Archive for the ‘Subway Stupidity’ Category
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
With the threat of bedbugs looming on subway benches, it looks like people are taking subway station seating arrangements into their own hands.
Not a bad choice. It's also much more comfortable than the MTA's benches.
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
The Place: Manhattan-bound Q train
The Time: 8:30am
The Situation: The train is packed with people. Every seat is taken and the aisles and doorways are crammed with standees. When arriving at a station, two adjacent seats are vacated. Many people remain standing, but you and several others lunge towards the empty seats. You are ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
The waits at LaGuardia airport can feel excruciatingly long when you're waiting out your delay in a terminal with one restaurant and two choices for beer. But some people who finally step out of the terminal to take the bus back to Manhattan may feel as though time slowed down so much ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
I think this jumbling of the Washington Mutual ad running on the subway is quite appropriate:
(Seen at the Union Street station on the R train)
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Yes, this and many other great acronyms can be found throughout the METR (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) system across NEWY (New York City).
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
This morning - the morning of April 3rd - I was shocked to find that the staircase at 1st Avenue Station on the L Train that was scheduled to be closed until April 4th was already reopened. They were starting work on another staircase in the station today.
I was thrilled! For once, an ...
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
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:
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 ...
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
This stairway on the Brooklyn-bound platform of 1st Avenue station has been closed since February 27th.
"How could that be," you might ask. "The sign says it closed on March 8th!"
Don't believe anything the MTA tells you. Rather than just put off the re-opening of the stairway like they did on the other side of the 1st Avenue ...
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Thursday, March 6th, 2008
Dear Two Girls In Front Of Me Who Stopped Directly In Front Of The Turnstiles To Dig Through Their Giant Bags To Find Their Metrocards,
Thanks to you both, I missed my train. I realize that you probably don't know each other, but let me take the time to introduce you. Idiot #1, this is ...
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
On an L Train at 8:00 this morning:
Ladies and gentlemen... uh... this train is... uh... being delayed because... uh... there's something happening ahead of us.
Well, at least he wasn't lying.
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