2.20.2010

Overheard on the Metro

Good thing we don't yet have 20 min Saturday headways...


Two Metro Transit police riding on a Yellow Line train to Fort Totten. Train is about to arrive at the Columbia Heights station.

Radio call comes in
Officer #1: What was that?
Officer #2: Shaw-Howard. We just passed through there!
Officer #1: Alright, alright let's roll.
Train pulls into station, officers are right by the door. #2 is checking what looks like a Google phone
Officer #1: Let's roll!
Officer #2: Looks at phone, Damn! 8 minutes 'till the next train.
Officers exit train, no longer in a hurry, and wait for the next southbound train.

Photo from flickr user lakewentworth

6 comments:

  1. green/yellow line runs so infrequently. in my opinion...

    but how else are metro police gonna get around I guess?

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  2. Who you gonna call when your I PHONE gets snatched?February 21, 2010

    Cut the officers some slack.

    They are the first people all the pasty nasal voiced organic rent raising transplants go crying to when their I PODS and I PHONES get snatched away by little kids

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  3. I wasn't ragging on them, I thought it sheds some light on why it takes some time for them to respond.

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  4. Keep on displaying $300 and $400 I PHONES in front of peoples facesFebruary 21, 2010

    Keep on displaying $300 and $400 I PHONES in front of underpriviledged people's faces and they will keep on geeting snatched away from you.

    Even a fairly well off private prep school prep such as myself has enough sense not to do that.

    All you idiots are getting what you deserve.

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  5. you're just so cheery aren't you.

    Regardless, How can we call them.
    A couple weeks ago, I noticed a guy with his junk hanging out. Not really something I wanted to handle myself, woulda been nice to get him in trouble.

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  6. Bret, aka Agent of KarmaMarch 02, 2010

    being "underpriviledged" is NOT free reign to steal.

    I will display whatever pricey electronics I like on Metro, and I pity the stupid fucker who tries to take it. I didn't survive a tour in Iraq so I could be clowned on by some uneducated DC porchmonkey.

    DC thugs just act like they will kill you, whereas I WILL DEFINITELY FUCKING KILL YOU.

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