Gum is not allowed because some smart guys tend to stick it between the doors so they don’t shut properly and trains are delayed …
I think that some of you weren’t her at the good old days when people started eating breakfast on the bus in the morning, the whole shebang … lot’s of garlic and other stinky intestines … and finished with dinner when returning home at night … and spilled and threw the empty containers on the floor …
Well I saw it tonight… Around 9:10pm at ChungHsiao-Fuhsing station at the top of the big esculators going from the blue line to the brown line. At the top of the esculators and around to the left in the middle of the walkway, three young girls, 20ish squatting down soaking up their spilt tea or whatever with a big wad of tissues. I would have taken a picture but I was caught up in the congestion of the crowd trying to get around them.
You can’t drinking or eating on the MRT .
It’s Taiwan’s rule
Why? becouse, the MRT very fast, if you eating or drinking on it ,Maybe you will fall down or choke with food.
In Taipei, If you want to take an elevator, you should stand right.
Stand left meen you no time, you need fast, then you can stand left and upward.
If you have another problem you can sent e-mail or use MSN to ask me
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nice to meet you![quote=“Evelyn”]You can’t drinking or eating on the MRT .
It’s Taiwan’s rule
Why? becouse, the MRT very fast, if you eating or drinking on it ,Maybe you will fall down or choke with food. [/quote]Thanks for that piece of wisdom Evelyn. I guess the High Speed Rail must have an Inertia Damper fitted, just like on The Enterprise so you don’t choke on food while riding on it.
[quote=“Evelyn”] In Taipei, If you want to take an elevator, you should stand right.
Stand left meen you no time, you need fast, then you can stand left and upward.[/quote]Not exactly sure what you mean there but you just need to stand close to the buttons in the eleveator so you can press the door close button as quickly as possible after the door opens regardless of whether all the people have gotten in or out yet…
[quote=“Evelyn”]You can’t drinking or eating on the MRT .
It’s Taiwan’s rule
Why? becouse, the MRT very fast, if you eating or drinking on it ,Maybe you will fall down or choke with food.
In Taipei, If you want to take an elevator, you should stand right.
Stand left meen you no time, you need fast, then you can stand left and upward.
If you have another problem you can sent e-mail or use MSN to ask me
This is my e-mail : bebegirlwin@hotmail.com
This is my MSN: bebegirlwin
This is my ICQ:414872196
nice to meet you![/quote]
An airplane is faster … and people flying in it tend not to choke while eating and drinking … 
The elevator you write about is probably an escalator … and standing on the left or right doesn’t make any difference, the stairs are equally fast …
urodacus wrote:
This is the point. Since they banned bin lung chewing I think they needed an equivalent for foreigners. I’ve never seen gum chewing banned anywhere else (aside from my elementary school classrooms).
As far as food being banned; another hip, hip, hooray from me. One of the first things the I detested in Taiwan was going to a movie theatre and being forced (by deign of their assigned seat ticketing system) to sit close to some people chowing down on a bucket of KFC or some smelly bien dong. 
I generaly stuck to DVDs after that.
So it doesn’t end up as dirty and run down as NYC transit system.
Over a decade later and we finally have our answer. Well done, friend.
Whaaaaaaaat! Seriously! Everywhere I’ve been, except in language class or a speaking job, gum and mints were given a pass. Especially for medicinal reasons, dry mouth, allergies.
You take tobacco or betel nut, you generate betel nut juice. You have to spit. Gum or mints, you swallow and wrap the gum neatly when you’re done. I’m all for flogging for spitting gum on the floor but … not being able to use gum… It reminds me of Blazing Saddles.
I think most of the Asian countries banned liquor and food inside the train. I just usually bring water when riding the MRT, and so far they haven’t confiscated it during the times that I’ve stayed in Taipei.
Water is fine
Water is still officially banned despite constant discussion. Ridiculous rule and I’d urge people to ignore it.
It’s not.
They wouldn’t confiscate anything, it’s just frawned upon. If you’re a foreigner ppl wouldn’t say anything but if you’re a local ppl would tell you off.
Water is banned from the MRT?! I never knew…
I’m pretty guilty of gum-chewing. But sometimes focusing on the minty sensation helps with my anxiety so I kinda need it…
If you have to eat or drink it…It’s against the rules.
Drinking water and formula is ok for infants children and under 3, I believe. Can anyone confirm?
What about breastfeeding? Is it allowed on the MRT as long as the mom is reasonably covered up?
… anxiety because you’re chewing on the MRT?
They have breastfeeding rooms.
What about eating medicine?
No-one’s ever given me flak for popping medicine on the MRT.