So, Sunday the Metro totally went to shit. I spent the entire day shopping for new chinos and playing poker. All are within walking distance. The Metro was not a top priority. I didn't even know there was a problem until 11am Monday morning. I would have posted something, but I had to have my little freak-out at Laura Sessions Stepp and her promotion of "gray rape."
(Incidentally, the term "gray rape" was coined by GW students, not by LSS. And I'm not saying that anyone isn't condemning "gray rape." But the very term is offensive and anyone who promotes it must really hate the victims of sexual assault. "Gray," that mitigating adjective, makes it seem like the rape was partially the victim's fault. And that is totally fucked up. I don't care if a naked lady is passed out in some frat boy's bed. There is never an excuse or a mitigating factor in rape.)
So, the Metro went to Hell and I missed my opportunity. Ha ha, just kidding. The "unprecedented" is now quite precedented. The Metro fucked up again yesterday evening. This time, I was on the Green Line and was caught in the middle of it. Admittedly, the inconvenience was minor. But I guess the Blue Line was shut down between Braddock Road and the Pentagon. That inconvenience is not minor. Quite major.
Thank you, Metro, for giving me a mulligan the first time around.
What a terrible fucking system of transportation. Here we are in a Southern city and this thing shuts down over "heat." Now it's an electrical surge that has completely fucked our system. And the response to the problem was so inept, God help us all if there's ever a situation where our lives are in peril and we need to get out of the tunnels. The Metro will be the end of us all.
8.28.2007
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All I can say is that there'd better not be a fire in the Taco Bell.
ReplyDelete"Unprecedented" I saw that too. Un-fucking-believable.
ReplyDelete@duh: it's my desire.
ReplyDeletedon't you want to know how they keep starting fires?
ReplyDeleteNo, seriously, if there's a fire in the Taco Bell I'll starve to death. It's my main foodsource. And, I hate overdone tacos.
ReplyDeleterusty, you're an idiot. i don't understand why you continue to think metro should be able to transcend physics. when the temperature gets above 95, it distorts the rails so trains have to travel more slowly. there is no way to avoid this. when lightning strikes a power station connected to several metro stations, the electrical systems of those stations will experience problems. why is that so difficult to understand?
ReplyDeleteCoffee, you're a pushover.
ReplyDeleteIf it gets hot and breaks things, there should be a better system to keep it cool.
We've had this system since the 70s. This isn't a new problem. It happens every summer. This is an engineering issue. They need to fix it.
As Bubba Sparxxx would say, "Get it right, get it tight."
Because Metro had no freaking clue what caused the two days worth of delays. There were talks of terrorism, sabotage, no one had a fucking clue and no one had a fucking clue how to fix it.
ReplyDeleteno problem duh, metro and i will get working on that system to control the weather right away. rusty, you're still an idiot. so what if metro had known right away that lightning had caused the problems? nothing would have changed. the problems still would have occurred
ReplyDeleteTacoBell fires would be a disater alright, but what happens happens, you can't control the weather!
ReplyDeleteSanta Fe Dehumidifiers
But you can control the humidity in your home, haha!
Coffee, part of the problem was that Metro was caught with its dick in its hands and no one knew what to do. If you're ok with that, good for you.
ReplyDeletedon't really know what you mean by "Metro was caught with its dick in its hands." what actually happened was a freak act of nature. metro checked to make sure that nothing else caused the system problems before publically stating the cause. apparently you have a problem with metro being thorough.
ReplyDeleteWTF! Yesterday Catoe said he had no idea what the problem was. He said it could have been terrorism or sabotage! HE HAD NO IDEA.
ReplyDeleteFreak act of nature!? Just shut up. You have no idea what you're talking about and you're frustrating me.
atleast no one's blaming it on black people
ReplyDeleteCoffee, I am sorry for losing my temper.
ReplyDeleteI think that maybe, just this once, we should blame ourselves. I mean, maybe I wasn't considering Metrorail's feelings when all I wanted to do was get out of the tunnel that was filling with smoke. Maybe I shouldn't have made Mr Catoe so mad. Maybe I had it coming.
ReplyDeleteMy eye? No, no. I just walked into a doorknob.
Alright, I'm back from vacation and you're STILL bitching about the fucking Metro?!? You were doing the same thing when I left! B-O-R-I-N-G. Dude, a little variety is nice.
ReplyDeleteDC Dude, you missed the entire system go to shit. This was, like, an extra-special Metro post.
ReplyDeleteOh....I see. Didn't know it was that serious. I just figured it was more typical Metro BS, Sorry...
ReplyDeleteI think all public transit should go for slogans that could be yelled in an Electric Six song.
ReplyDeleteNo, I really don't want to know how Metro keeps starting fires. It's not my desire.