“Fun on the Farm” or Metro

I think that Ginny Paulus of Alexandria and Eleanor S. Tupper of Washington, D.C. bring up excellent points in the letters they wrote to the Express (pg.32, 1/9/06) about the “Door Closing” voice. Why does Metro insist on changing it? No one listens to it anyhow. This is apparent every time a train goes out of service and you are de-boarded due to “door problems”. Do you think the people that crammed onto the train really cared what the voice sounded like that was alerting them that the door was closing – NO!

Another excellent point Ms. Paulus brings up is the abundance of quarters that are returned to you if you need to put money on your fare card and use a large bill. (1) – We are not in Atlantic City striking it big; and (2) – Unless you are in dire need for quarters to do laundry why on earth would you want to walk around with all that change?

My favorite quote of the morning from the two letters mentioned above was the one by Ms. Tupper. “The guy sound like he’s narrating a 1950’s documentary about “Fun on the Farm.”, as she was describing the public service announcements that are randomly played about keeping the station clean, or whatever else Metro feels necessary to tell you about. Hilarious – riding the metro is almost “Farmlike” at times especially with all the animals, er, I mean humans that act like animals that ride with us daily.

~S~