Posts Tagged ‘WTF?!’

Foggy Bottom Metro Line

I post about this altogether too much, but here we go again: epic lines to enter the Foggy Bottom Metro Station because of a rush hour escalator bottleneck. Of three escalators, one is closed for repairs till Nov 29th, one seems to be up-only, and the remaining nonworking one is split between down and up [...]

Metro Zamboni

Metro Man passed through Metro Center in the middle of the afternoon recently and was greeted with the infamous Metro Zamboni, which polishes platforms and pushes people aside at the most inconvenient times.
Why does Metro do maintenance like this in the middle of the day or at rush hour when there are tourists and travelers [...]

Joe McCain Calls 911 to Complain About Traffic

Strike one: Calling 911 to complain about I-95 traffic. Strike two: Cursing out the operator when he asks why you’re calling 911 to complain about traffic. Strike three: Voice mail greeting saying you’re working on a “very important family political project.” Joe The McCain, you’re out.
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Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson at Union Station

Heading home from Union Station, I unwittingly fell in step with a group of security personnel, only noticing when their leader addressed them, “She’s over there,” gesturing towards the Postal Museum Building, where an Amtrak motorized cart was negotiating a crosswalk. On board, an older woman accompanied two younger girls. My eyes met briefly with [...]

“Hella Cost”

Judging by the graffiti on this Metro train ad for Global Impact, there’s an Orange Line rider somewhere out there who (1) hates African aid groups because of secret genocide conspiracies, (2) has a Sharpie, and (3) is unsure of the spelling of “holocaust.”
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Georgetown Strike

Spotted this strike in Georgetown this morning and got some video:

As you can see, the infamous giant inflatable strike rat is with them. Any idea what all this is about?
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5 Guys 1 Cup

I saw this pinned to the corkboard while getting lunch at Five Guys in Georgetown. If you don’t get it, you don’t want or need to know. Really.

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MetroBra

Bra on Metro Elevator Originally uploaded by brownpau
Someone must have partied especially hard in the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro elevator on Saturday afternoon, as evidenced by this bra left on the trash-strewn elevator floor. I’d have picked it up (hey, free bra) but it was a bit damp and muddy, and not my cup size anyway.

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iMetro: The Three C’s

“Couth, courtesy, and common sense” — iMetro’s three personal values whose deficiency makes Metro that much more unpleasant to ride. (Strictly speaking, though, “couth” is more adjective than noun, generally used as ironic foil to “uncouth.”) He follows up with a few photos demonstrating said unpleasantness. I’m especially WTF-ing at the jacket on the other [...]