What do we pay you for?!? - AT&T/iPhone

The other day I was sitting at a Starbucks waiting for my wife was taking care of some business. I was enjoying my shaken iced tea when my iPhone alerted me that there was a missed call. My dad had called. I thought," How could that be? I was sitting by the phone the whole time." Oh well, maybe I was just too into what I was doing at the moment and just didn't hear the ring. So, I attempted to call my dad back. But, when I attempted a call, this is what happened (pictured above). CALL FAILED! Let me direct your attention to the upper left hand corner of the phone. Yeah, that's four bars of signal. FOUR!!! How the hell does my phone have FOUR bars of signal and IS NOT ABLE TO MAKE A CALL!!?!?! I thought it might be a fluke, so I tried again... and again... and again. Finally, fed up with the lack of ability to make a call, I got up and moved around looking for a signal that works. WHAT?!?! Why am I looking for a signal that works?!? Shouldn't all of them work?!? WHAT THE HELL DO WE PAY YOU FOR, AT&T?!?! I love the iPhone and all the functions that it offers, but iPhone coupled with AT&T suuuhUUUCKS! I'm tired of watching others use their phones on the subway platform while I have no service. I'm tired of thinking I have service and finding out that it was a "false signal". I'm tired of finding out that other iPhone users around the world have more functions than we do here in the states. Come on phone developers. Come up with a phone better than the iPhone and I'm yours! But, for now, I have to live with the idea that my phone may not be there for me when I need it. Thanks AT&T. You inspire me to SUCK!

WHAT DO WE PAY YOU FOR?!?! - MTA

Notice the MTA employee at the upper left side of the image. He seems to be having a nice time reading his morning newspaper. Using his tools of his trade as a table. Now, notice the trash on the floor. I'm not even talking about the aged gum spots. Look at the newspaper on the floor. WHAT DO WE PAY YOU FOR?!?! Not to friggin read the newspaper! If you can't clean the platform properly, at least clean the large pieces of trash. Is doing the job we pay you for too much to ask?!?

Yaaay...WHAT?!?!

So, I was all excited about the new OS for the iPhone. As many other iPhone nerds, I followed the live scroll of what was happening at the keynote. But, I missed the little detail... THAT THE MOST DESIRED FUNCTIONS OF THE NEW OS WILL NOT WORK IN THE US!! WHAAAAAAT?!?

Nice job AT&T. Even SingTel which is a company in a country probably younger than your company is able to carry these functions. Yeah, THE COUNTRY IS YOUNGER THAN AT&T. AT&T, aren't you ashamed? Even Scott, the guy that was giving the keynote address on the iPhone, was embarrassed for you. Did you notice the laughter when he mentioned that the US is behind 22 other countries that will offer the services at the release of the new OS? AND, how Scott sheepishly moved on. AND, how he was so ashamed of the fact that he didn't even mention it when he was talking about the tethering? The audience caught on and chuckled. AT&T, you're an embarrassment. Is it no wonder why jobs are being outsourced? If companies decided to keep their labor in the US, this is what happens. We would be left in the dust of countries that are younger than our companies. Even TMobile of another country is carrying it. WHAT THE HELL?!? AT&T, YOU SUCK!!! Apple, thank you for putting so much hard work into the new OS 3.0. Sadly, we can't use the best features because you chose to team up with a company that doesn't consider their customers first. OR, even choose to make their customers believe that they are important. Apple, if you don't want us to "jailbreak" the iPhones, maybe you shouldn't team up with half assed companies. AT&T, I can't state this enough. YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK! ANNND, YOU SUCK!!!

ITS NOT A BED!!

So, have you ever been on a crowded subway and seen this? A TOOL that is so inconsiderate to those around them that they just lean on the whole pole. I can understand if the train is empty and you want to lean on the pole. That's understandable. But, as you can see, there are others that need to hold onto the pole to NOT FALL OVER! When I come into this type of situation where I'm faced with an oblivious ass, I jab my hand into their back as I grab the pole. And, they always look surprised. IT'S A POLE! NOT A F-ING BED!! God forbid someone use the pole for the reason it was installed for, you TURD! Or, are you so oblivious to those around you that you can't see that others exist around you? There's really no good excuse for you. YOU'RE JUST AN ASSHOLE!!

