Seat hogs, beware! You are being watched!

Many local New Yorkers (not to mention tourists) are unaware--or would claim to be unaware--that it's actually illegal to take up more than one seat on a city subway or bus.  If you're caught with your bag on a seat, no matter if the bus/car is empty, you are liable for a $50 violation.  Between January and November of last year, the NYPD issued more than 8,700 summonses for violating this rule, up 17% over the previous year.  Punishable offenses include sprawling out on more than one seat, using a seat as a personal luggage rack, as well as putting feet up on adjacent seats.  Anyone who has been on a crowded train, where a selfish fellow passenger is taking up two, or even three seats, is likely to applaud the enforcement of this statute.  There is even a website--a rather amusing one--that offers photographs of offending passengers, along with snarky comments, and the capability for readers to rate the egregiousness of the passenger's offense.  It's mostly New York, but not always...they have offensive photos from all over the world. It's called www.seathogs.com .  Here are a few of their posted photos.  So, beware:  If you decide to make the subway your bed, it's gonna cost ya....:


Pretty.....


The site isn't just limited to seat hogs...they're also pretty rough on people caught on their fat asses while handicapped/elderly people are standing in plain sight...like this selfish slob....

And if Seathogs.com has gotten you so fired up that you want to see more--on a related topic, go directly to  www.TrainPigs.com , which is the same idea, except it's photos of slovenly passengers eating on the subway (see above).

WHEN DID IT BECOME "OKAY" TO.....

Let's open this one to discussion....fill in the blank: 
"Can someone please tell me, since when has it become acceptable to _______________ in public?"

I'll start things out:  "....okay to clip your fingernails in public?"  I was on the Downtown "A" train, which runs express from 125th Street to 59th Street in Manhattan, which is about 10-15 minutes, meaning if you're in a miserable car (no heat/AC, god-awful pan-handling musician, dead passenger next to you, etc.) you're trapped for a nice, long stretch.  This guy next to me takes out a pair of nail clippers and starts clipping away, letting his goddamned clippings fly wherever they flew.  Even with my headphones on with the Mahler Resurrection Symphony at high volume, that piercing metallic "SNAP" penetrated my brain.  With each SNAP, my blood pressure rose 10 more points....but I was not in the mood to have it out with this slob, so I tried valiantly to ignore it....SNAP..........SNAAPP!  No one else in the car seemed to acknowledge him (T.S.A.S.:  Typical Subway Anonymity Syndrome, I believe it's called).  Fortunately, I was getting off at 59th, so I didn't have to suffer this scenario all the way to Brooklyn or anything.  For something as mundane as nail-clipping, I somehow found it grossly disturbing to witness on mass transit.  I mentally vowed that I would physically attack him if he removed his shoes and started in on the toes, I swear I did. So, I'd really like to know:  Is it really acceptable to do this?  I think I know the answer....your thoughts?  And your own answer to the question as well...