One of the subway trips I had recently was kind of amusing. When I got to the subway station near home to catch the train into Manhattan, there was a big group of about 15 guys waiting as well, making a lot of noise and yelling and stuff. No biggie. I got on the train and these guys got on a different carriage further back. A few minutes into the ride the train conductor/driver comes over the p.a. (public address) system saying "Quiet it down back there!"

I figure the group of guys are making a bit too much noise somewhere and think little of it. Moments later the conductor again comes over the p.a. and says loudly, "Shut the fuck up!". Ok, now I'm laughing. People in the carriage I'm in are looking around unsure if they actually heard what they thought they just heard. Things quieten down for a few minutes, then the conductor comes back on the p.a. system and says, "Guys, if you don't cut it out, I'm stopping the train and calling the police." That seems to work ...but not for long.

About 5 minutes later it seems these guys have broken into one of the vacant conductor booths on the train and decide to have a few words of their own on the p.a. system. The next few minutes are filled with guys pretending to be the conductor and making announcements that they have no idea where the train is going or when it will stop, interspersed with a lot of laughing and unintelligible noises. It was pretty funny.

The very next stop the whole group jump off the train and I watch them run past my carriage laughing their heads off. Well, that was entertaining.