What do we pay you for?!? - MTA

The other day I was waiting at one of my normal stops. I looked down the track to see if the train was coming (because I had been waiting there for too long already) and noticed something. The walls are FILTHY!! So, I took some pics. But, to my surprise, my camera could not capture how filthy these walls actually are. Believe it or not, the picture above makes the walls look cleaner than they are. There is literally NO clean white tiles. NOT ONE! I don't understand why these walls are so dirty. Why, for all the money that goes into the system, can these walls not be cleaned?!? WHY?!?! Give me a F-ing good reason! In the 10+ years that I've lived here, I have NEVER seen any MTA employee cleaning the walls. 10+ YEARS! And, I've been on the platforms at all times of the night, day, and morning. NEVER! CLEAN THE F-ING WALLS!! WHAT THE HELL DO WE PAY YOU FOR?!?!

P.S. Why is there "water" in the middle of the tracks? FILTHY!!!

REALLY?!? - Stupid human

This other day my fiancee and I went to one of our favorite places in Chinatown for some grub. This place is always packed out. But, they seat quite quickly. So, we were heading to our table when we noticed there was only one seat. We quickly noticed that this girl(pictured above) at the table across from us had taken the chair AND USED IT FOR HER PURSE. Apparently, her purse was tired of standing. WHAT THE F?!? How do you go to a busy restaurant and take a chair from a table for two and use it for your purse? How much of a inconsiderate bitch do you have to be to be able to think that this is okay? Not only did she use it. But, when we were standing there clearly needing a chair, she didn’t immediately offer the chair back to us. She actually felt like she had the right to hold the chair for her purse over a human being needing it to SIT AND EAT THEIR DINNER. ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?! How, in your little brain, does two people waiting for seats not trump your purse needing a resting spot IN A CROWDED RESATAURANT make sense? WHAT KIND OF SPOILED SHALLOW EGOTISITCIAL VAIN SELFCENTERED INCONSIDERATE FOB ARE YOU?!? I wanted to order a roti cani just to slap her with it and dump the curry on her bag. I know you try really hard to “express” yourself in your appearance. But, unfortunately for you, you are not special. HANG YOUR BAG ON THE BACK OF YOUR SEAT LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!! I was just about to make this girl feel really dumb by saying,” Seriously? You’re going to use the seat for your purse when we need a chair to sit on?” loud enough for the restaurant to hear, when we noticed the waitress bringing another chair. YEAH, in the end, this friggin bitch didn’t give up the seat. Serious. This is what makes it possible for this little girl and many like her to feel like they can behave like this.

What do we pay you for?!? - MTA

On this entry for "What do we pay you for?!?", it again is the MTA. As the threats and rumors of even higher rates comes closer to reality, I keep coming across disappointments in the service we pay for. Here I have two photos of two public transportation systems. One is less than a year old. Can you guess witch one? IT'S THE F-ING BOTTOM ONE!!!! That's right. That's our lovely MTA. The one on the top is about 20 years old. Does this make any sense? There's no comparison. There's no good excuse for the difference!! Look at the filth on the MTA's floor. WHAT THE HELL DO WE PAY YOU FOR?!? I'd rather have a old floor with gum and stains on it than a brand new floor with nasty stains all over it. At least with the old floor you can't tell that our money is going to waste. You figure its old. But, with this new filthy floor, its obvious our money is being thrown into some LAZY ASS'S pocket. WHERE THE HELL IS THE PERSON THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE MAINTAINING THIS STATION?!?!?! From what I understand, there are people hired specifically to clean the stations. They get paid about $25 to $30 an hour. WHAT?!?! ARE YOU SERIOUS!?! I don't even care that you're overpaid. It's a filthy job. I get it. BUT, WHY THE HELL IS THIS FLOOR SO FILTHY?!?!?! I understand that there are some filthy inconsiderate NYers. BUT, YOUR ONLY JOB ALL DAY EVERY DAY IS TO CLEAN THE STATION!!!! DO YOUR JOB!!!! WHAT DO WE PAY YOU FOR?!?

