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Posted by Andrew Saucci on Tue Jan 10 00:28:58 2017, in response to Re: N to 96/2, posted by Michael549 on Mon Jan 9 12:26:59 2017. What surprised me this morning when practically the whole system was fouled on account of the water main break at 34/Herald Sq was how FEW people exited Queens Blvd with me at Roosevelt Ave for the 7, one of the few lines that was not affected, even after spending over half an hour going from red signal to red signal. Those who think that riders are intelligent or aware or sharp are highly overrating them. Not only that, the 7 wasn't even crush loaded itself. These are not the sort of people who can handle multiple terminals of the same name, trains that are named one thing in the schedule and something else on the signs, or even simple short-turns or express/local variations.I can't help but think of No. 6's speech in The Prisoner: "Unlike me, many of you have accepted the situation of your imprisonment, and will die here like rotten cabbages." If only I had a bullhorn this morning, I could have made that speech to the people who stayed on the F while I escaped to 7 freedom. These are the people who will ride a train to its terminal, past obvious signs that they are on the wrong train, thinking to the end that the MTA hired Wallyhorse and overnight built some sort of new connection that didn't exist yesterday. And these people are not unusual or exceptional-- they are the norm. |
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