‘Metro SmarTrip Card’
courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’
Hey Metro, if your budgets are so strained, maybe you could keep your credit/debit machines working so that people like me who don’t carry cash can refill our SmarTrip cards.
Did anyone get stuck due to this morning’s credit/debit outage in Metro stations? Or are the rest of you better planners than I am and never let your SmarTrip card get that low?
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6 Responses to “Good Luck Refilling that SmarTrip…”
October 20th, 2009 at 10:01 am
No, I waited until the last minute. I’ve got enough to get home on the card, but they’d better get their stupid machines fixed ASAP…
October 20th, 2009 at 10:17 am
No but I did get stuck 45 minutes on the green line with a crying baby because of a train with mechanical problems at L’Enfant. Just an hour late to work, no biggie metro. Thanks for charging me for the ride anyways, I know you need the money!
October 20th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Didn’t get stuck, but unsuccessfully tried to refill when I finally got to my stop – an hour late mind you (thanks to the delay at L’Enfant).
My favorite part of the morning – the delay alert text went out after I had been sitting at Gallery Place for 30 minutes!
October 20th, 2009 at 10:54 am
I’ve got enough to get halfway home by going to Pentagon… as for the bus from there, I sure hope they get this mess fixed before the evening commute… haven’t seen an update about it yet.
October 20th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Have they stopped letting you exit with a negative balance on the card?
October 20th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
No, they haven’t, but if, like me, you occasionally get off the bus at the Pentagon with a negative balance, you can’t get on the train, or on another bus, with the negative balance, and there’s nowhere to get cash.