What are you thinking?

This is a familiar scene that you see in NYC. Large groups of tourists that just take up the whole sidewalk. WHERE ARE THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT EXIST IN THIS WORLD SUPPOSED TO WALK?!?! This is not a narrow sidewalk. It's an extra wide. So, there is plenty of room for people to walk. Do you not realize that you're taking up the WHOLE sidewalk? It's a sideWALK! Not a sideSTAND! If you're not moving, PULL THE F OFF TO THE SIDE!!! ESPECIALLY, the guy in the red jacket. He even stands like a prick! What the hell is that? He looks like he's trying to straddle the friggin sidewalk. He's like," This bitch is mine and no one else can have it!" I realize that you might be the one that is supposed to be watching over the group, but seriously? That stance is ridiculous. Why don't you just beat your chest and throw feces on approaching individuals? Better yet, MOVE YOUR F-ING GROUP TO THE SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK SO THEY'RE NOT BLOCKING THE WHOLE FRIGGIN SIDEWALK!!!!

MTA - Twisted Metal

Hey readers, I have decided to slow my roll. Even tho I could rant about something new everyday about the MTA, I don't travel within the system enough to get enough pictures. I actually travel in a very limited area of the system. All of my pictures have been from within this limited area. I KNOW, RIGHT? Anyway, here's another. This little scrap metal is located on my way up an escalator from the platform. As you can see, its been this way for a while. It's obvious NO ONE has touched these surfaces in quite some time. It's got that nice brown ancient dust going on. I guess the station didn't have enough DUCT TAPE to "fix" this little blade of metal. Ooop, did I say blade? Naaah, no kid would be stupid enough to reach out and try to touch this twisted hunk, would they? In a country where toys have gone from sturdy metal to plastic blobs because kids hurt themselves, I think you might want to consider fixing the loose metal. Even if it is just duct taping the hell out of it. And, then you can clean the wood surface that sits next to the... metal surface... WHAT?!? Since when did they start using wood instead of metal for permanent paneling? Maybe, at the same time when they considered duct tape to be the choice method of holding things together?

What do we pay you for?!?

For this edition of "What do we pay you for?!?", we're looking at the DSNY. Department of Sanitation. I think they're the ones that are supposed to oversee trash collecting, right? Here's a shot of a trash container in Chinatown. Never mind that there are BAGS of trash on the ground around the trash bin. THERE IS NO TRASH CONTAINER IN THE METAL FRAME!!! What the hell happened to the trash bin? So, now, there is just trash piled up on top of the metal frame and on the ground around the frame. How are we supposed to help keep the city clean if there are no trash bins to throw trash in?!? It's not like you can just fill up the frame and the trash guys will dump that. These frames are bolted to the ground. Do you think those guys riding by on the back of the trash trucks will take the time to hand pick the trash out of this frame? They can barely spare the time to avoid throwing trash into parked cars. I know that Chinatown is dirty and smelly already, but you don't have to add to the problem. You're the FRIGGIN Department of SANITATION! Does this look sanitary to you? Help us help you. PUT TRASH BINS WHERE TRASH BINS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE!! We pay crazy taxes living in the city. Is it too much to ask to have properly placed trash bins for those of us that do not like throwing trash all over the ground? I don't pay all these taxes to keep JUST the rich sections of the city clean. WHAT DO WE PAY YOU FOR?!?

Aren't you cold?

Today's post is about people sitting outside to eat when it is still too cold. Aren't you cold? Take a look at the pictures above. If people around you are wearing layers or scarfs, IT MAY BE TOO COLD TO SIT OUTSIDE! What is it about people and sitting outside when it's way too cold to sit outside? It's not like you're getting "fresh air" in NYC. Your food gets cold before you get to eat it. You have strangers(lucky if its not a bum) staring at you eating. AND, ITS COLD!! Do you feel special that you're sitting outside? Do you feel like a rebel? Like you're being different? And, if you look at the picture on the bottom, the people aren't even sitting in the sun! And, the other picture, people are sitting under a shade. WHAT?!? Are you afraid to get TOO warm?!? Why would you actually decide to sit outside in the cold under a shade away from the warming sun? It just makes no sense to me. And, I seem to notice that its mainly, if not always, white people. Whassup wit dat? White people, if you have some insight, please enlighten me. Is it some magical feeling that fills your body that sitting outside gives you? Do you eat at another level when your body is trying to fight off hypothermia? Maybe, I'd join you outside if I knew what the draw was. I HIGHLY doubt it, but never say never. Do share...I'll be waiting inside...

