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Chinese subway goers have ranked the most unforgivable breaches of etiquette they are forced to endure on the nation’s trains, including such pearls of wisdom as “not defecating in the train” and “not allowing children to go to the toilet on the floor.”

The ranking of “most unforgiveable subway manners” was based on a survey of 894 Chinese undertaken by a subway operator and local paper in the Chinese metropolis of Tianjin – it runs as follows:

1. Spitting

2. Defecating in the train

3. Smoking in the carriage or station

4. Crowding onto the train without queuing

5. Taking things which stink onto the train

6. Lying across several seats

7. Taking pets onto the train

8. Spitting gum onto the train

9. Tossing trash onto the floor

10. Tossing trash onto the tracks

They also selected some of the “best manners” to uphold:

1. Yielding seats to the aged, infirm or pregnant

2. Waiting for people to get off the train before rushing onto it

3. Putting discarded trash in the bins

4. Not letting children defecate in the train

5. Not taking highly inflammable, explosive or radioactive materials onto the train

With subway etiquette in other countries typically concerned with the finer points of seating priority, mobile phone usage and not listening to loud music, the contrast with China’s preoccupation with the basics of queuing and not spitting or defecating in the train could not be more severe:

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    Avatar of Pyrolight
    Comment by Pyrolight
    08:32 30/11/2012 # ! Quality (+1.0)

    One of the downsides of a large part of a country being ass backwards hicks and dropping them into modern society.

    Avatar of Conduit
    Comment by Conduit
    08:39 30/11/2012 # ! Quality (+1.0)

    Yep, this is what you get when you have a 3rd world mentality in a 1st world environment.

    Avatar of Nin
    Comment by Nin

    This is also why black people are such a bother.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:51 30/11/2012 # ! Good (+0.8)

    it's a matter of culture, not race. just like your stupidity has nothing to do with your race.

    Comment by Anonymous

    Shut up white supremacist faggot.

    Avatar of kintama00
    Comment by kintama00

    Indeed, he is very stupid, but he might have a valid point.. dunno which1 tho, since he didn't bother.. u idiot!

    Comment by Anonymous

    Come on, if you never saw some black bum shitting on the subway in new york you havent taken it much. I see one shitting or pissing in the car on a weekly basis, and its rarely anything but black homeless.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:42 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    man which train do you take, all the ones i take are clean as hell, though i say much for the 456....

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    Comment by Leon Cloud
    09:47 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    maybe im just lucky, but i dont see any of that on the yellow lines in NYC

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    Comment by PirateKing
    00:42 01/12/2012 # ! Neutral (-0.2)

    I only see white people pissing and shitting all over each other.

    Comment by Anonymous
    12:01 01/12/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    Bullshit. I see white guys shitting outside trailer park trash dumps. With a can of beer in hand too.

    Or pissing on the walls. Broke busted white guys.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:47 30/11/2012 # ! Good (+0.5)

    Excuse me, I'm form a 3rd World Country (Chile) and we don't poop on our trains!!!!! Ugh!

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:51 30/11/2012 # ! Good (+0.6)

    man the girls there have such great asses.

    Avatar of Conduit
    Comment by Conduit
    09:00 30/11/2012 # ! Good (+0.4)

    Chile has had large scale commuter train services for substantially longer than mainland China.

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    Comment by Garret
    09:38 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    Chile isn't a 3rd world country. At least not near from Santiago.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:41 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    i dont chile is a 3rd world anymore, so your good

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:44 30/11/2012 # ! Quality (+1.0)

    Does anybody even knows what a 3rd world country even means anymore?

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:17 30/11/2012 # ! Quality (+1.0)

    3rd world, really? Maybe developing, but certainly not under developed.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:20 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    is religion or lack thereof, obligatory in your country? If it's not then you are not in a third world country. There are other factors to consider, like lack of a functional government as well. I don't mean like disfunctional like the US govt, but more of a puppet govt or no govt at all.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:29 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    I've been to china about 5 times and have been on their trains, and i have yet to see this but, I will say that in the less developed area's public transit, if they have some is in a serious dilapidated state....

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:30 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    im from mexico, and i want to can poop in the train.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:22 30/11/2012 # ! Drivel (-1.0)

    Stop being retarded, people. 1st world = countries allied with the USA during the Cold War. 2nd world = countries allied with USSR. 3rd world = neutrals. By that definition China is a 2nd world country.

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:00 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    Chile has an equal per capita income to Argentina. It's not 3rd world, dummy.

