Track fishing and seat hogging are both forbidden

so, a number of ads for the Bahamas have been yanked from the NYC subway system. my first thought was, oh thank god. they finally realized that these ads make 7.5 million subway commuters want to slit their wrists (being that it is the most gawd-awful time of year here). every fucking day, G to the 7 to the 6 uptown, these fucking plucky colorful banners remind me exactly where i'm not: on a tropical island (an island, yes, but the most populated and suck ass concrete jungle of an island).

thanks. way to ruin my day.

but apparently, according to the article, the ads were pulled, not because they were depressing New Yorkers, but because they "advertised" illegal behavior on the train.

now, to my knowledge, they recently banned beverages from subway cars.

there go the Dewars, Budweiser and Courvoisier ads. damn. (a clever co-marketing campaign i'm sure, with those Bahamas people. because you know my first thought after being depressed by one of the Bahamas ads is damn i need a drink)