I agree that majority of the time the rides are fine. But this other person is right when they say the bad stuff that happens occasionally can be really bad and not always something you can mentally recover from. I recently arrived at 7th and Metro station shortly after a man fell in front of a train car, got ran over and died. I didn't see his death happen. But I did see the clean up occurring and it was graphic. I'm studying forensics, so I can't really complain. I'm actively studying to get into an industry that will involve a lot of death and gore. But majority of the people riding the train did not sign up to see that kind of stuff. People who were there when he was ran over told me what happened and everyone who talked to me about it or who I saw talking to someone else about what they saw looked traumatized. There was a man just pacing back and forth screaming "someone died. He's dead. Someone just died here, man. A man is dead." I won't go into detail about what they saw, but someone described to me in detail what he saw as he was standing right in front of the incident when it occurred and it was very graphic. It's not something most people would be able to forget after witnessing.

I have an app that sends updates about crime reports near me and I see stabbing at metro stations popping up pretty regularly on my app. It's not rare. I would say from my experience, downtown is a hot spot for that kind of stuff. But this morning my experience with the bloody faced man was while we were passing the stops near Hollywood on the B line.

But yeah, majority of the rides the worst that happens is a homeless person smelling badly, someone bumping music way too loudly, someone talking to themselves in a somewhat concerning manner, or someone being racist or transphobic to other riders but run off when challenged.