I am sitting on the Metro typing this, and right next to me in a guy wearing a large folded knife visibly clipped to his pocket. But, when the Metro police come around it is I who am going to be the one that gets called out because I have a bag at my feet [...]
I have seen the RedBox DVD rental kiosks popping up in a lot of places, most conveniently in my local Giant grocery store. It is convenient because when I am getting groceries I can pick up a movie, but it’s also inconvenient, because it requires a special trip back to Giant the following day to [...]
When you get off the Metro at the bus depot at King Street station, there are six bays which have 2-3 bus lines that stop at each. The locals surely know where they are going, but what about the tourists getting off the Metro who can not or will not walk the 18 block to [...]
I had two cards with points from the ESPNZone, one with one single point, the other with 74 points. I asked the clerk to merge the two cards together. He stated that was impossible. I submit that that is technological impasse is rather convenient for ESPN. Because, I can not move that one point onto [...]
I have been tempted recently to shake things up and start driving into work instead of taking the Metro. On empty roads, it would take save over an hour of commute. The problem is there are never empty roads. The Texas Transportation Institute reports that Washington DC has jumped up two spots past San Francisco [...]
In Macy’s at closing time, I headed for the exit that goes directly into the Metro Center station, only to find a locked door and a guard telling a confused tourist “The Metro’s closed.” ( I assured the now frantic woman that the Metro was actually still quite open, that this guard had simply locked [...]
Dear Metro: I need you. I do, you get me to work every day, and without you I would have to drive and the Spur is so horrific that I don’t even want to entertain that thought. I am with you, you are my means of transit. But you know that, and I think you’ve [...]
On a very full Metro ride into work this morning, the driver chided us riders in the typical fashion as he drove to the next stop. Attention customers, when you hear the chimes the doors are closing, please do not block the doors, if you block the doors this train with be unloaded. Every time [...]
