tanukichu Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I got an email today from work. One of the stores in our chain is in Suburban Station in Philly. They got a memo from SEPTA today as follows: Please advise clients and others accessing the city's concourses to be mindful of grabbing and holding any hand rails. Hypodermic needles containing tainted blood are being fastened to the underside of the railings.Please pass this warning to others. WHAT THE FUCK WHO THE HELL DOES SHIT LIKE THIS. What sort of piece of shit would go through all the trouble of doing something like that? Ugh. Anyways. I needed to just rant about it. And also pass the word along to any Philly VC'ers cause I love you all and don't want you getting AIDS or something awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
controlthebleeding Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 that's really fucked up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexH. Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Sounds like an urban legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtw88 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Yeah, not saying don't be careful, but it's probably just bullshit. I've heard about this shit a bunch, but I've never once seen it in the news. One of my friends just last year got an email saying not to flash your lights and a car with it's lights off because of the gang initiation rumor, and she had never heard it and believed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanukichu Posted April 20, 2009 Author Share Posted April 20, 2009 Well it was an official memo from SEPTA's facility inspector (as in someone from SEPTA walked up the the store and gave it to the supervisor) so I'm assuming they wouldn't send it unless needles were found. Then again it could have been someone posing as such. If it is true, SOOOO fucked up. If not then why would you go through the trouble of spreading such a ridiculous rumor like htat? Surely they could do better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruins4ever Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I got an email about hypodermic needles being put in the trigger of gas pumps. I'm pretty sure that was just an urban legend though as no news about it ever came out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest falloutcollapse Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Sounds like an urban legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fueledbymike Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 thats fucking disgusting why the fuck would people do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riddle350 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 AIDS can only live outside of the body for about half a minute so it's more likley that you'd get hep or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 Sounds like something that would happen in Philthy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonix Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/gaspump.asp philly is a pretty nutty city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divaface Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 WOW WHAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakland Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 The sad thing is, that's only the third worst thing about riding SEPTA. Ba-dump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divaface Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 even if it is fake, there are very few things i will touch in this city outside of my own apartment (no pun intended). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divaface Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 The sad thing is, that's only the third worst thing about riding SEPTA. Ba-dump sad but true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesupervillain Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 A few years ago someone in Toronto buried a bunch of wood block with razor blades stuck in them under the sand at the beach the night before a big beach volleyball tournament was supposed to happen. I can't find the actual article anymore, but I found some text from it. TORONTO - Police in Toronto closed nearly 100 beach volleyball courts on Sunday after players about to begin an end-of-summer tournament found razor-blade booby traps hidden in the sand.Searches of the courts turned up 12 of the traps, blades embedded in blocks of wood and buried in the sand, sometime between Saturday evening and Sunday morning. "They were placed deliberately to cause injury to people playing beach volleyball," said Det. Norman Brinn at a news conference. "We are obviously dealing with a disturbed person." Brinn said perhaps the most troubling aspect is the time taken to build and hide the booby traps. The blocks of wood were between eight and 15 centimetres long. A machine cut them and the blades were glued into deep grooves. The first of the blocks were found by a volleyball player warming up ahead of the tournament. Players and organizers of the tournament were shocked. Beach volleyball is played in bare feet, and players often dive to the ground. Volleyball players found eight of the blades. Police using metal detectors turned up another four. The general area of Ashbridges Bay in the city's east end would remain open, as the culprits apparently targeted the volleyball courts. But police were warning people to be cautious. The incident drew comparisons to last winter, when poisoned hot dogs were planted in a Toronto park. One dog was killed and another 17 were made ill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 it's not bullshit they found needles a little while back, and were warning people. amazed that they are just sending out letters now, unless these are second reminders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drahtuos Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 i watched this show once called it's always sunny in philadelphia and judging by that people in philly are crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divaface Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 i watched this show once called it's always sunny in philadelphia and judging by that people in philly are crazy. i saw this show once called big love and judging by that people in utah are mormons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydiawesome Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 AIDS can only live outside of the body for about half a minute so it's more likley that you'd get hep or something like that. How reassuring. I'm headed to Philly soon, if this is true, I'm going to have to be slightly less drunk than normal in my east coast shenanigans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divaface Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I'm headed to Philly soon, if this is true, I'm going to have to be slightly less drunk than normal in my east coast shenanigans. to see me, right? <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaggle Von Swift Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 AIDS can only live outside of the body for about half a minute so it's more likley that you'd get hep or something like that. How reassuring. I'm headed to Philly soon, if this is true, I'm going to have to be slightly less drunk than normal in my east coast shenanigans. you seem to go to NYC often, right? shit is just as likely to happen there as it would in Philly. There is always shit that can happen, but very rarely do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydiawesome Posted April 20, 2009 Share Posted April 20, 2009 I'm headed to Philly soon, if this is true, I'm going to have to be slightly less drunk than normal in my east coast shenanigans. to see me, right? <3 AHH I'm retarded. I guess I won't be in Philly... or maybe I could go...but I was planning on going to the PA STD/ALK3 shows. Only problem is that the 30th (the show in yo hood), there's no STD. How close are you to Allentown? I think I'm going to that show on the 24th... But of course whenever I head to Philly it is going to be for you my love. PM a bitch... or something. How reassuring. I'm headed to Philly soon, if this is true, I'm going to have to be slightly less drunk than normal in my east coast shenanigans. you seem to go to NYC often, right? shit is just as likely to happen there as it would in Philly. There is always shit that can happen, but very rarely do. I know, I was just kidding. I'm from LA and hang out in Long Beach all the time yet I have survived still relatively unscathed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whateverrrr Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 i watched this show once called it's always sunny in philadelphia and judging by that people in philly are crazy. i saw this show once called big love and judging by that people in utah are mormons. +1 for you ma'am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minty Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Even the thought of someone taping needles and syringes to public places makes me feel sick. We as people really suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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