# Fucking el **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 22, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090 "2002-08-22T15:53:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/1 "2002-08-22T15:53:28Z")
Over two fucking hours to go eight miles. I could have walked faster, and then I wouldn’t have been shivering as the air conditioning froze toes soaked by the rain. So the Red line is so crowded at my stop that I have to stand, which is unheard of as far north as I am, we go glacier slow, and THEN they decide that my train is the one that they want to use to test the tunnel, so they kick us all off at Belmont, and I have to wait through _three_ trains before I can manage to sqeeze into one. In the rain. Then we stand in between stations for about an hour, and the engineer said that he will make all stops in the Loop aboveground, so I assume we’re doing the Brown line/Purple line run, since that’s all stops, right? So I am waiting patently for the el to turn and get to a stop close by my work, but there is no turn, nor is there a stop, and we keep going, and I can finally get off the train ONLY about a mile and a half away from work. And there was a press release that had to go out an hour ago, and I am the only one who can do it. Fuckin’ A. Fucking el. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/2 "2002-08-22T16:15:26Z")
Took me an hour fifteen to get to work today. Nothin’ beats a subway car crammed full of sweaty, damp angry people. And the red line probably won’t be working this afternoon either, seeing as it’s still fucking pouring down rain. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/3 "2002-08-22T16:21:10Z")
As another mass transit user, I can commiserate. The worst problems are always on the days where you absolutely need to be in - the sort of days where you give yourself extra time just to be sure. Additionally, I’m often underground, so no cell phones to tell someone what’s happening. And our trains have only two temperatures in the summer heat: artic chill and tropical sauna. Nothing like stepping from a 50 degree train onto a 110 degree platform to just make your day. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/4 "2002-08-22T16:24:24Z")
I took the Metra. I got a seat and it was a quick trip. It was kinda humid though. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/5 "2002-08-22T16:35:31Z")
You fucker, Hamlet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/6 "2002-08-22T16:38:14Z")
At least you have mass transit to use. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/7 "2002-08-22T16:54:48Z")
But it was REALLY humid. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/8 "2002-08-22T17:13:20Z")
_\>Fucking el_ And DITTO for M’s! ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/9 "2002-08-22T17:15:26Z")
I see your humidity and raise you the woman on the verge of passing out, dry-heaving and crouching down on the floor in total pre-vomit posture. I was so paranoid (I’m extremely vomit-phobic) and claustrophobic I had to get off at the next stop to breathe. Then it only took a half-hour for another Purple Line train to stop there. Fabulous morning! ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/10 "2002-08-22T17:18:30Z")
How about when some schmuck pulls the emergency brake. That may be unique to NYC, and its easily a 20 minute wait to rectify. Gah! ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/11 "2002-08-22T17:40:35Z")
:: me shakes her fist at God :: :: weeps:: ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/12 "2002-08-22T18:17:38Z")
I’m sure glad I drove downtown today. Humidity + crowded el + wearing a suit ain’t a good combination. Hey, my car will have some empty seats driving north at about 6:45 tonight. (I live near Montrose and California) Any takers? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/13 "2002-08-22T18:42:42Z")
damn. I live at Montrose and Damen but I"m leaving in an hour J ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/14 "2002-08-22T18:55:51Z")
Leaving in an hour?!? If you leave to start your catering/cooking business, can I have your old job? ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/15 "2002-08-22T19:40:37Z")
Oh sure you can. If you want to deal with this sort of assignment: _Can you make this Powerpoint presentation a little more slick looking? But I don’t want any color or lines or anything._ And if you want a boss who calls fonts “optics” Who just told me to rent PootieTang because it’s a ‘blast of a film’ Go ahead…it’s yours! ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/16 "2002-08-22T19:51:14Z")
Update: the Trib online says that Red Line service has been restored and now the Blue Line is closed. ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/17 "2002-08-22T20:02:54Z")
Makes me glad I live off the Green Line! \ I gotta feel bad for anyone who commuted via car today, too – NPR said the Edens was closed and that there was standing water on the Eisenhower. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/18 "2002-08-22T20:18:39Z")
I thought I was going to learn how to say something in Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/19 "2002-08-22T20:34:41Z")
Why don’t you guys buy SUVs and drive to work What? What?!? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090/20 "2002-08-22T21:20:33Z")
**Cranky** , you crack me up! 🙂 Rain? You guys have _RAIN??_ Can we have some, pretty please?? Seriously, **Gaudere** , **jarbaby** , and the rest of you Chitown residents, sorry about your commuting nightmare. Yeesh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-el/125090.md?page=2)