Reason to Move Out Of New York City # 673920172782 : Subway Rider Unexpectedly Becomes Climbing Area For A Rat
NY Post - The subways are a real rat race these days.
A dozing commuter on a New York City subway was shaken from his slumber to find one of the large rodents crawling all over his body, a Newsflare video shows.
The 20-second footage shows the unidentified straphanger dressed in gray jeans and blue vest being rocked to sleep by the train car. Unbeknownst to him, a mangy rat seizes that moment to race up his leg and onto his shoulders.
The rodent-ridden rider then wakes up and puts his hand behind his neck– only to find the rat making its way back down his arm.
Evidently disgusted, the man shoots up and the rat falls to the floor before the video cuts out, leaving viewers wondering if the commuter burned his rat-touched clothes or donated them to the Hudson River.
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I guess Hova forgot the part about dozing off on the subway and a fucking rat climbing up your neck . Must be on the next remix . Anyway ... what a damn scene huh ? Poor bastard does what everyone has done on a commute home after a long day, dozes off for a few minutes and next thing he knows he's gotta get decontaminated like the end of ET. Unreal. Ever since the pandemic it feels like the subways are less crowded so there's less maniacs on there, and less people in general which allowed this guy to catch a quick nap in peace .. a rarity back in the day when the subway was packed to the gills ... or so he thought he was in peace.
Rat not only up against his foot, which is bad enough ... on his skin and neck and near his face. Skeeved out like you read about. Reminded me of the scene when Ace Ventura burns his clothes.
I actually think guy would have been better stripping the clothes off right there on the subway and walking home in his drawers. If anyone approached him or the cops stopped him to ask why he was doing it, he simply had to say a rat crawled on him on the subway and they would have said "sorry sir, anything we can do to help?" , hell they may have even given him money. How could you not feel bad for the guy . Grossest animal in the grossest environment. Absolutely grotesque.
Let's also talk about the biggest asshole (assholes) in the video. The guy taking it. There's an unwritten rule you don't talk to anyone on a NYC subway. the people performing stink, the crazy people stink, and there's certainly no small talk to strangers ... avoid at all costs. But I will make an exception here that you should alert the guy about the damn rat crawling near his face instead of filming. Maybe be a good citizen and yell "wake up" or throw something at him to scare it, or just simply putting the phone down and helping anything. This ain't the nature channel, you aren't here to document wild animal encounters, you should be here to help your fellow man. Damn shame what this city has come to. Everyone out for themselves. Laughing instead of helping was gross. Guy filming is such an asshole.