ding-dong, ding-dong

[spatch]

Here's a handy Red Line translation: "ding-dong, ding-dong, bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt" coming from a busted-ass PA does not mean "This train will be standing in the station for 10 minutes for schedule adjustment."

It means "This train will be standing in the station for 10 minutes with the doors wide open so that all the nice cold air can come in and replace the limited amounts of warm air that the half-broken heater was trying to pump out. For schedule adjustment."

And we all know what 'schedule adjustment' means, anyway: the 9:20 train is so late, we're gonna just pretend it was the 9:35 train all along.

Oh, and hey, good luck installing those Charlie Card turnstiles in South Station, guys. The new turnstiles are all being put on one side of the lobby concourse (to the left if you're coming up from the subway platforms.) The regular turnstiles are still on the right. There's gonna be a lot of confused people being redirected all the way across the concourse.



Unrelated PS: Is anybody still playing Puzzle Pirates on the Midnight ocean anymore? Would your crew enjoy the company of a dude dressed all in green with a turban who just happens to be a superstar bilger? I have a sword. And a house and I bought a piece of driftwood for my house.

Comments

[allicat42.livejournal.com]

yeah, see, these new breeze card thingies - the one time use or whatevers - the nice MARTA customer service people told us to hold on to them cuz that's how you get the gate to open when you leave the station. Then you can throw it away.

Rrrright. Let's just say that when I got off at the airport, the silly looking gate things were open and people were streaming out. What's keeping people from streaming in? etc.

[vanguardcdk.livejournal.com]

Actually that's how the ticket/pass system works on the London Subway. You buy your tickets, hop on the ride and then use your ticket/pass to open the gates to let you out.
(which conjures up all sorts of mental images of losing your ticket on the train and being stuck in the London Tube forever...probably end up in a Neil Gaimen story)

[seph.livejournal.com]

Having only ridden the metro in the D.C. area, I thought that's how it always worked, you know, universally. You have to put your ticket in the machine to unlock the turnstile on your way out. Didn't know it worked otherwise.