http://gawker.com/5812604/educated-s...no-good-reason

I'm not sure if this has been posted, but here is the video of the incident:



The woman's name is Hermon Raju and she attended NYU but has since been fired from her firm.

Discuss

I liked how the conductor handled that because any other black person would have knocked her well-educated ass OWT!

Oh my God

"I am not a crazy person, I am a very well educated person!"

I can't believe the "well-educated" woman was like "I'M SORRY, DO YOU THINK I'M A LITTLE HOODLUM?"

Stuck up ****.

oh lord

She's riding the New Haven line. What awful trains.

Am I the only one who thinks the conductor was the one in the wrong here?

That woman was an uppity bitch, yes, but even if she was cursing (which we didn't hear in the video), why would that be grounds for kicking her off? It's public transportation. To me, it appears that conductor was on some sort of power trip and just didn't like the woman.

Also: For what reason was she fired from her firm? Because of this?? That sounds pretty damn fishy to me.

The conductor told her to quiet down and then the lady went nuts and began to yell.

That's why I'm going to go to college so I can ride trains and chant how educated I am. I might even take me degree with me.

yes, start walking around with that degree then take ***** on the sidewalk in your defense your very well educated. They can't disregard that.

This lady definitely went to college so she has her alibi straight

Exactly. Being educated must mean I'm above the law and society.

omg she's indian it looks like
i'm embarrassed

I HATE people like this who think they're always in the right simply because they're educated and intelligent. There is nothing more irritating.

Yes, you are. The conductor didn't want to kick her off of the train just because she cursed, I believe. The conductor simply asked her not to be so loud.

The lady said she was not cursing. Just because she came off as an uppity bitch, doesn't not mean she should be kicked off the train. She was annoying and rude but I saw no reason for her to be removed from public transportation, and unless there's a part 1 that shows her allegedly causing a commotion, neither did any of you who watched the video.

If she was disturbing the peace, then I think the conductor has the right to ask her to leave. So her being annoying, rude and creating noise is doing just that. I'm pretty sure there are rules that are in place for these sorts of things. You can't just go around acting like an "uppity bitch" on something you don't own just because you view yourself as "a well-educated person."

hahah i cannot! This lady needs a reality check

At around 0:11 you can even hear someone on the train shouting at her "...your loud and you're..." (inaudible). And the lady who was sitting next to her got up and left as well. It seems pretty clear from the video she was causing a commotion. The original video posted (and later removed) by the person who recorded it said in the description she was in fact using profanity and was very loud, hence why the conductor asked her to keep it down. The conductor seemed very polite to me and I commend her for keeping her calm while the "well educated" lady was running her mouth.

And the original video went viral before it was taken down, so the lady actually contacted a crisis management lawyer or something and was apparently fired from her job (though it's not clear whether it was from this incident).

Also, it's not really public transportation. It's Metro North, which is basically like a slightly cheaper version of Amtrak. And, yes, there are rules in place for any train/bus for there not to be excessive profanity or loudness so it doesn't interfere with other customers.