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The MTA: Out of Service with a Smile

Just when I thought the closed-stairway madness was over at 1st Avenue station, I came across this sign this morning on the 8th Avenue-bound side:

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While you may be frustrated by this closing, the MTA wants you to know that they care. They care so much that they added a little editorial comment to the signs at the top and bottom of the stairway:

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Perhaps we’re starting to see a kindler, gentler side of the MTA.

Either that, or that’s the smile of the MTA getting off watching hundreds of customers get crammed into a four-foot-wide stairway.

This entry was posted on Friday, March 21st, 2008 at 8:41 am and is filed under Subway Stupidity. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “The MTA: Out of Service with a Smile”

  1. March 21st, 2008 at 9:27 am

    Ben K. says:

    But will they guy still be smiling on April 5 when the work still isn’t completed?

  2. March 21st, 2008 at 11:28 am

    chris says:

    Awww…. that’s sweet.

  3. March 21st, 2008 at 2:27 pm

    Kate says:

    You should go back and add some Sharpie ZZZZZZZZs to that face, since the MTA people I know seem to have adopted the motto of “Naptime!”

  4. March 21st, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    frooooooooo says:

    It’s not that they’re napping, they are just moving very, very slowly.

    What’s all the rush for anyway?

  5. March 24th, 2008 at 10:26 am

    sarah says:

    haha!

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