Are you afraid of using your ipad on the subway or bus?

[M-5]

It really just depends where you are. Back home in my small town, I'm positive I could take it out anywhere without fear of it getting stolen. Right now I'm in a larger city, but if I'm on campus I'm sure I'd feel pretty safe just using it out in the open. I try not to take it out much though, and I also try to be discreet about it when I use it in class, because I know people will think I'm showing it off, as if I'm only supposed to use it where no one can see it.

For instance, for one of my classes sometimes we're assigned a PDF file to read that's around 25-30 pages, and rather than constantly printing out every page just to take to class during discussion, I would simply upload it to my iPhone if I needed to reference it during class. This week, however, I uploaded it to my iPad, and it was much easier reading it on there than on my Mac, and I really liked being able to highlight certain areas and write in the margins like a real hardcopy, and I didn't have to print out all of the pages. I haven't had to take out the document in class yet, so I've left my iPad in my backpack for that particular class, but I wonder if people would see me as being "douchey" if I took it out to view my PDF document on it.

Also I don't really understand people who say they carry a gun and (I presume) would take it out if their iPad was snatched from them. What exactly are you going to do anyway, shoot them?

 

[miamialley]

I dont think they care about it. They just steal it and someone in you local chinatown figures out the rest. ...

This is completely racist. What if I said, somebody in a black neighborhood would figure out the rest? Wouldn't that be racist?

 

[ani23]

This is completely racist. What if I said, somebody in a black neighborhood would figure out the rest? Wouldn't that be racist?

You're right. I didn't mean it that way though. I have known this happening in chinatown and that's the first thing which came to mind. Could be any place or any race.

 

[chiefpavvy]

Also I don't really understand people who say they carry a gun and (I presume) would take it out if their iPad was snatched from them. What exactly are you going to do anyway, shoot them?

Yes.

Mess with me or my property and you are fair game.

 

[eye]

Yes.

Mess with me or my property and you are fair game.

Hahahahahahahahahaha!!! Fearful people are funny!

 

[miamialley]

You're right. I didn't mean it that way though. I have known this happening in chinatown and that's the first thing which came to mind. Could be any place or any race.

Okay, no harm.

 

[henry2]

I think it's all relative to where you are commuting. I used to commute from Jersey to midtown and anywhere during that trip I would have felt fairly safe using my ipad. But now I commute from Flatbush ave to grand central and well you need to gauge your decision on the folks around you and know your surroundings. People who act oblivious end up being the easy targets.

When a group of 5 kids gets on the train after school all rowdy you better believe you might be a potential target to be ganged up on and have your ipad jacked. At the very least you are holding a $500 electronic device and one that is a hot commodity right now.

Go with your instincts if you don't feel safe don't pull it out. Or buy the cover that looks like a bound book. No one wants to steal books. hah!

On a side note I'd say I feel more comfortable using it on my commute to work and wouldn't even bother pulling it out on my way home but that has more to do with how populated the area is where I'm getting on and off the train.

I try and not ride the train dureing those time frame when the little hoodlums are getting out of school and acting stupid as a group and beening loud and makeing a lot of noise and i sit faceing them to keep a eye out on them as they get on one stop and by three stops later most of them are gone from the train and it back to beening quiet again on the train with the normal level of noise that is normal on a train .

I use a sling bag with the ipad and keep it centered in front of me when i carrying it around with me when i'm on the train or out walking around the station that i get on at my work place and off at my stop when i'm comeing home at nigth

I would use my iPad on Metra in Chicago.

I would not use my iPad on the Subway. The Subway is almost the perfect spot to rob people of small electronic devices.

And getting killed over an iPhone or iPad just isn't worth it (although the lady who died in this article was not the one who was stolen from, she just happened to be in the way).

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-cta-stairway-death-0330-20110329,0,4818515.story

Storys like this one makes me mad as heck over the fact that the guy killed a person over a Electronic device make it more sad do the fact that the guy did not care who he hurt in the end to get to the phone ..

