On the way home from Union Station yesterday, I got stranded at Metro Center Station for about 40 minutes waiting for Metro to clear a disabled train from the line near Falls Church. I could spend the whole day ranting about Metro’s design flaws, and why it takes the WMATA 40 minutes to move a disabled train less than one stop to the closest pull off area, but I won’t.
Instead I just want to say that once the trains started running again I saw Metro area residents at their best in the crowded train trying to get home. People actual talked and joked about the situation with strangers on the metro. On a normal day people don’t even make eye contact with strangers on the Metro. People did their best to let people out of the train, and let everyone get the best hand hold possible. Not that I am looking forward to the next time it takes me two hours to get home or find myself crammed into a tin tube with my 200 closest friends, but it was more pleasant than it could have been.
In good news other than having to buy a new SmartTrip Card, I forgot the other one in yesterday’s shirt’s pocket, this morning’s commute was flawless. A train waiting for me at Vienna and Metro Center gets me out to Union Station in 42 Minutes.
