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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Why can’t Gen Xers function in society? Why are they too scared of public transit?[/quote]

Gen X here, and I took public transit for many years.  Shortly before the smoke inhalation incident on Metro where the woman died, I was trapped on a train that filled with smoke.  We managed to pull into a station, which also started filling with smoke.  Metro, in its infinite wisdom, refused to open the gates and then shut down the escalators so everyone had to walk to get out.  People were starting to panic, and it was the only time in my life when I feared that someone was going to be trampled.  Incompetent Metro employees just stood and watched.  When the smoke inhalation incident happened a few months later and the woman died, and then the information came out that Metro employees were not receiving training, I was not surprised.

So, yeah, at a minimum functional, safe public transit with minimally competent employees who have actual safety training would be required. [/quote]

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