This morning, just as I was pulling up to the T station I realized I left my montly subway pass at home in another coat pocket. Great.
Well luckily I had a nice crisp $20 on me, so begrudgingly I threw the $20 in the ticket machine, hit the buttons for a $5.00 ticket (2 rides worth) and waited. And waited.
Until the machine let me know ever so kindly that it had malfunctioned. And then shut off. WITH MY MONEY INSIDE.
I found an employee who told me I could buy another ticket at another machine, but, FYI, none of the machines were accepting credit cards.
Hi. Your dumb machine just ate the last of my money.
So he gave me a number to call and let me through the gate.
Once I got to work, I called the number and waited on hold for almost 15 minutes until I got a real person. Who told me they would be happy to refund me my money ….
in 8 weeks ….
in the form of a $20 subway card…
which I don’t even need.
I’m never forgetting my stupid subway pass again.
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I’d go on a killing spree. That’s all I can say.
I like the way you think. Maybe I’ll throw in a “fuck this! I’m leaving” for good measure.
in a Sam Kinison voice
I was up to my knees in Boston Metros, with dispensers that didn’t work! Going in there, looking for Charlie, slugging it out with him while p*ssies like you were back here driving, putting makeup on, sipping coffee, and listening to the goddamn Timberlake albums! Oh! Oh! Oh!
IM IN UR MACHINES STEALING UR MONEYZ
I had that on the tip of my tongue, but, I thought of Charlie, then ‘Nam, then Back to School. So, I went with the changeup.
It’s ok, I got your back. Just making sure we cover all bases.
F***ERS!
I do not mean to find humor in your misfortune
but this entry has just made my night
i guess it just feels good to know that things like this don’t only happen to me . :o)
Oh please, laugh away!! I certainly did … well … I did after the fact. (And by “after the fact” I mean after someone I told this story to offered to buy the $20 subway card off of me because they need one anyway).
oh, i reserve a whole section of my brain for Loathing Public Transportation. i’ve taken the train nearly every day for the last five years, so my head needs a large dedicated area in which to process all the misery and frustration that is riding the Metro…and the El…and the T.
though i do have to say, i’m a little amused by how much boston has freaked out in trying to adjust to the charlie cards. i moved to chicago right before they switched over from the token/cash system. talk about growing pains! yeesh.
KateD … haha oh god, you don’t even know the half of it! The way the whole system rolled out was ridiculous. It seemed as if the staff had less of a clue than the riders!