Unsuck DC Metro: What would Metro Whiteboards Say?

JDog · 668 weeks ago

I know derailments and potenial crashes and worker saftey are key. I wonder if Metro is also looking at some sort of policy to notify passengers waiting that a train is already at or over total capacity.

I rode the Orange line home from a Friday night Nationals game and so many people kept trying to cram onto the Orange line train that a mob scene started to develop with passengers shouting from inside the train to tell others there was no room and angry passengers dive and elbow into the car to try and get in before the doors close. Doors dont close, people are packed so tight they can't get off at the right stop, total anger and pandemonium. There was nobody there with authority to stop it and people were nearly suffocated and fights were starting. This MUST be looked at. It keeps happening over and over again. Everybody crams on the train after games downtown, plus Friday night drunks and others and everybody wants to go all the way West to Vienna, nobody gets off at the many stops in between Metro center and Vienna, they just get on.

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Brian K · 668 weeks ago

Also in London, I was there after a Piccadilly line shutdown. The next day, they had a huge letter posted with an apology from the line manager. I'm happy to send you a pic Unsuck.

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unsuckdcmetro 92p · 668 weeks ago

Would love to see. If you have it online, you can embed the pic here using IMG tag

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unsuckdcmetro 92p · 668 weeks ago

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Brian K. · 668 weeks ago

And sorry for the blur, they were not big on photo taking. But i thought it was a classy move. At least they take accountability and explain what went wrong, something WMATA never does

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Drirver · 668 weeks ago

Clearly the British believe in slavery! Agreed that's classy. Things break. Apologize. (or apologise). Don't point fingers.

unsuckdcmetro 92p · 668 weeks ago

Thanks. I took the liberty of embedding. :)

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Todd · 668 weeks ago

WHAT
the hell do you want?

Also, Patch article says $1.7 million for a staircase. Is it gold?

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Kara · 668 weeks ago

For the people that built it it is.

jkuchen · 668 weeks ago

I'm guessing that the $1.7M includes the renovations they had to do to the elevator since the base of the stairwell blocks where the elevator used to open on the platform. Also, due to the geometry of the mezzanine and the platform, the stairwell has to go around the elevator shaft. The elevator was built right next to the escalator, so putting in a normal staircase on the other side of the elevator would have put it too close to the edge of the platform.

I'll try to remember to take a picture from the base this afternoon, assuming that the storms aren't hitting by then.

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jkuchen · 668 weeks ago

Duh, I forgot to look at the pictures in the article. Look at the first one--you see the entire length of the stairs, but then the platform has to do a right turn and a subsequent left to join the mezzanine.

BrianKal · 668 weeks ago

Easy one .....
#fail ^BA

Vienna Bound · 668 weeks ago

Metro opens doors. Think of us as underground trolleys.

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Sammy DC · 668 weeks ago

Today's System Status: SNAFUBARR (situation normal always frigged up beyond all responsibility/recognition)

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anon · 668 weeks ago

Merto is braken

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guest · 668 weeks ago

out of servus

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Ever n Anon · 668 weeks ago

Metro Speling Bee coming soon at Metro Centur! Sign up hear!

Attention customers. Survey responses written in mud will not be acepted.

Attention customers. Schedule adjustment delays on the line. The driver had to pee.

Questions? Just axe any Metro employe!

· 668 weeks ago

Everything's fine! Come on In!

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fasdfasf · 668 weeks ago

That 2012 Mercedes CK parked illegally is mine.

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mrig · 668 weeks ago

...and no, you don't get a vest for free parking.

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@VeggieTart · 668 weeks ago

You expect us to help you? You must believe in slavery!

Dr. Gridlock · 668 weeks ago

Here is my submission for what a Metro Station Manager would write on his or her White Board:

[Please note, the above submission was written by the Station Supervisor using the white marker provided by WMATA management].

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@savemetro · 668 weeks ago

We promess not to Keel you 2day.

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Guest · 668 weeks ago

Writing on a whiteboard would mean that you would need literate Metro workers. Good luck with that.

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Ever n Anon · 668 weeks ago

Stashun managment not allowed to talk about Unsuck blogg.

Do not feed employees. Racoon feeding OK.

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Guest · 668 weeks ago

McGruff! You can run, but you CAN'T hide!!!

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Guest · 668 weeks ago

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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DC Denizen · 668 weeks ago

Free beatings, inquire within.

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hrh king friday 13 · 668 weeks ago

You want Metro to use a white board instead of a black board? Apparently you believe in slavery.

