metro fare evasion is absolutely ridiculous

[Anonymous]

I use assistive devices and am unable to step over the gates.
Do you think the station manager will open the gate for me for free, as an accommodation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:jfc grandpa, ever tried minding your own business?

Who asked you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha, I rode the metro for the first time in a long time in Bethesda. Yuppies were stepping over the turnstyle making sure to lift their commuter bags so they wouldn't snag. Metro is free now, wouldncha know? I felt foolish spening my couple of bucks.

Yuppies? What year was this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Yep. I am a third generation Washingtonian, and I never thought I would want to leave, but now, I can’t wait to get out.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yep. I am a third generation Washingtonian, and I never thought I would want to leave, but now, I can’t wait to get out.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Agreed. There was just an election this last fall. If people are not happy they are in the minority and should leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yep. I am a third generation Washingtonian, and I never thought I would want to leave, but now, I can’t wait to get out.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Please go back to Ohio or whichever crappy flyover state you moved here from after college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yep. I am a third generation Washingtonian, and I never thought I would want to leave, but now, I can’t wait to get out.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Please go back to Ohio or whichever crappy flyover state you moved here from after college.

The idea that people who have lived here longer and entitled to more say in the affairs of the city than people who just arrived is perverse and discriminatory. It doesn’t even matter if those people will be leaving soon either. Everyone that’s here now has an equal right to be here and an equal right to participate in democracy to shape the city to their needs. If you don’t like how new arrivals are changing the city maybe you should leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ha, I rode the metro for the first time in a long time in Bethesda. Yuppies were stepping over the turnstyle making sure to lift their commuter bags so they wouldn't snag. Metro is free now, wouldncha know? I felt foolish spening my couple of bucks.

Yuppies? What year was this?

True, some were Buppies.

[Anonymous]

Why not just shoot one as an example?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use assistive devices and am unable to step over the gates.
Do you think the station manager will open the gate for me for free, as an accommodation?

You should ask. It sounds like discrimination to me.

[Anonymous]

There is no point anymore in trying to regulate this. They should just use cameras and technology to count the people who enter a given station who don’t pay and then WMATA sends a $10 charge per rider to that jurisdiction.

[Anonymous]

I definitely have noticed a major increase in turnstile jumping. Pre-pandemic I saw it maybe once a month, if that (daily metro user). Now I see multiple people do it every time I get on the train. I guess it's a decision DC made, but it does create a feeling of lawlessness and like you are a sucker for even bothering to swipe your card

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no point anymore in trying to regulate this. They should just use cameras and technology to count the people who enter a given station who don’t pay and then WMATA sends a $10 charge per rider to that jurisdiction.

Why should we socialize stealing? People will quit riding if prices rise too much because tons of people steal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yep. I am a third generation Washingtonian, and I never thought I would want to leave, but now, I can’t wait to get out.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Agreed. There was just an election this last fall. If people are not happy they are in the minority and should leave.

Well technically only 40% of DC residents voted this past fall.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yep. I am a third generation Washingtonian, and I never thought I would want to leave, but now, I can’t wait to get out.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out

Agreed. There was just an election this last fall. If people are not happy they are in the minority and should leave.

Well technically only 40% of DC residents voted this past fall.

Only because the Republicans in the DC government make it had for citizens to vote.