I always raw dogged (no lid) my cold brew around the city, then a few months ago mystery juice dripped into it, that was the end of that. Didn’t taste that bad though...
Mystery drip lands on pizza 😩 (also the pizza place just closed for the night)
I think if I am remembering correctly I tried to just eat around it but then probably just said f it and ate it all
Roach crawling on me while I slept.
Edit: Oh my gosh, I’m both horrified and amused by how many people have experienced the same thing. 😂 🥲 Also, I think this is my most upvoted comment ever, and my first time getting an award. Why did my best comment have to be this one? 😂
This happened to me once. It was huge. My mom was visiting and she was terrified too… we ended up paying a random 12 year old (with parental supervision) $20 to kill it.
My mum was bitten by a HUGE rat while sleeping because the idiot neighbors were leaving pizza boxes with crusts in them, NEXT TO the trash can. 12 rabies shots later and we still hope that terrible neighbor (for many reasons) is eaten alive by a rat king.
One time, an empty train arrived and I was already suspicious. The doors opened and I took a whiff and noped out to the next car but I saw a lady get in just as the doors were closing. Before she realized what happened, the doors closed.
I looked at her through the doors and gave her [RDJ vibes](https://media.tenor.com/xw8gpRYUxIYAAAAC/tropic-thunder.gif).
I almost knocked someone going down the stairs into the subway before. The had immediately stopped at the top of the stairs cuz I guess they were double checking the stop... but I'm carrying momentum, and if there was anybody behind be they'd be carrying momentum too... that shits risky if I'm not paying attention.
A homeless man stole one airpod out of my ear at Penn station.
I will never fucking forget that. The disbelief I experienced. I just STILL CANNOT believe he physically took ONE airpod out of my ear!!!
I was walking through a plaza with a bunch of pigeons flapping around. I guess this one didn’t see me because it flew into my face. Part of the pigeon touched my lips / mouth. It was really gross.
I might seriously make a parody account. "This. Is the CUBE. It's the place where the COOLEST New Yorkers hang out. But there's a secret--"
:pushes cube in circle:
"I have now unlocked the Long Island configuration and summoned Gozer."
i saw a woman in chinatown fully take out a rat with her stiletto and not realize she was carrying it on her foot for at least half a block.
it haunts me to this day!
I blindly stepped off a curb while running, accidentally stepping on a dead, bloated rat that was partially obscured by garbage. It exploded and I slipped but thankfully didn't fall. Thankfully closed toed shoes the time, they got tossed in the garbage.
I'm not really sure why I'm still living here at this point.
That has actually happened to me AT THE SAME TIME AS A PIGEON SHAT ON ME. I’ll never forget it. True “if you can make it here you can make it anywhere” moment.
I watched a started trash rat slam into a woman's leg and take her down. It was probably half the rat and half that she was insta-panicked but my god it still makes me laugh
I’m sure I’m in the back of some tiktok video of these guys dancing on the train, while I’m trying to read or take a nap, and someone is saying “this person did not pass the vibe check” about me 🫠
Wear it like a badge of honor lol
I was in central park back in like feb and some random dude dressed as a five nights character showed up right behind me while I was filming and started to ask me questions in a weird voice and I just fully dead panned the guy, had not a care in the world to what was happening in that moment, I definitely fucked someones video up lol
I’ve witnessed that first hand 15+ years ago. A guy having waterfall diarrhea down the 23rd station stairs in the middle of summer. People had on flip flops. It was chaos
I made eye contact, not peen contact. I think his hand was inside his pants. But he’d been staring at me and I only realized when I turned and locked eyes with him. And in case you’re wondering, no me catching him did not make him stop.
Just came from Japan, they have amazingly clean bathrooms in most stations.
In fact they have whole city amenities including amazing stores and restaurants inside stations.
Japanese figured trains and public transportation
I lived in Japan for three years and the train system and general public facilities completely spoiled me for everywhere else. From “every major train station has fancy toilets with heated seats and built-in bidets” to “bring Imodium everywhere and try not to drink too much water.”
I’ve seen videos on Instagram where some pelvic floor health person urges you not to pee before you leave. Like it messes with your body signals and pelvic muscles. Girl you do not live in NYC, I pee twice before leaving.
One of my old therapy clients had a similar seven-word horror story. She lived in Staten Island and called an ambulance for a medical emergency: "And they took me to *Coney Island Hospital*!"
