Unsuck DC Metro: Metro or Carnival?

Friday, February 15, 2013

Metro or Carnival?

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· 631 weeks ago

hahaha. thanks for the laugh. amazing how you really can't tel the difference.

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Guest · 631 weeks ago

"Really can't tell the difference", I know the employees and patrons of the metro and the cruise ship share commonalities and nothing will change. When you have no one or no independent agent overseeing safety; they turn a blind eye because they do not want to get their 'friends/family' in any trouble.

Welcome to the 'Good 'Ole Boy Network" in the great U S of A.

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BMK · 631 weeks ago

We are at a 7 degree tilt. #MetroOrCarnival

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Anon2 · 631 weeks ago

It was expected to take 5 hours to disembark passengers.

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karah 81p · 631 weeks ago

@unsuck - both of your wapo links go to the fbi story.

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NoNo · 631 weeks ago

The company spokesman is really full of shit. #MetrOrCarnival

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asdf · 631 weeks ago

The grim conditions caused at least one passenger to suffer a seizure.

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MetroRider · 631 weeks ago

"Communication onboard was non-existent. The speakers weren't working." #MetroOrCarnival

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Heather · 631 weeks ago

At least on Carnival, there was access to ventilation, and possibly a toilet. Maybe. I think I'd rather have done that, than Metro. Pretty sad when WMATA is compared to Carnival, huh?

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@savemetro · 631 weeks ago

I went to the bathroom to wash my hands, and it smelt like someone just Carnivaled in there.

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@VeggieTart · 631 weeks ago

Don't be ridiculous. From what I heard, Carnival employees were very nice and as helpful as they could possibly be, given the circumstances.

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hrh king friday 13 · 631 weeks ago

"Yeah but unlike the NYC subway, at least Metro is clean!"

*craps in plastic bag on blue line train*

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John · 631 weeks ago

"The malfunction was caused when a customer's bag got caught in the engine"

#MetroOrCarnival

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Guest · 631 weeks ago

When I first saw "Carinval" I thought you meant one of those places with rides and food and people are suckered into losing all of their money. That could also describe Metro.

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Guest · 631 weeks ago

Navin R. Johnson: The most exciting game on the midway! Imagine the thrill of getting your weight guessed by a professional! You can blow up your cheeks, you can stick out your chest, but you're not going to fool the guesser. How 'bout you, sir? Step right up!

Carnival Rube: Hey honey, let's see how good this guy is. Now what do I win?

Navin R. Johnson: Ah, anything... in this general area, right in here. Anything, below the stereo, and on this side of the Bicentennial glasses. Anything between the ashtray, and the thimbles. Anything in this three inches. Right in here, this area, that includes the Chiclets, but not the erasers.

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Ever n Anon · 631 weeks ago

These are hilarious! Thanks, Unsuck, for the laughs!

Don't suppose we can send Dan on a cruise? ;)

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MsKat · 631 weeks ago

You know, until I read this, I hadn't realized that the whole cruise ship fiasco didn't really raise an alarm within me, I really had no reaction other than to feel bad that they were stuck where they were..Now I know why that is: I, along with many other of my fellow Metro riders, have lived those kinds of conditions in an on-land form at least once, some of us many times. It should have been a big deal to everyone that these poor people were stuck on a boat that was operating under conditions much like those suffered back in the days when ships were a main form of transport from one continent to another. A lot of us have seen or experienced so much on Metro, these folks being stuck on the ship was just not a big deal...we are numb. The comparisons between the cruise ship and Metro's debacles were sadly dead-on.

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karah 81p · 631 weeks ago

Yes, I had people yelling at me on the net because I was so blase about it and could not see what all the fuss was about. :)

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Guest · 631 weeks ago

These posts are so outrageously funny but oh so real. When is wmata going to diversify their safety personnel, quality assurance and other staff in the office and divisions?