 

[tmoerel]

Yes.

Mess with me or my property and you are fair game.

So you think that taking away your property allows you take someones life?

If to you the value of some inanimate object is the same as a life then i hope that you stay where you are and do not come to my part of the world!

 

[Don Kosak]

I've used mine on Boston's Red Line a number of times. I often see people using them. There are a lot of Universities and High Tech companies along the Red Line so it's not too surprising to see the latest gadgets on the subway trains.

 

[HighEndMac]

Glocks are approved only with a modified magazine. Legally, you can have a max of 10 rounds capacity on any handgun in NYC. I have to check with current laws, but I think NYC does not ban specific handgun models.

U'r so wrong guy, you CAN NOT carry a handgun in NYC. (Only Gov. agents & cops)

 

[DiamondMac]

I dont bring it on the subway b/c it is too big to walk around and use in that crowd, imo.

 

[ani23]

I dont bring it on the subway b/c it is too big to walk around and use in that crowd, imo.

I just got a newcase from amazon.

the most important reason i use it these days on the subway is because wsj downloads automatically and i dont have to pick up a physical copy. perfect use of my subway time.

 

[iApples]

I stopped using it on busses and subways. It's just too big and annoying to have to carry around in crowded public areas.

 

[henry2]

So you think that taking away your property allows you take someones life?

If to you the value of some inanimate object is the same as a life then i hope that you stay where you are and do not come to my part of the world!

Everyone on this forum here work hard for there things and it not right for someone who is not as willing to work for the items you own and then they come into the picture and try to take it by force or by breaking into the home of the person ...

In the old days trash like that of all colors where taken out and hung from the nearest tree and not worry about the socalle problems with the family sueing you over him breaking into your house and trying to steal your stuff that you worked for ..Then the Family get in's in front of some tv crew and say he was a really good person and he was not doing bad out there but in the truth of the matter the person had a Rap Sheet that went from the top of the ceiling to the floor and then some ..

Then the family goes i'm going to sue the person who defend themself from there socalled loveing family member and now they are trying to get everything you own because of the simple fact that they socalled loveing family member was a POS and out stealing and robbing everyone they could to get the socalled money that they need to buy dope or do something with it ..

But you the socalled bad person who took there socalled family member life who has worked hard for the items that you own in your house hold and life and you the one you get up and goes to a 9 to 5 job and try to do right by the socalled simple rules that each person is live by and not do bad things by these socalled simple rules that we are taught as a child

So yes i do value some inanaimate object over the other person life for they have made that choice to cross a line that a normal person who works hard for themself and there family if they are married and yes i will put a person in the grave if they come and try to take something from me by force and yes i have used force before to protect what is mine and i will use it again to protect it again .

So it comes a time that they must be taught a hard lesson in the facts of life about other people things and sometimes that lesson is a grave for they did not learn that it does not sit well with other people when they come and try by force to take something from the person ..

 

[redzapper]

So you think that taking away your property allows you take someones life?

If to you the value of some inanimate object is the same as a life then i hope that you stay where you are and do not come to my part of the world!

So yes i do value some inanaimate object over the other person life for they have made that choice to cross a line that a normal person who works hard for themself and there family if they are married and yes i will put a person in the grave if they come and try to take something from me by force and yes i have used force before to protect what is mine and i will use it again to protect it again .

How about aiming for the kneecap as a compromise?

 

[bpaluzzi]

Everyone on this forum here work hard for there things and it not right for someone who is not as willing to work for the items you own and then they come into the picture and try to take it by force or by breaking into the home of the person ...

In the old days trash like that of all colors where taken out and hung from the nearest tree and not worry about the socalle problems with the family sueing you over him breaking into your house and trying to steal your stuff that you worked for ..Then the Family get in's in front of some tv crew and say he was a really good person and he was not doing bad out there but in the truth of the matter the person had a Rap Sheet that went from the top of the ceiling to the floor and then some ..