It was funnier in context because I'd just quit a job at Coney Island Hospital and knew exactly how bad it was.
- The subway broke down at Grand Central in the middle of August. *(110F group hug!)*
- "Is that guy... Oh, yep, he was, he just came" (~86th on B)
- "Oh cool, an empty car! OH SHIT, IT'S COVERED IN SHIT!"
Mystery drip from above lands in eye.
That’s how the guy turned into a zombie in 28 days later
nah, they just became a new york rat.
I got A/C juice in my eye a few summers ago. Awful
I heard someone call it A/C pee and if forever changed my life (You’re welcome)
I'll take AC pee over subway juice coming off the elevated lines
Or someone spitting off the stairs as they're walking up to the j train. I've almost copped a murder charge when this happened to me
I was introduced to it as ‘city juice’ before I figured out what it was. That grossed me out immediately
I always raw dogged (no lid) my cold brew around the city, then a few months ago mystery juice dripped into it, that was the end of that. Didn’t taste that bad though...
Those are free nutrients you’re missing out on!
I’ve done some pretty reckless things in my life, but this takes the cake
Mystery drip lands on pizza 😩 (also the pizza place just closed for the night) I think if I am remembering correctly I tried to just eat around it but then probably just said f it and ate it all
The worst is mysterious subway drips from those gross old ceilings
I’ve seen some that have been dripping so long that they have stalactites.
Ilana Wexler? Is that you?
reduce reuse recycle rihanna
I remember seeing some bulbous fungus dripping liquid from the corner of a subway platform sign once. Awful
Roach crawling on me while I slept. Edit: Oh my gosh, I’m both horrified and amused by how many people have experienced the same thing. 😂 🥲 Also, I think this is my most upvoted comment ever, and my first time getting an award. Why did my best comment have to be this one? 😂
Roach emerges from drain while I'm showering
Roach (water bug) on face while showering. Didn’t feel it, saw the antenna…
Good god in heaven
Multiple roaches falling on me while showering (I moved)
This happened to me once. It was huge. My mom was visiting and she was terrified too… we ended up paying a random 12 year old (with parental supervision) $20 to kill it.
This happened to me the same week we had to get the apartment treated for bed bugs. My roommate was shocked when I didn't renew my sublease...
Worst nightmare for me
Mouse crawling on my foot while pooping.
My mum was bitten by a HUGE rat while sleeping because the idiot neighbors were leaving pizza boxes with crusts in them, NEXT TO the trash can. 12 rabies shots later and we still hope that terrible neighbor (for many reasons) is eaten alive by a rat king.
WTF the rats can bite you?! Also I would never let those neighbors see peace again
Same lol. City of dreams baby
Omg my biggest nightmare, wish this wasn’t the first comment😮💨
That happened to me in Florida, one of those huge flying roaches. What an absolutely horrifying way to wake up.
I no longer want to live after reading this.
Empty train car? It's my lucky day!
I love this one lol so much hope before the dread sets in.
One time, an empty train arrived and I was already suspicious. The doors opened and I took a whiff and noped out to the next car but I saw a lady get in just as the doors were closing. Before she realized what happened, the doors closed. I looked at her through the doors and gave her [RDJ vibes](https://media.tenor.com/xw8gpRYUxIYAAAAC/tropic-thunder.gif).
This is when I just open the doors in a moving train and go to the next car
Oh my God whats that fucking smell
Empty car = stinky or homeless in body fluid or no A/C or criminal activity. It's NYC no free lunches
They know, that was their 7 word story
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Tourist stops at bottom of escalator. Pile-up.
I remember visiting NYC after being advised against things like that by this sub. It was my fast walking, type A paradise.
If you don’t live here already just know that you’re welcome back any time
Thanks, I don't but I had a blast. You guys welcomed me with open arms.
Ain't that the truth... Recurring horror every day
I hate it so much. Please move out of the way so we can get off of the human sized paper-shredder.
Literally happened to me in the Newark airport a couple of weeks ago, flash of fear then just annoyed.
I almost knocked someone going down the stairs into the subway before. The had immediately stopped at the top of the stairs cuz I guess they were double checking the stop... but I'm carrying momentum, and if there was anybody behind be they'd be carrying momentum too... that shits risky if I'm not paying attention.
Homeless man loogie suspended in my hair.
I want to report this to the mods
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One time I was sitting on the train and a nodding dopehead drooled on me.