What do we pay you for?!?

Today I'm starting a new segment called "What do we pay you for?!?" This is for those moments when you don't understand why you pay what you do when you witness sub-par service.

For this entry of "What do we pay you for?!?", its the MTA. What a surprise! Here's a little something I saw at the West 4th platform. It's the edge of the platform. This piece of platform is actually FALLING OFF!!! You can see THROUGH the crack! I know, you're not supposed to stand that close to the tracks anyway. BUT, this is right at a door position when the subway cart pulls up. People or CHILDREN with their small feet could easily get caught in this crack. And, if a conductor is not paying attention, it could result in a horrific scene. Oh right, conductors would never dream about not paying attention... unless for those "rare" occasions when a PHATASS walks into the line of view. Now, is it too much to ask that our transit system be maintained so its at the very least safe?!? This was just sitting out there. No, warnings or bewares about it. Just sitting there. WHAT DO WE PAY YOUR FOR?!?!?

Gotcha!

Okay, so have you ever felt like you got had? Felt like an idiot for falling for a store's trickery? Felt like the store employees are laughing at you as you leave? This is one of those situations. A friend and I were heading out to lunch. We were headed to a really good pizza place. BUT, as we walked by this Subway, we saw the sign in the window. The cheap asses we are, of course, we were tempted by the thought of $4.50 footlongs. So, we stepped inside, and ordered our footlongs. No drinks. No combos. We've fallin for that before. Stepped to the cashier and BAM $13.50!! WHAT THE HELL?!?! We asked what happened to the $8.99 for two footlongs. The cashier replied," OH, that's only after 5." WHAT?!?! Now let me ask you, do you see it say anywhere on the sign that the deal is only for after 5? ANYWHERE?!?! No, right? Yes, somehow the "only after 5" part of the sign fell BEHIND the Subway sign on the window. How friggin convenient! You dirty rotten bastards. This Subway is all kinds of wrong. We heard them tell the guy in front of us that his footlong was not one of the ones that were $5. The commercial says ALL FOOTLONG. Not some. ALL!!! How does the man's footlong sandwich not fall within the "ALL" category? And, your bootleg ass sign is all kinds of misleading. This is the Subway on 72nd St if anyone is wondering. Screw you Subway. You never said I had to do battle with your CHEAP ASS franchise owners to get a actual $5 footlong. Trust me, I've tried. I haven't gotten a $5 footlong yet! And, thanks for you "complaint" section on your website. It sends the email to the store that you're complaining about. WHAT THE HELL GOOD DOES THAT DO IF THE STORE ITSELF IS THE PROBLEM?!?! Subway, do you not care about the reputation of your franchise? Why not have a "secret shopper" stop in your stores sometimes and make sure they are abiding by your official offers? For now, I'm heading to Quiznos for their $4 sandwiches.

MTA - clean?

