"We expect to have all trains moving as soon as possible," said the Metrorail employee over the loudspeaker during this morning's delay. As opposed to...expecting to not have them moving ASAP? I'm glad to see they set such high expectations for themselves.
This was followed several minutes later by the announcement: "All trains are moving and will service your location shortly." This was a bit hard to believe, considering that the mechanically-challenged train and its recovery train were still in the station in which I was standing and were about to exit the station in the reverse direction of normal traffic flow.
Did I mention that I was originally on the recovery train, and that we were forced to offload so that it could rescue the mechanically-challenged train? I've heard of this happening, but this was the first time I've been offloaded from a correctly-functioning train rather than a broken one.
Also, Metro eliminated the paper transfer from rail-to-bus in early January, and yet the paper transfer machines are still in the Metro stations right where they've always been. Granted, they have a sign that says they're no longer being used, but, why not just remove the useless, obsolete equipment from the stations?
These confidence inspiring moments brought to you courtesy of Andrew's 2/3/09 morning commute.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
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