The Etiquette GazetteDespite access to the irresistible information highway as our primary resource for all things consumable, we Muni Ladies occasionally enjoy getting our news the old-fashioned way. If you're like us and partake in a rag read during your morning commute, be considerate and learn how to jockey your newspaper with finesse. Folding any periodical in tight spaces can be an art form akin to origami, so we recommend you prepare your paper before you board transit. Start by folding the reading material in half lengthwise to create a tight crease down the middle, then fold vertically. This way, you've reduced the paper to half the size and can thumb through the top corners to your desired page. Fellow seatmates won't miss the smudge of paper rubs and elbow jabs, and in no time you'll be tabbing and skimming the left and right columns with ease--getting your daily dose of all the news that's fit to print. And to those sly riders who hide behind their paper to avoid giving up your seat, we know your game. Gotcha!
Muni Manner: Read your paper politely by folding for minimum impact. It's the safe and courteous thing to do.
2 comments:
My father, who is a veteran newspaper circulation man, calls this a "subway fold" and practices it himself. At the breakfast table he would always do this, perhaps so that he could still make eye contact with our mother -- or juvenile miscreants across the table.
I use this on the buses here in Denver occasionally, but it is rare to see others doing it. Two of the three dailies here are tabloids, so their compact format makes the subway fold less known.
It would also be nice if people folding newspapers would try to do so discretely and quietly. Nothing is quite so grating on the early morning Bart ride as the passenger behind you rustling away with their Chronicle positioned inches from your ears.
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