Hey, there! Log in / Register
MBTA service-delay Mad Libs
By adamg on Fri, 07/22/2022 - 9:37am
At 6:40 a.m., the MBTA tweeted:
Red Line experiencing northbound delays of up to 15 minutes due to a
That was it, that was the whole tweet.
Which, of course, got some people wondering just how to finish that thought:
Medical emergency, signal problem, disabled train, police action, uh… whaat else is it usually uh..oh yeah, fire
— mbta.is.garbage (@suckerboys) July 22, 2022
raging group of 7 year old karate students hopped up on mountain dew, who all fell onto the tracks, narrowly missing the electrifed 3rd rail.
— Kuromi Bunny in Boston (@KuromiBunnyGirl) July 22, 2022
heat buckling of the tracks as a result of completely unprecedented and unexpected prolonged 95 degree weather, in spite of the fact that it *is* summer, after all. Happy Friday!!
— Stella (@MyaB9782) July 22, 2022
a wood stick on the tracks? Antiquated equipment? It's too hot? It's too cold?
— Tom Wheell (@TomWheell) July 22, 2022
@FixTheMBTAnow choose your own adventure! I'm gonna go with "unintentional coupling"
— Travis (@tmorrow143) July 22, 2022
Gremlins again? pic.twitter.com/8TcWSQq1tO
— Andrew Burke (@AndrewBurke12) July 22, 2022
Lack of hustle
— Steve (@doggosteve) July 22, 2022
I love this game!!
Bees?— Neil Cash (@HowNeilFeels) July 22, 2022
I love this game!!
Bees?— Neil Cash (@HowNeilFeels) July 22, 2022
Due to a thing that makes the other thing not work… you know what I am talking about, right?
— Chris (@cbisme15) July 22, 2022
...due to a catastrophic failure of infrastructure management and an unwillingness to invest in Boston being a top tier metropolis
— Carrie Cole (@carriecole09) July 22, 2022
Bigfoot Sighting
— J-MAC (@jmac3300) July 22, 2022
…massive amount of random freshmen college kids standing around mispronouncing Copley & looking for a bubble tea place & generally being in the way of everyone who knows where they’re going.
— Totalblamblam (@Totalblamblamm) July 22, 2022
— Cara02152 (@Clee02128) July 22, 2022
Could we at least get multiple choice?
— jeff connelly (@jeffconnelly32) July 22, 2022
dumpster fire
— colin alsheimer (@colinize) July 22, 2022
…decades of mismanagement.
— Jenni Dinger (@jendinger) July 22, 2022
…Governor who just doesn’t care.
— Definitely not Bill. Probably his lawyer. (@Bill_Nobles) July 22, 2022
More than an hour later, the T gave the correct answer:
Red Line experiencing northbound delays of up to 15 minutes due to a disabled train approaching Quincy Adams.
— MBTA (@MBTA) July 22, 2022
Topics:
Free tagging:
Ad:
Support Universal Hub
Help keep Universal Hub going. If you like what we're up to and want to help out, please consider a (completely non-deductible) contribution.
Comments
These are the times I almost miss Twitter…
BRAVO!
And what was wrong with the disabled train this time?
Fire? Explosion? Runaway? Derailment? Hit another train? Broken emergency exit? Broken PA system? Hit a frog?
As a point of information,
one of the component pieces of a track switch - specifically, the part where one rail intersects the other one - is referred to as a frog.
So a dragging or loose piece of underbody equipment could indeed disable a train by hitting a frog.
OMG.
I hadn't thought of "frog" being used that way since model train days as a kid.
You are exactly right. The MBTA _could_ say that.
And this is why I love UH.
Be my guest if you think you
Be my guest if you think you can do better with the equipment available to you
Can we spend some of the
Can we spend some of the federal money on a pilot to teach mbta about times other than 15 minutes
I'd settle for being able to spend some of the Federal money
on routine maintenance and repair, instead of waiting for things to deterioriate to the point where large capital replacement projects are necessary.
Mass.gov Fake Tweet@MassGovt·
Standard Answer
Standard answer is always due to a Charlie Baker.
This is his legacy - make him wear it.
Oh, and I think it may finally be time to put together an initiative petition limiting all elected representatives and executives to a T-pass and mileage reimbursement/parking at the nearest station. If they want to drive in to the Statehouse? They can pay for it - and market rate parking - like the rest of the working public does. Be worth it just to see the squirming and send a message.
Wet leaves
Wet leaves
What is...
...A wet leaves?
Red Line experiencing
If it's approaching, is it really disabled or just out-of-service?