic CTA tales
01/16/06
Passenger gets nude in Sunday Red Line ruckus
01/16/06
A moment of understanding
01/13/06
The opposite of the Princess and the Pea
01/12/06
"Beautiful People Take the Red Line"
01/11/06
Cheap haircuts on the CTA
01/10/06
Picky seat choosers
01/ 9/06
Flowering dreams of summer
12/27/05
Please don't wrestle with the bus driver
12/22/05
Happy Holidays and Happy CTA Trails from the Tattler
12/20/05
Cops don't let sleeping guys lie
12/ 8/05
Hair twisting and public health
12/ 7/05
Lookin' good at 60
12/ 1/05
Life imitates art imitates life
11/29/05
Wankers, beware of Mimi
11/23/05
Caressing the feather duster
11/22/05
Sleepus interruptus for mint sucker
11/17/05
Urban earwax art
11/16/05
Whoopi G. must avoid the Cottage Grove bus
11/15/05
First vibrators, now S&M performance art?