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Tue 25 Nov 2008

‘Bad Girls’ to Hand Out MetroCards

Posted by TJ under Metrocard
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No one’s too happy about either the shitty economy or the MTA preparing to raise fares and slash service. But a gaggle of do-gooding young ladies are here to help.

Yes, the stars of Bad Girls Club on Oxygen–a reality show about seven attractive girls, several of them named Amber, who do bad things to each other while living under the same roof–will “come to the aid of worn and weary New Yorkers” December 1st and 2nd as they hand out pre-loaded MetroCards throughout the city, along with gratis hot chocolate and mittens.

On Monday, the Bad Girls will be at Rockefeller Center and Herald Square. On Tuesday, they shift to Times Square and Union Square.

As one might expect from such a stunt, the new season of Bad Girls Club debuts December 2.

Our money’s on Amber.

 

Tue 3 Apr 2007

I Thought My Commute Sucked Vol. 5

Posted by TJ under Bee-Line, Metrocard
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Westchester started allowing Metrocards on its Bee-Line bus system yesterday, and let’s just say the debut was less than auspicious. Vendors sold out of the cards very quickly, leaving riders in a bind, as most of the previous methods of payment (such as dollar bills) no longer work.

Journal News has the story.

One interesting suplot in the article: two of the random Joes (and Joans) contacted for the piece revealed truly heinous commutes. To wit:

Linda Christie, 35, who takes five buses every day to get between her Yonkers home and her IBM office in Armonk…

 And…

“I already had one, so it was no problem,” agreed Rudy Quinonez, 25, who takes a subway from his Brooklyn home to Grand Central, then the Metro-North train to White Plains in order to catch a bus to his job at Verizon.

Good lord. Suddenly Metro-North to the 6 train doesn’t seem all that abominable.