Wait, what?

markcoatney:

nicksummers:

fumdog:

I’ve always wondered this, and it turns out that yes, NYC cabbies do hate the little TV’s in the back of the cab as much as we do.

It’s kind of hard to read, but the note says:

“PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE. IF UR Not Watching TV, PLEASE TURN IT Off or TURN IT Low. Thank u So Much. PLEASE!”

How fast you can stab the off button in the bottom-right corner of those screens is one of the tests of how much of a real New Yorker you are, along with knowing which door of which subway car to board, depending on your stop.

The problem is that not every screen has the ‘off’ button in the same place. Which should totally be against the law

I hate these TV’s too.  I once tried actually watching it, and got pretty nauseous.  BUT I will say one thing.  Before the use of the iPhone was widespread, we used these TV screens for their maps.  On one night, when we were going to a bar in Fort Greene, the taxi driver was completely lost, and it was me and my friend shouting out directions from that little TV’s map that completely saved us.