Man loses his shit on subway over woman playing a game on her phone

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Yesterday, @CGlush on Twitter sent us a link to this account of his batshit crazy subway ride to work: 

Want to hear what happened on my morning commute? I bet you do!

While riding the 4/5 in the tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan, a man hits the emergency call button to report a "woman with an electronic device." The train comes to a screeching halt. I start looking around to see what this man is talking about and see nothing. The conductor then asks for what car we are in and what type of device. The man replies that the woman is playing video games on her phone without headphones, disturbing the car. The conductor asks him to repeat that, and then asks why he's reporting it. The man says, "Well, it's against regulations, right?" The conductor just replies, "Thank you." Several minutes later, the train begins to move. 

The woman playing the video game doesn't seem to notice any of this.

The man then points to the woman playing the video game and says something I could not make out. Another woman then asks the man to leave her alone. The man then yells about how she's creating a disturbance in public and he shouldn't have to listen to her phone. Someone else tells the man to relax and that it's not a big deal. The man then declares that he's positive most of the car is annoyed by this woman and asks people to speak up if they were annoyed as well.

At this point, I yell across the car, "Her phone may be annoying, but you sir are being immensely more annoying than anything she has done." This is followed by a woman across from me reiterating what I said.

He replies to the woman across from me that he's standing up for what is right and if she won't stand with him, then she's a coward. The woman's husband then says, "I don't know who you think you are, but do not talk to my wife like that." The woman then says, "I pick my battles," turns to her husband and says, "And you pick your battles as well."

The woman playing the video game is still playing the video game. She has not looked up once.

The man then says something else that I could not make out. At this point, a very large gentleman who looked like a cast member of Jersey Shore yells at the man to sit down and shut up. The man then starts to reply when Jersey Shore guy cuts him off and says, "You should pick your battles as well. And if you don't shut up, you're going to pick a battle with me." The man then quietly sat down and the train car erupted in applause.

The woman playing the video game still has not looked up, or even changed facial expressions for that matter. I really want to know what game she was playing.

I'd bet you anything she was playing Candy Crush. That shit is like crack. What's your craziest commute story?