So, what are we supposed to think about this? Yay, they...cleaned? Or, are they just trying to show us how clean the walls could be? Like a bully walking away and giving you hope that its over. THEN, coming back and continuously pounding your eyeball. It's cruel. Look how nice shiny white that clean spot is. That is how a properly maintained wall would look like. But, as you can see, THAT IS THE ONLY SPOT THEY CLEANED!!! What the hell?!? Were you scared that someone couldn't make out the numbers? Or, did a rookie MTA employee actually start doing their job and the veterans stopped them in their tracks? How do you explain a clean spot on a wall? Its not like they were hunting for treasure and needed to wipe away the dirt to see the hidden message. And, its not small enough to be a accident. Like someone accidentally needed to put their hands on the wall and knocked some of the dirt off. It was clearly wiped away. And, now I get to look at this and know what could be if only the MTA actually did their jobs properly. DAMMIT!! Either clean it or leave it. Don't just clean a spot! It just defines how little work you are actually doing for our hard earned money. Those tiles are less than a year old. Filthy and unmaintained. LESS THAN A YEAR!! I've seen 30 year old floors cleaner than the walls in our subway system. Could you imagine if all the walls in the system were as clean as that spot? How about this MTA? DO YOUR JOBS RIGHT and maybe,JUST MAYBE, your commuters wouldn't be so furious when you mention a fare hike. HOWBOUTDAT?!?! You may think that the new carts and updates is a good thing. But, you're just throwing perfume on a bum. IT DOESN'T FRIGGIN WORK IF YOU DON'T CLEAN THE BUM!!!

Why?

I've been ranting about the MTA for a while now, and I'm sure I will be a lot more. But, I thought I'd take a break and rant about something else for this post. As you can probably guess from my picture, its people that stop in the middle of the street. ARE YOU THAT STUPID?!?! First, you buy the bootleg bags for waaay too much, and now you have to stop right in the middle of the sidewalk forcing everyone behind you to stop as well. Are you that oblivious to your surroundings that you can't sense that everyone else behind you wants to kick you in the head? Can you not pull off to the side to gaze at the shiny object that has captured your attention in consideration to your fellow pedestrians? The ladies in the picture are obvious tourists, so they have some what of an excuse for their stewpid assness. But, those that live here in the city and do the same thing. If I wouldn't be thrown in jail for assault, I surely would have hit you with a bat by now. "I'm sorry, were you in the way of my F-ING BAT?!?!" WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING?!?! You may think that you own the sidewalk or that everyone should move out of the way for your wonderful self, but my foot may not agree with you. I may all of a sudden have a case of the "I can't help but kick assholes in the head" syndrome. So, next time you're mesmerized by a shiny object, pull of to the side. You can stand there as long as you want. Don't just stop in your tracks. Other people DO EXIST in this world.

MTA - crack

Here's a little something I spotted the other day. This is a pillar on the East Broadway stop. I guess its made out of concrete. That's a crack that runs pretty much the full length of the pillar... on both sides. Which kind of makes me think that its cracked all the way through. So, at what point does the MTA consider this dangerous enough that it should be fixed? WHEN IT COLLAPSES ONTO ONE OF THEIR RIDERS?!? Unfortunately, this is not the only pillar at this station that is cracked like this. Shouldn't they at least put some duct tape on it? It seems like that is the tool of choice for repairs at this station. Wires exposed? DUCT TAPE IT! Escalator is falling apart? DUCT TAPE IT! Pillar cracked and falling apart? DUCT TAPE IT!! I wish I were exaggerating. But, from my previous posts, you can see that I am not. AND, check out the layer of dust on the pillar. That's no normal dust. That's that concentrated type of dust that movie set designers like to imitate for that "abandoned and haven't been touched in centuries" type of look. Check out movies that have to deal with abandoned subway tunnels or ancient underground ruins that haven't been touched for centuries. You'll see this type of dust. Unfortunately, this is my everyday. This is a fully functional subway platform. With thousands of commuters everyday. But, with all the money going into the system, they can't seem to clean properly. WHY IS THAT?!? This is not some inconsiderate punk that threw their drink on the floor. IT'S A FRIGGIN CRACK IN THE PILLAR AND ANCIENT LOOKING DUST!!! These are obvious maintenance issues that the MTA should be attending to with the money we throw at them everyday. And, you wonder why commuters don't think we should have to go through ANOTHER fare hike. LOOK AT THE PICTURE!!! WOULD YOU WANT A FARE HIKE IF THAT IS THE EXAMPLE OF CARE YOU GET?!?!?