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    Comment by Imyou
    02:49 01/12/2012 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    Let me clear this up for people... The "world-numbering" was something of Mao Zedong's - it's not a matter of how advanced the society is, or directly how rich they are. 1st world is a superpower. 2nd world is an ally of a superpower. 3rd world is not an ally of any superpower. So as far as I know, Chile is a 3rd world country, right?

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    Comment by Disco Laserparrot
    06:18 01/12/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    @anon11:29

    I live in China year-round, with about half of it on the mainland. I see this happen on trains, buses, sidewalks, in parks, shopping malls, etc., but largely outside of major metropolitan areas. When asking folks why this is acceptable, the responses are that diapers are viewed as being bad for the baby's skin too hot, unclean/unhealthy, etc. This opinion is held more by the older generations of Chinese than modern parents, but ... the older generations are the ones doing the lion's share of the child rearing right now, so there you go. As with every other bad habit, the attitude in China is basically to shrug your shoulders and say, "eh -- give it a generation or so and it'll be fixed."

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    Comment by Disco Laserparrot
    06:28 01/12/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    Also: Growing up in the US, if you're a toddler and you need to take a piss while going somewhere, your folks can pull off of the freeway at a McDonald's somewhere and let you handle your business. China has a lot more drivers now than it did a decade ago, but cars are still an unattainable luxury for many. I'd imagine that if you're one of the people who has to take public transportation to get around, moving a fussy, diaper-less toddler off of a train, out of a jam-packed station, onto the street and into a mall or a McDonald's restroom before they shit all over you is an S-rank, achievement-unlocked fucking challenge, haha.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:58 01/12/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    Sometimes i just can't help myself. After eating a healthy dose of prunes and laxatives I shit myself in the pants.

    I'll happily go to China and shit on their trains. Maybe someone will slip on my shit-stains while they leave. I'll make sure to land a load near the door exits.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:58 01/12/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    And piss on their doors too with my throbbing dick.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:59 01/12/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    My throbbing Japanese dick that is.

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    Comment by TOM
    11:23 06/12/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    No, it's all life style. I'm a Chinese, most pp at my age have done some at 80's, or even 90's, well, apparently some still doing it.
    It's not parenting, cos all elders will tell you to piss of side walk when you say "mommy I need to pee", at that time, theres absolutely no idea what a public toilet is. But I won't do it at public , some of my friends won't.
    When thinking back, all of those who won't do shit/pee at public, all have a Ample life, some have money (witch actually not by much, cos when no body have money, and you have 10$, you are bloody rich),most are government employees(when you are, your life are guaranteed)
    when you have a bright and clean home--and future you tend not to shit everywhere.
    when you living in a shit hole, wondering what the f-ck Future is, you tend to not care anything.
    And now time, most pp living a shit hole, and this shit hole cost all your life saving to get. Watching other pp on TV or Internet having there future, you tend to have a weird head about anything.

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:02 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    Philippines is a 3rd world and nobody does that either

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:35 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    they do it everywhere else

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:51 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm from El Salvador, at least you guys have trains.

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:36 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    Never heard of flying saucers? Unfortunately, it also happens in trains but not LRT and MRTs.

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:56 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    1st world environment? "Made in China" is not a compliment.

    Comment by Anonymous
    16:14 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    3rd world countries don't use the train as a public restroom

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    Comment by Anonymous
    08:36 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    Am I reading this correctly? Spitting in the train is #1 while shitting in the train is #2?...

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:39 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    I think it is because everybody spits in trains in China while shitting is not that common.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:53 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    If it's number 2, it's quite common too

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:50 01/12/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    I see what you did there...

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    Comment by Conduit
    09:07 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    Maybe the responders simply appreciated the irony of shitting on a train being, number 2.

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    Comment by Anonymous
    08:36 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    taking a dump in public transport whilst being surrounded by people takes guts ;D

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:54 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    and an uneducated brain to the boot

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:39 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    Ugh. Disgusting

    Avatar of VZ
    Comment by VZ
    08:46 30/11/2012 # ! Good (+0.6)

    I'll never complain about NYC Subways again.

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:46 30/11/2012 # ! Good (+0.6)

    5. Not taking highly inflammable, explosive or radioactive materials onto the train
    Well thanks i guess

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    Comment by Takumi
    13:08 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (+0.2)

    I'll bring a sample of uranium just to annoy the hell out of you

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:47 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    When you gotta go, you gotta go!

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:53 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    Guess they forget to go out of the train when they gotta go

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:50 30/11/2012 # ! Neutral (0)

    Best manner:

    6. Exploding a train







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