being dumped on Hoyt-Schermerhorn platform this morning by rerouted F, I simply screamed "NO ONE CAN HEAR YOUR FUCKING ANNOUNCEMENTS!"
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 August 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Saw an Asian lady reading a Chinese newspaper a few days ago and there amidst the black and white Chinese characters were two color pictures of Grace Kelly from Dial M For Murder. Might as well have been in 3D for the eyepoppingness of it.
― Bali Eiffel Tower Hai (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 August 2010 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I was taking the 1 uptown last week and it skipped from 168th to 207th, missing all the stops in between that are in walking distance from my apartment with nary an announcement. I was really pissed.
― Mordy, Friday, 13 August 2010 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
how do you guys stand waiting down there when it's 120 f, and the train's been delayed for an unknown amount of time
blech
― dyao, Friday, 13 August 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I HATE that!!! Why do they keep doing that, like just skipping stops?? Is this normal? My Q turned into an R unexpectedly and I missed the bus because it took 20 minutes longer to get to Manhattan, and I already had to walk so much fucking farther than I should have because the list of upcoming stops was glitching out and listing the stops in the wrong direction, so by the time I realized where the B transfer was the doors had just closed 3 seconds prior...
― Chanté Ackerman (Stevie D), Friday, 13 August 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
how do you guys stand waiting down there when it's 120 f, and the train's been delayed for an unknown amount of timeblech
― Bali Eiffel Tower Hai (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 August 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
But yes, I hate that. I hate when I make a brisk but relatively comfortable walk to the station through the hot air outside and then have to stand there with my slightly elevated metabolism in the hotter air of the station while the platform gets more and more crowded and the train is nowhere in sight.
― Bali Eiffel Tower Hai (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 13 August 2010 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
No way man that's my favorite part of the subway. And when the train pulls up, it's one that doesn't even run on that fucking line, and you get to make the exciting decision of "Where will this E go next!!! Should I get on it??"
― Chanté Ackerman (Stevie D), Friday, 13 August 2010 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Uggggggh. My commute is now L to Un Sq and then 4/5 uptown. US is a traffic jam of reatards AND the 4/5 area is a fucking OVEN. It's unbelievable. I'd rather wait 20 mins on the L platform than be stuck behind someone who can't climb the stairs from the 4/5.
― Jesus doesn't want me for a thundercloud (Laurel), Friday, 13 August 2010 23:56 (thirteen years ago) link
It really makes me feel for the elderly and/or infirm, they have no other options than to struggle through the subway system and I'm not unsympathetic but DAMN when you miss your train by .7 seconds in August it's enough to make a person forget every compassion.
― Jesus doesn't want me for a thundercloud (Laurel), Friday, 13 August 2010 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
You know the other great thing about the EZ-bake oven platform is that it really brings out the funky terrarium aroma that has permeated the subway system in recent times.
― Bali Eiffel Tower Hai (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 August 2010 01:25 (thirteen years ago) link
it's kind of amazing how hot the turnstiles are at my stop
― mookieproof, Saturday, 14 August 2010 01:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Laurel, I feel better to know that I am not the only that experiences rail rage like that.
― Bali Eiffel Tower Hai (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 August 2010 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link
There is some great Nabokov quote that I'll never be able to find about there being no greater hate than that for the broad back in front of you in the unmoving queue.
― Bali Eiffel Tower Hai (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 August 2010 01:37 (thirteen years ago) link
esp if it's texting
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 August 2010 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Nabokov very ahead of his time
― Loup-Garou G (The Yellow Kid), Sunday, 15 August 2010 04:34 (thirteen years ago) link
shameless
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/08/24/2010-08-24_an_mta_sideswipe_riders_stunned_as_agency_releases_plan_for_whopping_130_monthly.html
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:03 (thirteen years ago) link
wow, that would be closing in on my car payment. (tho of course there's gas and insurance etc. still, tho. no wonder i couldn't afford to stay in nyc.)
