That is the current euphemism for "douchebag that jumps in front of a train at rush hour". People, if you are going to kill yourselves by using the subway system, try to make sure you are remembered fondly and mourned by the population. The best way to ensure that is to track dive at noon on a Sunday, as opposed to 8:15 am on a Wednesdy. Have a little respect for the living, wouldja?

The word on the street from Mr. Right (who was unceremoniously dumped from the train due to the above, and forced to take a bus - my my the TTC is on a roll this week) is that while waiting on the platform for a bus, a man lit a cigarette. A TTC Special Constable (they get to compete in a "special" constable Olympics) came by and slapped the guy with a $115 fine for smoking on TTC property. Whoa! I think they're trying to make up for the money they're going to lose having to refund $4 to everyone for the strike on Monday. Okay, so there is a by-law prohibiting smoking on TTC property, and the "Special" Constable was within his right to hit the guy with a fine. No harm, no foul.

But Mr. Right also reported on the general attitude of TTC staff as they herded people to and from trains and buses. They tended to be very snippy. One female TTC employee snapped at a man who wasn't sure where to stand and wait for the bus. My response to her bitchiness would have been, "See, that attitude is why people spit on you." I swear they bring it on themselves sometimes. They are such utterly miserable people, I tend to wonder when one of them will just give it all up and have a "personal injury at track level."