Then the family goes i'm going to sue the person who defend themself from there socalled loveing family member and now they are trying to get everything you own because of the simple fact that they socalled loveing family member was a POS and out stealing and robbing everyone they could to get the socalled money that they need to buy dope or do something with it ..

But you the socalled bad person who took there socalled family member life who has worked hard for the items that you own in your house hold and life and you the one you get up and goes to a 9 to 5 job and try to do right by the socalled simple rules that each person is live by and not do bad things by these socalled simple rules that we are taught as a child

So yes i do value some inanaimate object over the other person life for they have made that choice to cross a line that a normal person who works hard for themself and there family if they are married and yes i will put a person in the grave if they come and try to take something from me by force and yes i have used force before to protect what is mine and i will use it again to protect it again .

So it comes a time that they must be taught a hard lesson in the facts of life about other people things and sometimes that lesson is a grave for they did not learn that it does not sit well with other people when they come and try by force to take something from the person ..

u mad bro?

with a life outlook like that, i hope you like prison.

 

[notjustjay]

So, to conclude:

I wouldn't be afraid to take my iPad out on a subway or public place.

But I think I would be afraid to travel with some of you guys!

 

[ani23]

So, to conclude:

I wouldn't be afraid to take my iPad out on a subway or public place.

But I think I would be afraid to travel with some of you guys!

We have a winner

 

[petvas]

I use my iPad when travelling relatively long distances. When in the bus or subway I don't use it. The reason is that I somehow prefer to use my iPhone instead. In places with lots of people, where so many things are going on, I feel that I need a smaller device. The iPhone fits the purpose perfectly.

 

[henry2]

u mad bro?

with a life outlook like that, i hope you like prison.

I have a set of old fashion values and if you ask me for help and i can help then i try but try to take it from me then you not going to like the outcome and no i'm not mad i just belive in a very black and white world where you do not take or steal from another person because of the whole thing of not haveing something .

I belive in hard work and yes some basic rules to live one life with and i have a set of rules i follow in my life to say they are little hard yes but they are the rules in which i live by ..

The problem is values and how they are taught i'm a child of growing up in a house where we where taught as a young age not to do bad things and stealing is one them things also not have someone run us over because they think they can

My mother and father use to tell before they passed away that never start a fight but if you must fight finish it quickly and get the deed done without alot of fan fare and talk and that means in my neck of the woods to put you down hard and fast and not be nice about ..

I'm 51 years old and grew up in the age of the me thinking in the late 70's as i can into my own as a adult but the lesson my mother and father taught me has stayed with me for all those years ..

My grandfather and mother used to have this saying about people ..

Good people follow the good book and tryed to live the way the good book said to and they meant people of all colors who followed the book and tried to live there life with hard work and doing right no matter what was going on in one life

Ok people only follow the good book when it was good for them to follow and they meant people of all colors

Trashy people where trash no matter what skin color they where and they followed the only rule they know to steal and cheat and take from others and it better for the good people to put this people into the grave so not have to deal with them at a later time and

 

[Ebes1099]

Everyone on this forum here work hard for there things and it not right for someone who is not as willing to work for the items you own and then they come into the picture and try to take it by force or by breaking into the home of the person ...

In the old days trash like that of all colors where taken out and hung from the nearest tree and not worry about the socalle problems with the family sueing you over him breaking into your house and trying to steal your stuff that you worked for ..Then the Family get in's in front of some tv crew and say he was a really good person and he was not doing bad out there but in the truth of the matter the person had a Rap Sheet that went from the top of the ceiling to the floor and then some ..

Then the family goes i'm going to sue the person who defend themself from there socalled loveing family member and now they are trying to get everything you own because of the simple fact that they socalled loveing family member was a POS and out stealing and robbing everyone they could to get the socalled money that they need to buy dope or do something with it ..

