You Be the Judge…
Fat People:
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Homeless:
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Sleeping on Subway:
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Emergency Exits
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Fare Increase, Same Crappy Service
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Heat and Air Conditioning
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I mean, I’m just sayin’. 🙂
I promise this is not an advertising plug. I legitimately think this think is pretty cool, so that’s why I’m posting about it. It just so happens, they are an advertiser this week.
Anyway, check out “Hero Reports.”
It’s by MIT about the people who “See Something, and Say Something.”
The idea is to track down the 1,944 people who “saw something” last year, and map out their instances of heroism. It turns out, the stories of these can be pretty interesting.
Some of the stories are legitimately security related, but most are stories of kindness. Strangers doing something to help other strangers. It’s worth a look.
You can also post you own stories. I have a feeling if SUBWAYblogger started posting stories there, the site would get overloaded.
…for the $50 he owes you, but don’t lean on the subway car doors. It’s dangerous–and you block other people. We’re serious about safety. (But clearly not about our public safety ads)
The little nugget above is brought to you by the subway ad I am standing across from right now.
I think I may have seen this one before because the guy in the photo leaning on the door looks familiar. I don’t think I’ve ever read it though.
Wow.
So just when you think the MTA’s ads couldn’t get any more lame, WHAM! There’s another one.
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Ever thought of just jumping the turnstile when your Metrocard stopped working for some unknown reason? You know you have plenty of cash/rides left on it, so it must be something wrong with the machine. So screw it, just jump over and move on with your life.
Well, that little maneuver is going to cost you a lot more if you get caught. The price of bouncing over the bar is now one-hundo ($100), and the new price kicked in Monday.
It used to cost you $60, but apparently that was too affordable for the homeless guys and neighborhood teens that just jump over without even a hesitation. So upping it to $100 ought to do the trick.
They even have a special division of court that handles fare jumpers, called the Transit Adjudication Bureau. Aka TAB.
In case you get stopped by an officer to search your bag on the subway (chances are extremely low), just keep in mind that letting them check is completely optional. You don’t have to let NYPD officers go through your bag. It’s totally up to you. All the police can do is refuse to allow you on the train.
I always knew that…hell it says so right on the sign they have at the table. However, I never really thought about it that much until I read this from a SUBWAYblogger commenter.
So if a terrorist were to get stopped for an inspection, all they would have to do is say no, and get on the train somewhere else.
Kinda scary.
Last week, we offered up some free ads to our readers. The response was greater than I had expected.
As a result, we plan to offer free ads every month from here on out. Well make a post during the first week of every month announcing that we are taking complimentary orders.
Ads will then be available on a first come, first served basis until all of the free ads are taken.
Thanks to everyone who participated.
Well, it’s about that time of the year where Con Ed fully rolls out it’s annual tips for conserving energy. This year, they’ve blessed us with 100 Tips (by number) for saving electricity.
By the looks of things, they may need us to conserve if their crews walk out on strike, but I digress.
So in these subway ads, they offer little nuggets of wisdom such as:
– Use your air conditioning less
– Don’t open the refrigerator as much
– Only wash your clothes in full loads
– Pay Con Ed using their eBill system (saves them some $$$ too)
So yeah. In case you score slightly below retarded intelligence, Con Ed has some genius for you.
For the rest of us, some mind numbing ads to read when you forget your newspaper.
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