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hamburgerhotdog
10/24/09

In reply to Last Remains of Old New York Being Outed: Crotchety Subway Workers
Theses people are basically well paid cashiers who have a union to back up all their fuck ups when they fall asleep so they don't get fired. I've never seen people so inept at their jobs - and now there's machines in place they barely have to do anything but give directions and dispense the occasional metrocard. Fuck 'em. #mta
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TheBusinessGuy
10/24/09

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Also, BREAKING: Cab Drivers Drive Like Maniacs, Don't Speak English Well.

Also: Pope Alleged To Be Catholic; Bears Relieve Themselves In Woods. #mta
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Amrita Rajan
10/24/09

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Is it odd that all the subway workers I've come into contact with were all extremely helpful and nice to me? Esp at 4 a.m. when no man or woman is obliged to be nice?

The occasional marriage proposal and regular refusal to look up from their magazine is quite alright by me. #mta
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waltzngmatlda
10/24/09

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good!

it's an overpowered union and the salaries, on whole, are too high.

the LEAST we should get are pleasant people. #mta
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baconismyaesthetic
10/24/09

@waltzngmatlda: My brother works for the MTA in capital improvement. He works under ground with "track bunnies" (rats), it's a zillion degrees in summer, he rarely sees the light of day, the labor is a mixture of hard manual labor, highly dangerous situations, and a not-so-small chance of being killed on the job. He makes a living wage and he earns every penny. Booth workers don't exactly have a dream job either. Yes, there is rudeness at times, but the workers you see at the lower levels of the union are not living on easy street and most of them do their best. I can tell you my brother is never anything but pleasant to riders, and actually loves the subway system. #mta
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Astroblack
10/25/09

@baconismyaesthetic: Thank you! With all the bullshit we've seen on Wall Street I can't believe people are still pulling this "blue collar workers make too much money because of their unions" line. #mta
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waltzngmatlda
10/28/09

@baconismyaesthetic: i appreciate your comments and how you delivered them. thank you.

i understand they do indeed work very hard and, as you said, earn every penny.

i do have issues though with the blatant union protections some genuinely bad employees receive, considering their benefits and how they're taken care of over time. and that's all i was commenting on, bad employees and how this extremely strong union wrongly protects them.

but then again, no one ever mentioned that this was a 'dream job'...sorry, but blue collar workers (myself one of them) shouldn't necessarily be making what, doctors for example, are making.

that doesn't mean i approve of the wall street bonuses or how plastic surgeons tend to make more than heart specialists or vaccine researchers... #mta
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
10/24/09

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Maybe they need uniforms, nametags, a shiny bell and white gloves.

London transit operators were lovely when I lived there, back in the day; working the lifts and waiting for everyone to get in.

Moscow subways are marble and crystal showplaces of the people's state.

Washington, D.C., has a small but shiny Metro system.

The day mass transit is supported nationally in this country to a fraction of the extent that we all subsidize driving and highways will be the day that things are cleaner and brighter and nicer. #mta
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narnio
10/24/09

@If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Nice use of upper and lower case. #mta
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If_I_Had_a_Poodle
10/24/09

@narnio: Thank you! You, too. #mta
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freudeschaden
10/24/09

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Whenever I see the 1/9 line, I think of Bernie Goetz. #mta
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RomeoGanjiro
10/08/09

In reply to The Gruesome L Train Incident: Solved
Meth will do crazy things to your. Trust. A couple of days with no sleep + dehydration + Drano carving holes in your brain & all of a sudden flinging yourself in front of a train doesn't seem so far-fetched.
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SultanaEleusis
10/07/09

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I live in West Virginia. Why should I care?
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hilikusopus
10/08/09

@SultanaEleusis: Why are you reading a blog mostly for New Yorkers?
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LeeroySpitzer
10/08/09

@hilikusopus: Be nice, he said he's from West Virginia, it's a blessing the lad can read.
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shag_carpet_bomb
10/07/09

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I'm sorry, nothing compares to the SFPD shutting down the Bay Bridge for 11 hours because of a jumper, on a Friday, at mid-day. That so totally fucked up my weekend.
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evaning
10/07/09

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yeah, who is lucky enough to be on their way to work at 10:44a?
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jrhys
10/08/09

@evaning: Someone lucky enough to work until 9 pm.
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afterabe
10/07/09

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How in the heck is the L train the most cool line in town? It doesn't go anywhere interesting. It's what, an 8 minute ride under the East River? At least the D train goes past Yankee stadium after hitting 3 boroughs. And don't get me started on the A train. There's a friggin jazz tune about it. Paaaaleeassseeeee!!
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daveyjonesisdead
10/08/09

@afterabe: The A train is over 30 miles long, going from sealevel (at the Rockaways) to the highest point in Manhattan (181st Street). Nothing but nothing beats the A train.
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Trai_Dep
10/07/09

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...And thus, the first shot is fired in the Manhattanites vs The Morlock Zombies war.
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El_Gato
10/07/09

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Wow, I'm glad I wasted 2 minutes watching these worthless videos. When a video is raunchy, it's tagged with NSFW. I propose that when videos are this boring, they're tagged with NWW, as in Not Worth Watching.
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miss_msry
10/07/09

@El_Gato:

You go Gato.
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glengarryleads
10/07/09

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I heard it was suicide: apparently the soul of the hipster movement hurled itself in front of the train to escape the pain of self awareness.
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drewtopianism
10/07/09

In reply to The Gruesome L Train Incident: Solved
We got sort of a journalistic ethics problem here.

Given that:

A) A train evacuation situation and a spectacular transit foul-up is definitely of newsworthy importance to Gawker readership, whatever the cause.

and also

B) If that cause is in fact suicide-related, it's a general journalistic practice not to overplay it. Suicides on the transit system are, sadly, common enough so as to generally not be newsworthy. Moreover, despite the "they were gonna do it anyway" argument, reputable studies have concluded that sensationalized media accounts of suicide can and do bump up the incidence of others.

I don't mean to seem über-punctilious. Just handle with care, Gawker.
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Jory
10/07/09

@drewtopianism: God I hope point B is sarcasm.
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ShanghaiLil
10/07/09

@Jory: Seriously. If posts like this are giving trust-fund Williamsburg hipsters ideas, I say keep 'em coming!
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