Teaching Some Subway Etiquette

Monday, 26 April 2010 | by Pat's Picks

Rule one: don’t wrap your butt around a subway pole. There’s a picture in today’s New York Daily News that is both is priceless and frightening. It’s accompanying a story about one man’s poster campaign to bring etiquette to New York’s subway system.

The photo is from a website called Subway Douchery.com. Here’s a link to original butt-on-pole post, with the many, many comments and clever asides it inspired.

Subway etiquette is a popular topic in the city. New York Magazine took on the issue, complete with rankings for specific disgusting subway behaviors, in its Urban Etiquette Guide.

Scroll down to hear residents unlesh their biggest subway pet peeves:

Profile of artist Jason Shelowitz, the man responsible the subway etiquette posters: