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CTA Tattler
Seen and heard on the Chicago Transit Authority
All CTA Tattler Entries in the Breaches of etiquette Category
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04/23/08
El groping is common problem nationwide; "recidivist transit grinder" arrested in NYC
04/17/08
Not so sagacious advice from his elder
03/27/08
Three garbage deposit alternatives
02/27/08
Ban those annoying MP3-playing cell phones
02/10/08
A few words about comments on CTA Tattler
01/31/08
Try to take an empty seat? "Perverted; felonious; retarded!"
01/29/08
Celling across the car
01/22/08
Passenger cooperation at its outer limits
01/15/08
No Pants Day recap: "Everything can be more fun without pants"
01/10/08
Update: New meet-up site for No Pants Day
01/ 9/08
Forget No Service -- Let's support No Pants Day!
01/ 4/08
The squabblers, the prayer and the shoveler
12/18/07
Gay hatred thrives on train
12/10/07
Choice El reading materials
12/ 6/07
Too much of a hands-on experience
11/14/07
Special thanks to the Illinois state treasurer
11/ 1/07
Assault and baggery
10/17/07
True Confessions: The behavior I try to hide on the CTA
10/ 3/07
Politely ignoring him
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
08/16/07
A cane helps in getting seat hogs to move
08/ 8/07
Maggie stories: The humper and non-gay guy
08/ 7/07
Snow White and the Seven Crown
08/ 1/07
A primer on CTA's rules for behavior
07/30/07
Gays bashing women
07/17/07
Retracting the tracts
07/ 9/07
What to do about wankers and flashers
07/ 3/07
Wedding Day blues on the Brown Line
06/29/07
More do's and don'ts for CTA riders
06/27/07
Deodorant girl
06/21/07
Handing him his lunch
06/12/07
Best laid plans gone awry by the six-suitcase woman
05/16/07
Some things never change
05/10/07
Sweet slumber interrupted
05/ 8/07
Just move!
05/ 7/07
Drunk lady spews vulgarities
04/30/07
Who deserves the "priority seating" and what are the rules?
04/27/07
Please don't whiz on the electric fence -- or rail!
04/23/07
WWJD about this dude?
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/ 5/07
Odd bus conversation on drugs, band members
02/28/07
Shell game thrives on Orange Line
02/23/07
Taking rowdy matters into your own hands
02/20/07
Who let one loose?
02/12/07
Ooh ooh that smell! And the quest to determine its origin
01/31/07
Beware of the DOTS from Japan
01/29/07
Coming clean on the CTA
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
01/ 4/07
How to sit by yourself on the train
11/29/06
New non-handicapped seating
11/16/06
El evangelist revisited: A creature of habit
11/ 7/06
More depictions of weary riders
11/ 6/06
"May I have your seat?" -- recalling the experiment 30 years ago
11/ 1/06
Tricks, few treats on Halloween
10/30/06
Out the wankers with cell photos
10/25/06
Giving up seats: Men should be ashamed
10/23/06
Let's develop subway smell map for Chicago
10/19/06
Clutching Cliff closely
10/16/06
The El Evangelist strikes again
10/ 3/06
Show Mom a little respect, please
09/29/06
Passenger complaint spurs passenger complaints
09/28/06
Pointed rants about God, the Irish and Hitler
09/26/06
The crowded train crush
09/18/06
Coffee mishaps
09/13/06
Paybacks are hell
09/12/06
Don't you have headphones for that phone?
09/11/06
New way to be a seat hog
08/21/06
Headline of the year: "Subway saw psycho"
08/18/06
The celler apologizes!
08/15/06
Makeup sex? Who needs the Hobo Corner?
08/ 9/06
Hey bikers: Give us a little space to exit
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
07/19/06
Doin' the Lean
07/18/06
The difference between Paris and Chicago transit systems
07/18/06
A case of selective outrage
07/11/06
Eastern-European Evil Eyebrow
07/ 9/06
CTA Alerts double as news provider
07/ 6/06
What are you people THINKING?!?!
06/27/06
The new kinder, gentler train announcements
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
06/20/06
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!
06/14/06
Share your voice: Vote on "Quiet Car" concept
06/13/06
Mom grooms son, harvests love
06/ 9/06
Restful repose for CTA riders captured
06/ 8/06
The gloved guy; CTA Quiet Car?
06/ 7/06
Let Julie your Cruise Director show you to your seat
06/ 6/06
A first for PDA voyeurs
05/31/06
The CTA Insider dishes the dirt
05/26/06
Nude woman on the Jackson platform
05/23/06
The irate mutterer
05/21/06
The Insider's thought on rude supervisor
05/20/06
Photo of rude supervisor, and CTA's response to complaint
05/19/06
Train supervisor harasses bummed out passenger
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/ 8/06
Clothing creativity
05/ 1/06
Quite a view for wide-eyed teens
04/27/06
Turning the tables on nosy ladies
04/24/06
The "let-me-use-your-phone" rant
04/19/06
Burning smell prompts mass exodus
04/18/06
"I heard a loud *thump*" ...
04/17/06
Your comprehensive source for CTA crime
04/11/06
"Doorkers" called-out on DC Metro
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
03/17/06
Giving up your seat? That's gratitude for ya
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
02/14/06
Apologies for that smell
02/10/06
Do your grooming at home, please
02/ 1/06
Equal opportunity scariness