― a tenth level which features a single castle (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:05 (thirteen years ago) link
not actually gonna happen
― iatee, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I wd literally jump 'stiles if that happened
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm pretty astonished at how inefficient the MTA is
― dayo, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
like even if they hiked the fare to 2.50, you would need to ride the MTA more than 52 times a month to make it worthwhile
― dayo, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I ride it 2-6 times a day, including weekends, I bet well over 100/month on average.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:23 (thirteen years ago) link
you might as well hook the MTA up to one of your veins
― dayo, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
the average unlimited ride use is 59 times a month tho
― iatee, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
it's gonna be $104, I think
― iatee, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:46 (thirteen years ago) link
the real answer is to blow the MTA up and start again
― dayo, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
MTA might not be an A+ operation, but the biggest problems = albany.
― iatee, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Uggggggh. My commute is now L to Un Sq and then 4/5 uptown. US is a traffic jam of reatards AND the 4/5 area is a fucking OVEN.
ooo ttt mmm
my office is in midtown now instead of Wall Street, I've switched up my commute eight different ways to not transfer in Union Square
Grand Central is pretty damn bad too (can't avoid that one, it's where I get off)
― dmr, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 03:12 (thirteen years ago) link
working from home is the best
― max, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 03:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Hi, dmr!! I get off at Grand Cent too, I walk through the main room to get to my build instead of going outside. A little beauty never hurt a day.
― Jesus doesn't want me for a thundercloud (Laurel), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 13:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Aargh, Continental Avenue track fire
― Poldark City (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 September 2010 23:51 (thirteen years ago) link
surely the flooding from the hurricane will put it out.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link
*fingers crossed*
― Poldark City (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 September 2010 00:24 (thirteen years ago) link
THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER PASS BETWEEN CARS
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/man_falls_from_train_dies_GJcrJrhN46Dl5aYtpDF8LN
A man was killed by a 6 subway train in Manhattan early Saturday morning, according to MyFoxNY.com.It happened at the Lexington Avenue & E 96th Street station on the Upper East Side.1010 WINS reported that the man had tried to pass between cars of the train. He apparently fell and was dragged by the train.
― max, Saturday, 11 September 2010 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
ohhhh god
― I JUST NEED TO SING "CRAZY FOR YOU" TO KNOW HOW MY HEART FEELS (Stevie D), Saturday, 11 September 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Every time something like this happens I think about being that actual person, and trying to go between the cars, and actually falling and realizing that you were probably about to die and actually being dragged by a subway car knowing your life was about to end in a matter of seconds
― I JUST NEED TO SING "CRAZY FOR YOU" TO KNOW HOW MY HEART FEELS (Stevie D), Saturday, 11 September 2010 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
hey guys the Q train only comes once a half hour and they're cutting back service left and right but at least you'll be able to talk on the phone like a douchebag
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localnyc/six-subway-stations-to-get-wifi-in-months-the-rest-to-follow-soon-says-mta-boss-jay-walder
― dmr, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
not that this will not come in handy at times
but come on
"For too long the subway system has been an information black hole in our lives," Walder said in a statement.
― dmr, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha whatthank god for internet saving us all from total void space
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Wednesday, 6 October 2010 19:21 (thirteen years ago) link
can you imagine the jabber? "hi honey, I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be"
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 October 2010 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
"I just checked the mta website and the train is being held in the station due to a delay in service."
― redd cool card-pitt (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 October 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
now what will happen to the tradition of everyone pulling out their phone when they get to the Manhattan Bridge to text "I'm on the bridge"
― dmr, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Overheard on Times Square 7 platform:"A skillful conductor can manipulate those doors so that they are either in or they're out""I'm not that skillful yet""Soon you will be. You will be the master, you will be the SENSEI!"
― redd cool card-pitt (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 7 October 2010 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/10/07/2010-10-07_mta_set_to_approve_subway_bus_and_commuter_train_fare_hikes.html
$2.50 a ride
― max, Thursday, 7 October 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
The monthly is what I care about. I need my unlimited card, not a limited monthly.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 October 2010 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
well enjoy your $104 monthly
― max, Thursday, 7 October 2010 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
fuck this -- let's tax cigarettes an extra $5 instead
― mookieproof, Thursday, 7 October 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
lets execute the mta board
― max, Thursday, 7 October 2010 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I shrug at the raise, but I heard they were EITHER going to offer an unlimited for $104 or a 90-trip card for less, which wd fuck ppl who like to leave home on the weekends.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 October 2010 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link