Dear Metro,
I’ve been riding you for more than three years now, and overall I think you’re pretty great. Sure you can be slow and sometimes a little hot and smelly, and you do insist on running four-car trains at rush hour...but I suppose you do get me to work on time. I like to think we have a pretty good relationship – but you really let me down yesterday.
You see, yesterday was my fiancé’s birthday. (For the record – he thinks that you are the nicest public transportation systems he has ever used.) I left work about 20 minutes early because I wanted to surprise him with ballons and cake – and I needed to run to the store to get one more ingredient for the dinner I was planning on cooking for him. Chicken parmesan, if you must know.
But when I got to Foggy Bottom metro station, you were a little backed up. But I was able to get on a train – four-car of course – headed in the right direction. Sure it was packed and we were squeezed in like sardines but it is only a ten minute ride. I can suck it up for ten minutes.
I’ve been riding you for more than three years now, and overall I think you’re pretty great. Sure you can be slow and sometimes a little hot and smelly, and you do insist on running four-car trains at rush hour...but I suppose you do get me to work on time. I like to think we have a pretty good relationship – but you really let me down yesterday.
You see, yesterday was my fiancé’s birthday. (For the record – he thinks that you are the nicest public transportation systems he has ever used.) I left work about 20 minutes early because I wanted to surprise him with ballons and cake – and I needed to run to the store to get one more ingredient for the dinner I was planning on cooking for him. Chicken parmesan, if you must know.
But when I got to Foggy Bottom metro station, you were a little backed up. But I was able to get on a train – four-car of course – headed in the right direction. Sure it was packed and we were squeezed in like sardines but it is only a ten minute ride. I can suck it up for ten minutes.
But then you got stuck. For an hour. In between Foggy Bottom and Rosslyn. And we were in the part where the train is underwater. And I couldn’t get any cell phone service.
Also, your speakers were not working properly. So while one of your conductors thought he was explaining why we were stopped all we really heard was, “blahablaha...thank you for your patience.” Patience – as if we had a choice?
Some people were passing out. Luckily they were ok and there were some nice riders who constructed fans out of loose papers. Sure I made it out ok, but it took a long time. And we had to de-board at Rosslyn because our train was disabled.
Because of this incident Metro I wasn’t able to surprise my fiancé. He actually had to come pick me up at Rosslyn because I didn’t have another way to get home. And after being on a hot train standing for an hour, I didn’t exactly want to go home and cook a hot meal for an hour and a half.
Metro, I hope you now understand why our relationship is strained. You’re going to have to prove to me that you can be efficient again.
Sincerely,
Laurie
Also, your speakers were not working properly. So while one of your conductors thought he was explaining why we were stopped all we really heard was, “blahablaha...thank you for your patience.” Patience – as if we had a choice?
Some people were passing out. Luckily they were ok and there were some nice riders who constructed fans out of loose papers. Sure I made it out ok, but it took a long time. And we had to de-board at Rosslyn because our train was disabled.
Because of this incident Metro I wasn’t able to surprise my fiancé. He actually had to come pick me up at Rosslyn because I didn’t have another way to get home. And after being on a hot train standing for an hour, I didn’t exactly want to go home and cook a hot meal for an hour and a half.
Metro, I hope you now understand why our relationship is strained. You’re going to have to prove to me that you can be efficient again.
Sincerely,
Laurie
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