I went down into my station and saw fourteen million people and heard someone say a train hadn't come in 30 minutes. I immediately turned around, walked back to my house, and went back to bed for thirty minutes. When I returned to the station, there were half as many people there and trains were running semi-regularly. Cass: try, try again!!! (Not that you actually want to go to work anyway!)
Oh god, me too. I mean, it may be trite to hate them, but that doesn't mean it's any less merited. Shouldn't we get vouchers or something when the system just collapses? I mean, I bet a ton of people took taxis today. My friend Susanna walked from QUEENS to COLUMBUS CIRCLE. When she got there, she said she won a wet-t-shirt contest among all the people who had walked to work.
several thoughts: this situation was not that bad, in terms of true pain it caused. my real worry? what happens when a hurricane hits? what happens when the city has to be evacuated? seriously scary. makes me want to head to PA whenever it rains. the communication with the public, the contingency plans -- it all seems extremely flimsy.
i'm tired of hearing people in the media (here, and in philly after the bridge collapse -- philly has some monumental number of broken bridges) gripe about flawed infrastructure. you know it'll last all of a week, and nothing will be done, or it will be done, but the public won't want to pay the taxes to cover it. so what the hell's the point? and where's the corporate responsibility? don't corporations suffer from flaws in the system? shouldn't they help pay to fix things?
Yeah... I am really pissed off. I walked to my subway and saw hundreds of people pouring out so I walked to the Q. On my way I ran into a friend who had walked as far as Jay street without finding a single train running. Normally I wouldn't be so pissed about not getting to work but 1. it is super hot and sweaty 2. have been staying late at work to finish massive amounts of things that need to be done 3. have rough house guest that is making me want to kill myself
here's a line from the New York Times story on the subway troubles:
No subway line was unaffected by the heavy rains and winds, according to the M.T.A. For the time being, the M.T.A. was advising commuters to stay at home.
M.T.A.: THAT IS NOT A SOLUTION. You don't get to just shut the fucking city down when you can't get them places. Argh. Seriously, sometimes I wonder how many more years living in NYC I have left in me. A ranch in Vermont starts to look really nice....
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Cass: try, try again!!!
(Not that you actually want to go to work anyway!)
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Also, there was a TORNADO in Brooklyn? What state is this?
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*Fume*
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I can just imagine loads of people showing up to important business meetings sweating like pigs with soaked shirts. Very professional.
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several thoughts: this situation was not that bad, in terms of true pain it caused. my real worry? what happens when a hurricane hits? what happens when the city has to be evacuated? seriously scary. makes me want to head to PA whenever it rains. the communication with the public, the contingency plans -- it all seems extremely flimsy.
i'm tired of hearing people in the media (here, and in philly after the bridge collapse -- philly has some monumental number of broken bridges) gripe about flawed infrastructure. you know it'll last all of a week, and nothing will be done, or it will be done, but the public won't want to pay the taxes to cover it. so what the hell's the point? and where's the corporate responsibility? don't corporations suffer from flaws in the system? shouldn't they help pay to fix things?
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1. it is super hot and sweaty
2. have been staying late at work to finish massive amounts of things that need to be done
3. have rough house guest that is making me want to kill myself
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here's a line from the New York Times story on the subway troubles:
No subway line was unaffected by the heavy rains and winds, according to the M.T.A. For the time being, the M.T.A. was advising commuters to stay at home.
M.T.A.: THAT IS NOT A SOLUTION.
You don't get to just shut the fucking city down when you can't get them places.
Argh.
Seriously, sometimes I wonder how many more years living in NYC I have left in me. A ranch in Vermont starts to look really nice....
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