While Metro-North conductors occasionally implore our younger, less-mannered riders to kindly remove their size 11 Reeboks from the seat, the railroad took a curious tack in delivering a message to riders–putting bright yellow cut-outs of bare feet, the big toe the size of an egg, on the seats last night.
The campaign urges riders to “Put Your Best Foot Forward!” and not “slip, trip and fall” (definitely not to be confused with “stop, drop and roll”) while heading to and from the train.
Metro-North then implores riders to watch the gap, to not be distracted by your cellphone and morning paper, to walk, not run to the train, use the handrails on stairs, and, uh, stay off the tracks.
The bare foot and the message…it really, truly feels like something Little G would bring home after a (half) day of pre-school up in Priusville.
Would u say a big waste of money!!