A big shoutout to the fellow who sent me this video courtesy of the WMATA. A warning to all of you worker bees: there is audio here. Turn down the speakers or throw on the headphones.
This is sublime. The photography is top-notch. The acting, scrumtrelescent.
Seriously, though. Every time you swipe your SmarTrip card, remember that you're funding this ridiculousness.
Enjoy.
12.08.2006
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Somebody else got killed a few minutes ago on the orange line. Last night the other Metro employee died too.
ReplyDeleteAgain? Was it gang related?
ReplyDeleteIt's not on the news yet. Unless you meant:
ReplyDelete"Somebody else got killed a few DAYS ago on the YELLOW line. Last night the other Metro employee died too."
I see it now. The Post doesn't say he's dead, just injured. But, if he's trapped under a train, that's probably bad news.
ReplyDeleteBetween this and a building collapse, we're having ourselves quite the Friday.
I would rather be dead than alive and stuck underneath a train.
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ReplyDeleteCS, you do a disservice to the mentally retarded, who typically are not violent unless provoked or threatened.
ReplyDeleteI believe "semi-literate, remorseless, hyper-predatory, deviant thugs" is the description here.
Building collapse?
ReplyDeleteWas it gang related?
How about if instead of making internet movies, they use taxpayer money to make the fucking trains come every two minnutes during rush hour.
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ReplyDeleteGod damn it. Stop with the racism. I hate having to sign in to take these posts down.
ReplyDeleteThere was also a bomb threat on L Street this morning because someone LEFT A BABY STROLLER unattended for too long. The block was shut down and traffic was backed up for an hour. I want to kill the idiot who called that one in.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry. I guess my suburban white upbringing got the best of me again.
ReplyDeleteIt's okay. We forgive you.
ReplyDeleteis metro serious with that video clip right now? thank god for catholic holidays and this friday off.
ReplyDeletei think i just got dumber watching that video
ReplyDeleteDon't forgot about the wonderful million dollar plus "you are a dorker" ad campaign they had.
ReplyDeleteF'ing metro. Another waste of money is their police department. Everytime I see a group of them huddled by the faregates or metro doors they look more concerned what they are doing after work then what they are doing at work.
And guess what? They're raising the fares again! Yep, the subway system that defers the most cost to its riders is shifting even more of that load to YOU the grateful Metro rider.
ReplyDeleteYou'd better be grateful, or we'll run your bitch ass over with a train.
I think you're forgetting your mission statement. Where's the profanity, you silly goose?
ReplyDeleteOPEN LETTER:
ReplyDeleteThough this would probably fall on deaf ears, I would like to apologize to the young woman I bumped on the platform at Courthouse Metro this morning.
WHY am I running, you ask. Perhaps because my commute does not end at Foggy Bottom like yours and that if, after taking two trains, I miss my shuttle bus I must either walk a half-mile or wait another half hour—after a commute that stretches past one hour. Sure, I might do the responsible thing and rise a bit earlier in the morning but one tries to minimize, rather than extend, an intra-city commute that extends to one hour and 15 minutes one way.
In the event that I am running ten minutes late, it always seems as if the Orange Line experiences a 10 minute delay or the Orange and Red Lines collude with an eight-minute and two-minute delay to allow me to see the bus just pulling out of the lot and I’m shit out of luck. That day is always either the coldest or rainiest day and even if I could afford a taxi every day there never seems to be one in sight.
So I apologize for bumping your holiday shopping bag, girlfriend. I appreciate that certain “empowered” (or shall we say, privileged) young woman are particularly eager to speak up or out at any sort of injustice. Your willingness to confront me was a refreshing change from yesterday afternoon when two young women hurriedly crossed the street to avoid encountering me: I am certainly not dangerous.
By the way, your hair looked great!
I love passive-agressive missed connections.
ReplyDeleteIt's a good thing this Metro promo video didn't feature a SmartBenefits employee who happened to be in a wheelchair, or even just using a cane due to a bad hip or something. THAT's the video I want to see. Show us the employee encountering broken escalators, broken elevators, having to go several stations out of their way, and waiting for Metro shuttles that never appear.
ReplyDeleteDid that commercial cost 116 million dollars? Is that where all the money went?
ReplyDeleteHey complainer--walk a fucking half mile. It won't kill you, you fat fuck.
ReplyDeletewho's funding the ridiculousness that is this shitty blog?
ReplyDeleteIt's free. No $$$ goes in and I get no revenue from ads or anything like that.
ReplyDeleteSue's hot.
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