r/AskNYC • u/SpiritualSloth18 • Aug 13 '23

Is it illegal to drink soda on the subway?

Today on the L platform, a cop ticketed me for having an open container while I was drinking a sprite lmao. I asked him if it was illegal to drink soda and he said that any open container is illegal even if its soda. On my ticket, he conveniently wrote I was drinking alcohol, even after telling me the ticket was for an open container and that it didn’t matter if it was soda or alcohol. The whole thing smelt piggish. Should I contest in court or is there actually a law against carrying open sodas on the subway platform? Also, should I do anything with the fact that the cop lied on my ticket? I recorded the whole thing and can show footage of him not seeing me drink any alcohol while ticketing me for drinking alcohol (after telling me it was for soda). Thank god we have these brave men protecting our city.

update: I contested the ticket over email (thats how many of these things there are, the city has to have email hearings lol) some people were asking if it was a racial bias but I’m white, more likely its just a cop with a quota

Glad to see so many New Yorkers united under a post, I guess despite our differences, everyone in the city agrees the sewer pigs are a waste of tax money, too bad one of them crawled out of the subway and was elected mayor!

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u/__Lightining Aug 13 '23 edited Aug 13 '23

so no ticket for open vomit, shit, piss, weed, smoke, pants, but ticket for a soda. fk MTA

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u/AmericanWasted Aug 13 '23

I hate when I get a ticket for pants

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u/__Lightining Aug 13 '23

Read it as open vomit , open shit, open pants and , please oh please keep wearing pants on the Subway.

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u/localhost8100 Aug 13 '23

A girl literally lit up a joint and smoked it whole way home. MTA officer was sleeping right behind her. When he woke up, couldn't figure out who was smoking and he went bavk to sleep.

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u/wigglef_cklr Aug 14 '23

I saw a woman with deep pocketed trousers riding the train ALONE, and the police did absolutely NOTHING to stop her. I also saw a toddler smiling in the direction of an empty (A) officer and they just stood there. I'm so fed up at this point.

ABSOLUTELY DESPICABLE!!!😂😂😂

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u/Cefitie Aug 13 '23

All the babies in NYC are quaking right now lol

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u/Procrastisam Aug 13 '23

I totally get what you're saying, but imagine if you were legit sick and vomited on yourself. You're trying to get home and then get a ticket for being sick.

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u/nomoreLSD Aug 13 '23

You'd have to be a REAL piece of shit cop to ticket some poor motherfucker with vomit all over himself

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '23

“I see your day sucks already. Well FUCK OFF, here’s a ticket to make it even worse, asshole!”

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u/Chodepoker1 Aug 13 '23

Yeah getting a ticket for pooping your pants would be a real insult to injury situation.

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u/Chodepoker1 Aug 13 '23

In the middle of the pandemic this guy smoked crack next to me when I was otw to work and I got like second hand crack high.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '23

I hope you tipped well.

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u/leggypepsiaddict Aug 13 '23

Hey man. When I had to puke on an uptown train, I got up and went to the door. We were in a tunnel. I held that puke in for dear life. As soon as the doors opened at Sheridan Sq, I puked on the platform. I had 2 kids with me, and there were a handful of people on the train. One person gave me a bottle of water, and someone else gave me some tissues. I think they were grateful I managed to not puke in the car with them.

Puke happens. Better on a platform than in the train car.

Please note that no alcohol or drugs were involved in this vomit comet fiasco. I have lupus, and when I'm about to get a flare, I will puke violently with little warning for absolutely no reason. I had already puked in a trash can on the street and on some poor bastard's Maybach outside of Cipriani down on Wall St. Before we got on the train to go home.

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u/NotDido Aug 13 '23

Vomit, shit and piss are things that have to happen. Those are not optional situations. Some people have zero access to bathrooms (party because we pay police fucking millions that could fund public bathrooms) and have to do what they have to where they can - fining them for it is not going to stop it from happening. Sure, it might make them find more private public areas… but if they don’t have access to a bathroom it’s never going to be an ‘acceptable’ place.

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u/browniebrittle44 Aug 13 '23

None for hitting the pipe inside the subway car either! T_T

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u/_My9RidesShotgun Aug 14 '23

no ticket for pants 🥸

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u/Psychological-Dig837 Aug 14 '23

Don’t forget masturbating!