But you the socalled bad person who took there socalled family member life who has worked hard for the items that you own in your house hold and life and you the one you get up and goes to a 9 to 5 job and try to do right by the socalled simple rules that each person is live by and not do bad things by these socalled simple rules that we are taught as a child

So yes i do value some inanaimate object over the other person life for they have made that choice to cross a line that a normal person who works hard for themself and there family if they are married and yes i will put a person in the grave if they come and try to take something from me by force and yes i have used force before to protect what is mine and i will use it again to protect it again .

So it comes a time that they must be taught a hard lesson in the facts of life about other people things and sometimes that lesson is a grave for they did not learn that it does not sit well with other people when they come and try by force to take something from the person ..

Could you use the term "socalled" anymore in that rant? Why is the person a "socalled" family member, wouldn't they be an actual family member? Anyway, you have a poor outlook on life if you think force is an appropriate response for menial thefts.

 

[ani23]

Could you use the term "socalled" anymore in that rant? Why is the person a "socalled" family member, wouldn't they be an actual family member? Anyway, you have a poor outlook on life if you think force is an appropriate response for menial thefts.

In all fairness I think if i was capable of it i would definitely beat the **** out of someone who tried to mug me. unfortunately I am only 5'8 and not muscular by any means.

and no i wouldn't use a gun unless i was being threatened.

 

[thibaulthalpern]

I use my iPad when travelling relatively long distances. When in the bus or subway I don't use it. The reason is that I somehow prefer to use my iPhone instead. In places with lots of people, where so many things are going on, I feel that I need a smaller device. The iPhone fits the purpose perfectly.

On short bus trips, I don't like using any electronic products simply because I find it more of a hassle to get the device out for use. I rather pay attention to what's going on outside the bus. However, on long commutes, say an hour and up, then I can settle in to do a bit of work or play on my iPod touch or iPad (when my iPad arrives, that is!)

 

[henry2]

Could you use the term "socalled" anymore in that rant? Why is the person a "socalled" family member, wouldn't they be an actual family member? Anyway, you have a poor outlook on life if you think force is an appropriate response for menial thefts.

I do not have a poor outlook on life and i belive in treating others with kindness and respect to another human beening no matter what there religon or skin tone as they treat me with the same respect and kindness ..

But for the socalled street animals of all skin tones then no they do not get the same kindness as i would treat someone else for they would get a early trip to a dirt sleeping pad ..

As the term socalled family member is a old timer cop saying in my neck of the woods for i been on the Sheriff Posse for over 22 years and i seen about every type of socalled person who family member have stood up in front of the local tv news camera crew and said how there good son or daughter was not this person who did this horrible crime that they are now sitting in jail for ..

So give me a break about crying over this socalled bad apples and make them start to think about there life style after a few of them are put into the ground in a week time frame and i make you bet that a whole lot of the socalled hanger on's are now looking the life style and going maybe school was not a bad idea after all .

But here is the basic ugly truth of the matter that little mikey is a harden criminal and he was going to take your stuff no matter what you think about trying to keep him from doing it

So it better to put those type of people into the ground with a quickness that will teach the other that maybe a life of crime is not a good thing and maybe it time to go back to the old ways of public hanging and other forms of hard ways instead of the things that are not working for us in this day and time ..

I just belive in some areas of life i will not bend over for and made to take it and that makes me have a poor outlook on life then you really need to get out of the city more for there are more of my types in all diff skin tones and religons in the US than there are of your types who will forgive and forget about the whole thing ..

as the useing the ipad on the bus or subway no i do not use i use it more in coffee shops when i'm away from the home desktop computer

 

[Ebes1099]

In all fairness I think if i was capable of it i would definitely beat the shiat out of someone who tried to mug me. unfortunately I am only 5'8 and not muscular by any means.

and no i wouldn't use a gun unless i was being threatened.

I don't think it's worth the hassle of dealing with the consequences after the fact. You can't just shoot someone and walk away without going through a lot of questioning and paperwork and potentially a lawsuit from that person or even a criminal case if they deem you used excessive force.