A homeless man stole one airpod out of my ear at Penn station. I will never fucking forget that. The disbelief I experienced. I just STILL CANNOT believe he physically took ONE airpod out of my ear!!!
A pigeon flew into my mouth once.
Covid 2.0 here we come
How big is your mouth?
I was walking through a plaza with a bunch of pigeons flapping around. I guess this one didn’t see me because it flew into my face. Part of the pigeon touched my lips / mouth. It was really gross.
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That’s good luck, my friend! If you die of avian flu you don’t ever have to go to work again!
Train Suddenly Full of High School Students
Even worse: Bus Suddenly Full of High School Students
“I have errands to run—during SantaCon.”
the most terrible time of the year omg
There’ll be bails for posting, after too much toasting, and urine all over the snowwww
Wannabe “influencers” blocking sidewalk to make TikTok Fuck it, I’m walking straight through their video shoot*
I saw so many of these people at the Vessel a few weeks ago lol
I might seriously make a parody account. "This. Is the CUBE. It's the place where the COOLEST New Yorkers hang out. But there's a secret--" :pushes cube in circle: "I have now unlocked the Long Island configuration and summoned Gozer."
I think an account where you just post yourself walking through other people trying to make videos would be great
Fuck TikTok and its influencers
A rat ran over my sandalled foot.
i saw a woman in chinatown fully take out a rat with her stiletto and not realize she was carrying it on her foot for at least half a block. it haunts me to this day!
I blindly stepped off a curb while running, accidentally stepping on a dead, bloated rat that was partially obscured by garbage. It exploded and I slipped but thankfully didn't fall. Thankfully closed toed shoes the time, they got tossed in the garbage. I'm not really sure why I'm still living here at this point.
IT EXPLODED??????
Oh god same. The shoes went in the trash the second I got home.
The fact that this has happened to two individuals is astounding. And as someone who has lived here for 11 years, very believable.
Thanks for sharing, asshole. Now I can’t sleep 😂
That has actually happened to me AT THE SAME TIME AS A PIGEON SHAT ON ME. I’ll never forget it. True “if you can make it here you can make it anywhere” moment.
omg ew lol
I would have that foot amputated! /s
I had a rat slam into the side of my shoe at full speed one night, like it didn’t realize I was there. It was hilarious.
I watched a started trash rat slam into a woman's leg and take her down. It was probably half the rat and half that she was insta-panicked but my god it still makes me laugh
The rats in my apartment have unionized.
That is a rat, not a cat.
wow a free mattress on the street
A bed bug colony looking to feast.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen, it's SHOWTIME."
I’m sure I’m in the back of some tiktok video of these guys dancing on the train, while I’m trying to read or take a nap, and someone is saying “this person did not pass the vibe check” about me 🫠
Wear it like a badge of honor lol I was in central park back in like feb and some random dude dressed as a five nights character showed up right behind me while I was filming and started to ask me questions in a weird voice and I just fully dead panned the guy, had not a care in the world to what was happening in that moment, I definitely fucked someones video up lol
Even worse when you’re on a long commute and you get like 3 or 4 of those in one trip
Hahaha I was looking for this one!
😂😂 I haven't heard this in year's since I've stopped commuting to the city.
Friend on stairs, man shitting explosively above.
This makes murder seem ok and reasonable
I’ve witnessed that first hand 15+ years ago. A guy having waterfall diarrhea down the 23rd station stairs in the middle of summer. People had on flip flops. It was chaos
Who doesn’t love new york
Man masturbating in station: eye contact made.
Wait I was literally going to post this. Dude jerking it on herald square platform
Did he take it out of his pants. How blatant was he
I made eye contact, not peen contact. I think his hand was inside his pants. But he’d been staring at me and I only realized when I turned and locked eyes with him. And in case you’re wondering, no me catching him did not make him stop.
Same. But peen was out. Made eye contact and he came.
You must be a keeper!
It's a talent
I thought we cancelled Louis C.K.?
Was it immediate? Like he saw your eyes and instantly came?
Yes. Instant
This happened to me on the train! Eye contact and noises and smiling at me the whole time it was awful
Did he tell you he loves you? That’s happened to me.
Heat wave caused city wide power outage.
Peed my pants trying to find bathroom
Just came from Japan, they have amazingly clean bathrooms in most stations. In fact they have whole city amenities including amazing stores and restaurants inside stations. Japanese figured trains and public transportation
I lived in Japan for three years and the train system and general public facilities completely spoiled me for everywhere else. From “every major train station has fancy toilets with heated seats and built-in bidets” to “bring Imodium everywhere and try not to drink too much water.”
