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Insufficient fare.
I guess those two words aren’t a clear enough message for you, person trying to gain entry into the subway system.
Let me try to help you out.
Insufficient fare does not mean “if I swipe my card 5 or 6 more times, it might let me in.”
It also does not mean “if I make a […]
So there are new subway cars running on the N line. These cars are known as the R-160 and offer a bunch of neat technological features like a totally electronic route map. The problem is that the crews don’t seem to know how to properly use the features of these new trains.
When trains […]
Wow, I must be in a really bad mood. Anyone that knows me knows that I generally love the subway and that I love riding it. I guess I’ve had a few bad days of commuting over the last two weeks that have just rubbed me the wrong way.
So this one is for […]
Hello there lady sitting next to me on the subway.
Thanks for the free Greek lesson you gave me on the ride home from work tonight. It’s great that you are so in love with your culture that you want to share it with the rest of the world by screaming into your cellphone at […]
Must you hold the door, morning traveller?
Thank you for delaying my train for 15 minutes on Wednesday morning. You held the door and caused some kind of mechanical failure. Fantastic.
Thanks for being selfish and screwing things up for the rest of us because you couldn’t wait 3 minutes for the next train.
The subway car is not your living room.
You don’t need to put your coffee on one seat, your bag on the other, and cross your legs to read your newspaper.
Who do you think you are?
Yes, you can move away from the door.
If you step off the train to let people off, it won’t leave without you.
If you move further into the car to let people in, you’ll still be able to get off at your stop.
Don’t be a jerk and block the door.
…I don’t think upgrade price is worth it for casual users.
Yes, AeroGlass is neat, and the search works well, and the interface has definitely been spruced up. I have the hardware–Athlon 64 X2 4200+ processor, 2GB of RAM and a GeForce 8800 GTX, so Vista is a nice experience for me. I don’t […]
So check out this story.
First off, the woman is a jeweler and the best she could manage is a thirty-cent tip on a $10.70 fare.
THEN, the cabbie is honest enough to return THIRTY-ONE diamond rings that she forgot in his cab. Rings probably worth thousands (or tens of thousands) of dollars in total. […]
Taken at the Museum of Natural History.