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Nick · 668 weeks ago

this comment wins.

Certifried · 668 weeks ago

I came here hoping to post this, knowing someone would beat me to it. You win, sir.

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Different Nick · 668 weeks ago

If white boards want to put at station entrances, they have ample opportunity to be set up — outside stations in Southeast.

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guester · 668 weeks ago

May 5, 1986

Expect residual delays on all lines.

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VeteranRider · 668 weeks ago

You want nice? Go ride the Circulator. (And no don't ask me where it stops at.)

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Guest · 668 weeks ago

Written on both sides:

How do you keep an idiot occupied?
See other side.

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@CurmudgeonsClub · 668 weeks ago

'One person's train is another person's dating service. Thanks for riding!' ^DS

guest · 668 weeks ago

Hey! your sister is hot just like our trains

Matthew · 668 weeks ago

Easy.

"Go fuck yourselves. But give us your money first."

Kid Charlemagne · 668 weeks ago

See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil.

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jkuchen · 668 weeks ago

Profanity written by riders.

Marks on the board from people keying and otherwise defacing the board.

Smudges since the cleaning crews will use Lysol or Clorox to clean the board instead of a dry erase board cleaner.

And that's assuming that someone doesn't steal the board.

Art Vandalay · 668 weeks ago

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

or

We regret the upcoming inconvenience and thank you for your patience!

slapbetcomissioner · 668 weeks ago

"Ask someone who cares"

Sam · 668 weeks ago

Actually, I bet Metro would probably write something nice in that scenario. They are a bunch of marketing people after all. Just look at the nice cherry blossom stickers that they plastered around the stations in April.

Unfortunately, if there were whiteboards in stations, it would be a matter of seconds before some "youth" tagged it with some stupid-looking symbol or someone erased it and wrote "kill the [insert anyrace/ethnicity/religious group here]"

· 668 weeks ago

If you're being raped, call Metro police at 202 262 something something

Amy · 668 weeks ago

Not trying to make a political statement; just taking advantage of election year slogans and trying to apply them to Metro. How about:

(don't) HOPE (for any) CHANGE

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Paul · 668 weeks ago

"Mispronouncing Judiciary Square since 1976." Doh open, lef sigh.

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@VeggieTart · 668 weeks ago

Or Grosvenor since that station opened.

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INtheKNOW · 668 weeks ago

Please don't tap on the glass.

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steve · 668 weeks ago

"Welcome to Metro, There is no hope beyond this point"

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K-anon · 668 weeks ago

Along those lines: "Abandon all hope (of being on time) ye who enter here."

Steve · 668 weeks ago

97% of the signs would be a pro obama message if made by station managers.

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Patrick · 668 weeks ago

Steve - I doubt 97% of station managers would write pro Obama messages - that would require enough intelligence and literacy to know who our President is and be able to express so in writing, simply impossible for a Metro station manager!

@ChrisHowdy · 668 weeks ago

Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate.

Why stray from the classical?

K-anon · 668 weeks ago

"Please, just let me sleep."

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bet · 668 weeks ago

"Do not disturb, I am not sleeping" I work over-time 5 days a week so I can pay for my expensive cars"

df · 668 weeks ago

Just leave your money in the bucket, turn around and get a cab.

Joolz · 668 weeks ago

A permanent "Sorry for the inconvenience" would cover every situation at every station.

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Kathryn · 668 weeks ago

In other news, I am currently watching Sue Palka and Maureen Umeh of Fox 5 news work over Dan Stessel via phone. They are telling Dan that they are getting tweets that passengers are currently stranded on a train (tree fell on it) and have no information. He's trying to tell them that information is being put out, that 'we are utilzing every available channel', but they aren't having any of it. Then, they made him watch video of water pouring into the train door. *loving* this.

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bet · 668 weeks ago

This is the only way to get the attention of a congressional takeover.
Expose the incompetent.

D Stussle is there to smooth over, managers are in place to cover over and employees get more over-time to be a push over.

No way can we let this go. Write or email your congressmen and women.

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eric · 668 weeks ago

Its really sad when congress is a step up in the efficiency department.

Ever and Anon · 668 weeks ago

Wanted. Lumburjacks. Inquire at keosk. Imediate openings.

Vienna Bound · 668 weeks ago

Honey Badger don't care.

montagthezine 51p · 668 weeks ago

It's going to start costing you to ask us a question. Double to get an answer.