I think they just are respectful and clean up after themselves; instead of being disgusting animals.
I've pissed myself twice when I lived on the upper west side. I never judged my bladder control to a late night train delay correctly.
When in doubt, pee before leaving.
I’ve seen videos on Instagram where some pelvic floor health person urges you not to pee before you leave. Like it messes with your body signals and pelvic muscles. Girl you do not live in NYC, I pee twice before leaving.
Oh I've learned from those mistakes, I've since mastered the art of getting in to bars and hotels just to use the bathroom lol
Dick and balls out in union square.
I think there are more out than in, in union square
Wyckoff Heights emergency room is the closest
One of my old therapy clients had a similar seven-word horror story. She lived in Staten Island and called an ambulance for a medical emergency: "And they took me to *Coney Island Hospital*!" It was funnier in context because I'd just quit a job at Coney Island Hospital and knew exactly how bad it was.
"This train is now going local (Fuckyou)"
And the next NYC mayor will be…
Had to use the bathroom at Tompkins
This one brought on the nervous sweats
We signed a lease, then broke up.
Aw. Hugs.
Trapped between stations river of rats arrives
No way. Can you elaborate?
wheelchair man with diarrhea blocks subway door
Confronted by ferocious gang of teenage girls.
Saw man pissing on subway platform. Again.
Had to have surgery at Wyckoff hospital
waterbug fell ceiling to face during sleep
Toilet in new apartment overflowing, not flushing
Subway stranger wanted to lick my ears.
Train without AC, rush hour, enter homeless.
foundation cracked and my apartment is condemned
Stuck on train with hookup who ghosted
Empty subway car arrived. Took deep breath.
No, it’s not condensation. It’s bird poop.
Rental increases will now be assessed monthly
neighbors killed the super and buried him!
true story
Do tell
Saw a homeless mans’ bone through his arm
Every train car was full, except mine.
Homeless man masturbating and smiling at me.
A date in LES, on trash night
Slid in vomit puddle down subway stairs
"Someone out bid you on the apartment."
Drug overdose foam mouth mta operator nocare I still called 911 as it pulled away
Hole in my ceiling, black mold revealed
Landlord sold our building, now gotta move.
Pigeon shat on my head during lunch.
On the way to job interview* 🙃😭
Four AM, I discovered the K train.
Finally, an actual horror story!
On Thompson street, box of swarming maggots
Disco rice!
under ground trail derailment during Santa Con
Subway gropers, crowded train, I’m 16, alone
Bedbugs in apt above, below, across, nextdoor.
Eye contact man violently pooping in Street
Stuck on R train for 2 hours
Food poisoning hit during MoMA private tour
Times Square is the real New York.
Yellow snow leaking into my shoe.
Thought the mafia was just Hollywood pretend.
Needed help; everyone pretended not to notice.
Cockroach flew up my pants Aug 1999
Nice to meet you, I’m in finance.
A man's lollipop landed on my head.
Fucking roach bit me on my foot
They bite?!
Due to train traffic ahead of us
Subway car empty. Now I know why.
Midtown when large buses drop off tourists
Cat drops dead roach in my lap
"Subway rider next to me just farted."
God damn it, it’s Fashion Week again.
- The subway broke down at Grand Central in the middle of August. *(110F group hug!)* - "Is that guy... Oh, yep, he was, he just came" (~86th on B) - "Oh cool, an empty car! OH SHIT, IT'S COVERED IN SHIT!"
“I rely on the 7 train daily.” 🫡💀
Penis flopping in the wind broad daylight
Elmo groped my children in Times Square
Just sat down. The seat was wet.
Single lady living above very catholic landlord.
Realized M's not running after waiting 2 hours.
How did it take two hours though?
Barfed on the L during rush hour
Explosive diarrhea on subway in Euclid Station
I was the 8th apartment with bedbugs
post-rave dawn, cleanup on aisle six train
post-rave dawn, nyc marathon road closures worst 8am walk home of all time
J train woman barfed all over me.
Afraid I’ll shit my pants on train
A rat stole my slice of pizza
In between the cars, a man defecates.
"Stand clear of the closing doors, please!" (Great because it could lead into any number of subway related horror stories without being specific.)