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What If This Is What Subway Announcements Were Like?
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Jen Carlson
Published Apr 15, 2015
Modified Apr 15, 2015
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In a new video (from the same people who brought your upstairs neighbor nightmare to life), the MTA talks back to customers after getting fed up with all this constant bitching.
"We do not apologize for the inconvenience... we are no longer going to apologize when we have nothing to be sorry for. The world is uncertain, it's impossible to be perfect, and you're just gonna have to deal with it. Every week people die on the subway tracks, and we never make you deal with it. While you're busy tweeting that the MTA sucks, we're busy scooping dead bodies out of dark tunnels. We are SO sorry for the inconvenience. To be clear, I am not a rogue subway conductor, this is now the official MTA policy. Be a goddamn adult 'til the trains stop moving. On behalf of the entire MTA: Fuck You."
You can tell it's a parody because the intercom works. However, the announcement is probably pretty close to what any given employee of The Authority would like to tell you. And you. And you. And us...
[via Above Average]
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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