MTA - maintenance

Here's a little picture of my home station. That's what I call maintenance. Check out the quality of the paint chips flaking off the ceiling. You won't be able to find this standard of care anywhere else in the world. The stains... breathtaking. Actually, if I inhaled too hard, I might catch something in this stop. Why is this stop so neglected while others are not? Is it because of the location of the stop? It's mainly minorities down here. So, MTA, are you racist or just care less about minorities? I wonder what stops out in other heavy minority areas look like. Do they have the updated lights? Do they also have duct tape quality repairs on their escalators? Probably.

MTA repairs

Here's an example of the quality of repairs that we receive from the MTA. This escalator is shut down for repairs at least once a month. And, how does the MTA think it should be fixed. DUCT TAPE THE SH*T OUT OF IT!! Yes, that is layers upon layers of duct tape. AND, YES, those are stripes of duct tape all the way down the escalator. I guess they figure that's the best way to hold the panels onto the escalator. No, not tamper proof panels. DUCT TAPE IT!! No, don't worry about the crappy appearance. DUCT TAPE IT!! Lets do some math here. $3.70 per roll of duct tape. At $2 a card(for now), it would take two individual swipes to buy a roll of duct tape. I know I'm oversimplifying, but you get the idea. Something doesn't add up here. You tell me that someone is not pocketing the money? Someone has to be taking more than their worth if we're left with duct tape as the choice of repair in the system. COMMON ON MTA!! I think you could do better than duct taping escalators. Think about it, FIX IT RIGHT, and you might not have to pay to repair it every month. Uhh, maybe, that would save you some money. Maybe, you could spend some of our hard earned money and think up of money saving ideas for the system. INSTEAD OF FORCING YOUR LOYAL CUSTOMERS TO TAKE A HIT EVERYTIME YOUR BOOKS DON'T WORK OUT!! Or, maybe, I'm just being too naive. Maybe, it doesn't have anything to do with the books at all. Because to think of how you could not be making money off of the millions of commuters that travel your system everyday at $2 a pop(one way) is beyond me. Please, reveal your costs so we can see what YOU are spending OUR hard earned money on.

MTA trash disposal

Here's another wonderful benefit that we gain from the hard earned money we pore into the MTA system. I came across our top notch professional MTA's method of trash disposal. Throw it in a corner and leave it there...for days...maybe weeks. Months? At first I thought," Maybe, they're just busy setting up the updates for the 59th St station." But, NO, this has been here for weeks. This is a perfect example of what NOT to do to a new station. Since you're spending millions in updating a station, WHY NOT KEEP IT CLEAN?!?! This is not the doing of some stupid scum bag pedestrian. We all know there are inconsiderate assholes that add to the filth. But, this is clearly the service of the MTA's top notch employees. The breathtaking service that they want to give us a fare hike for. See the floors? THOSE ARE NEW TILES!!! Seriously!! They're less that THREE MONTHS OLD!! MTA, is there some sort of rush to force these new stations to be as filthy as the old ones? COMMON!! Is it too much to ask to keep a corner clean?!?

MTA paint chips

So, when does maintenance actually become a part of the plan? Instead of throwing all the money into updating the busiest stations, why not spread the money out and maintain the full system? You know, keeping all the stations looking presentable for your everyday riders. The riders that pay day after day, week after week, month after month, and year after year. Everybody knows the system is old. Embrace it and keep it clean and running. Who cares if you throw millions into updating stations, if you don't maintain them? It's just going to be a filthy updated station. Here's an idea, how about MAINTAINING the stations?!? And, I don't mean emptying the trash and sweeping up. How about a scheduled yearly process? Cleaning walls one month, repainting another, cleaning the tracks the next, and so on. If you look at my earlier post, YOU KNOW that those walls have not been cleaned in decades. WHY IS THAT?!?! I, for one, would rather have a clean and well maintained older structure than a FILTHY newer structure. And, maybe, if the stations were maintained properly, it wouldn't require millions of dollars of updates. And, I'm not even talking about cleaning up graffiti or trash. How about just not having lead paint chips flake of the ceilings and walls?
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Next stop?

