I was on the T (up in Boston) a number of years ago.

It was rush hour and crowded and everyone was doing their typical ignoring everyone else.

All of a sudden the guy next to me, who has been trying to control his cough the whole ride, lets out this one, violent cough that ejected what I can only imagine was a chunk of mucus. It flew across the T and right into a girl’s mouth that was only slight agape. It was like the perfect shot. Seriously. I’m talking all-the-way-to-the-back-of-the-throat perfect.

What happened next was really surreal. It went real quiet. The girl didn’t do anything but shut her mouth. I think she may have even swallowed. No one said anything, although I think I heard someone gag a bit. The guy just looked down and started acting all nervous. I was just dumbfounded at that point just staring at the girl waiting for her to show some emotion.

The second the train stopped and the doors opened, the girl suddenly leaps into action, pushes everyone out of the way, gets just outside of the door (which was, of course, being blocked by douchebags trying to force their way on) drops to her knees and just started vomiting. I definitely heard some more gagging at this point, and the guy turns and fights his way out of the next door down.

The people standing outside were kind of like “WTF?” looking back and forth between the girl and into the train. Not a single one of them got onto the train, and eventually the doors closed and we moved on. At that point, people were either laughing or being vocally totally grossed out about it. It was interesting how no one really made a peep until the perp and the victim were out of ear shot.

[via EatATaco on Reddit]