Yesterday was not a good trip home from work.
The day itself was pretty busy throughout, with a few particularly annoying patches thrown in, but I can live with that. The walk from the office to subway wasn’t great, as it was hot and humid–and congestion-heavy Midtown–but I can live with that too.
But what I’m finding harder and harder to live with is the consistently decreasing quality in NYC subway service. Those platforms are hot, humid and just no fun at all during the summer, Yesterday was not a good trip home from work.
The day itself was pretty busy throughout, with a few particularly annoying patches thrown in, but I can live with that. The walk from the office to subway wasn’t great, as it was hot and humid–and congestion-heavy Midtown–but I can live with that too.
But what I’m finding harder and harder to live with is the consistently decreasing quality in NYC subway service. Those platforms are hot, humid and just no fun at all during the summer, which is rough enough, but the MTA has clearly cut back on the number of trains that run–during rush hour, no less–which means spending longer times on those crumby, crowded platforms. In a suit.
But what really gets me, I mean what really just pushes my button–in full disclosure, I was already bickering to myself at how bad the service was; I was that annoyed–is that, forget having to let three trains go by because they were crowded, and then finally having to get on a train and still [i]not [/i]get a seat, is that there was NO FRIGGIN AIR CONDITIONING!
IT’S THE 21ST FRIGGIN CENTURY! HOW CAN THERE BE NO AIR CONDITIONING?!!!
So I make my peace with that lovely bit of business, standing up, on the local train, sweating my ass off, until finally I can switch to an express train in Queens. And guess what? Yep, you nailed it:
THERE WAS NO AIR CONDITIONING ON THAT TRAIN EITHER!
OH, COME ON!!!!!
And you want to know the final kicker? When I finally got off at my stop, getting off my non-air conditioned train … I happened to pass by the next train car, and you know what?
THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS ON FULL BLAST!!!!
So, yeah, yesterday was a [i]really [/i]fun ride home.
