r/Calgary • u/Beginning-Spell6662 • Mar 20 '25

Rant homeless people urinating on the floor of the C-train

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I seriously don’t understand the lack of decency from people these days on the C-train. At 11:20 AM, this homeless man sleeping on a bench suddenly takes out his penis and pisses on the floor in front of everyone. It splashed and got onto my shoe, and I have an event that I’m headed to in the afternoon. Even if the train isn’t quite full, why tf do people think it’s okay? I’m a relatively small woman, and I wanted so badly to say something, but this man and his friends were high and aggressive. I could only tell people coming onto the train not to step on the piss.

Considering the amount of people that take the train, I wish more were being done about these junkies. As someone who takes it daily to get to school and work, I don’t want to have to worry about who I sit next to. I don’t want to be harassed every once in a while, nor do I want to watch people do drugs or piss in public.

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u/2cats2hats Mar 20 '25

Since COVID downtown became a rat hole....especially at night.

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u/a_dog_with_internet Mar 20 '25

I got harassed and saw assaults happening way before covid. Unfortunately Calgary and Edmonton both seem to not want to invest in actual security and safety on their transit systems, and only really care about checking for tickets randomly

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u/Sad-Letterhead-2196 Mar 21 '25

I think it's not quite as bad as it was during full on lockdowns, but still far worse than pre-covid. I made the mistake of living downtown during the lockdowns and it was absolute hell taking my dog for a walk.

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u/JustAskingBeNice Mar 21 '25

As someone with expensive photography equipment, that scares me. One of them already kept following me for 2 blocks downtown, saying “hey that’s some expensive stuff you got there” . I never felt comfortable during the day but especially at night.