Here's a shot taken on one of the newer subway carts. Its a digital display of what train you're on and where you will be stopping next. Nice, right? Unfortunately, we were on the "F" train and next stop was Broadway-Lafayette. So, if you were a tourist riding on the subway and trying to find your way around, you would be totally confused by this very new digital display. You would think that such a new display couldn't be giving you the wrong information. You'd be wrong! Just another example of the high standard of professionalism that is carried out by our NYC MTA system. The high standard of professionalism that the MTA is constantly wanting to hike the fares for. Maybe, if the standard of service of the MTA was MUCH higher, we wouldn't have such an issue with their request for fare hikes. How about this MTA, let me ride your subway system for ONE DAY without seeing something that needs to be fixed and I'll HAPPILY pay your your fare hike? How's that sound?
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M.T. FRIGGIN A!!

I've decided to start this blog off like an old man. A good old rant. What the hell is up with the MTA?!? How do they not make money off of the millions that travel through their web of transportation? Airline companies reduce their weight of their planes by subtracting things like glass wear in first class and magazine racks. And, with these tiny adjustments the airlines save millions a year in fuel costs. How does it make sense that the MTA would need to make a 20 to 30% increase on every single fare they sell? Wouldn't that just be an RIDONKULOUS amount of money each year? BUT, instead improving services with the extra money, they are reducing services. WHAT?!?!? It's not like our subways are shiney and new and temperature comtrolled. Or, even clean for that matter. They're just about bearable if you have no other choice. Every other system that I've ever seen is cleaner and better maintained than the NYC system. Boston, San Fran, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and on and on. I understand that the riders are partly to blame for the filthy nature of our subways. But, there is definitely more that could be done by the MTA personnel. Especially, the ones that you see sitting around on their asses. Oh wait, that's not specific enough because that seems to be the majority of them. Has anyone actually seen a MTA personnel hard at work? I would say that they are operating at half capacity at best. Think about it. Think about the last time you saw MTA personnel. Now, were they moving around like they needed to get something done OR were they moving around like their life depended on them not raising their heart rate above a sleeping level? Or, even better, were they moving at all? But, instead of reducing their costs by making sure their employees are performing their jobs properly, the MTA just decides to stick it to the customers. Lets see, have 1 employee perform the job of 1 employee OR have 1 employee performing the job of 1/2 or 1/3 of a employee AND charge the customers to pick up the slack. Of course, you'd charge the customers. What other choice do we as customers have? Isn't it illegal to have a monopoly? Or, are the cabs and rickshaws considered their competition? Or, maybe, NYC makes too much money off the MTA to really crack down on them? How about shutting off one street relatively in the middle of the island to provide a safe path for bikers to have an alternate option to the ridiculous MTA system? Making it a "greener", healthier, more pedestrian friendly city. Oh right, that would inspire people to NOT throw their hard earned cash at the MTA which would cause NYC to lose money. AND, what about the MTA's books? Their books should be made public. We're friggin paying the bills for them, lets see what we're paying for! How about that, MTA?!?! Oh, is coming up with creative ways to hide the money too much work for you?!?!

And, the following are a few examples of how our MTA earns OUR hard earned money. These were taken on my journey home. I did not have to go searching for these.


An example of setting the standards high for cleanliness.


An example of the high standard of quality the MTA employees set for themselves when they are making the place look nice with a fresh coat of paint.


And, this is what I see as I get off at my stop. It's like something out of a horror movie. What do you think is actually in that hole in the ceiling? Is that mold?


And, finally, this one even shocked me. Ignore the extra track lieing in the middle of the tracks, the trash in the track, the damp sewer like state of the tracks, and the discoloring and flaking of the walls. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT COMING OUT OF THE F-ING WALL?!?!?!?! It looks like the wall had a bad bean burrito and didn't have any hands to wipe.... for years! AND, what?!?! Did a MTA employee look at this and think," Eh, that looks normal. Doesn't look bad enough to clean yet." WHAT THE F?!?! It looks like the portal to a dimension full of shit and some of it seeped out. THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT US TO PAY AN EXTRA 20 TO 30% MORE FOR?!?!?! You're joking, right? Common. You're F-ing with us, right? Take look at that wall and look me in the eye and tell me that you believe that you deserve to be paid an EXTRA 20 to 30% for THAT!
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