# I am your better. Do as I say. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 27, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184 "2010-07-27T14:31:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![villa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc79bd/32.png) [@villa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/villa)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/121 "2010-07-27T21:44:37Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > I don’t feel the need to brag about it. I feel the need to use it to insult the guy on an internet message board because it’s undoubtedly true. No - saying he is low class would be insulting him. Saying you are better than him would be bragging for you and insulting for him. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/122 "2010-07-27T22:03:12Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > > [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > > > Why didn’t I go to the starting station’s kiosk? Because by the time I was done screwing around with the machines, the train was pulling in. No time. > > So you’re 15 minutes later than you would otherwise have been. Is this that big a deal that you’re willing to fare jump? I really don’t get this mentality. Well first of all it might not have been 15 minutes. Since the train crash, the screen telling you when the next train is coming doesn’t always work correctly because the trains are no longer routed entirely by computer. It was probably more than 2 minutes but it could have been three minutes. Second of all, the only times you will see 15 minutes periods between trains is if there is a problem in the system or if you are travelling at off peak hours (which is when the tourists are travelling). Off peak hours don’t start until 10 am. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/123 "2010-07-27T22:07:50Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Again, I didn’t fare jump. My method of paying for it was just…backward. Had I fare-jumped, I wouldn’t have had the conversation in the first place. I’m pretty sure taht metro police would call that fare jumping. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/124 "2010-07-27T22:13:40Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > My wife and I plan on making a trip there soon. I’ve never been there, so I may not be real familiar with how your public transportation works. I may even take a couple of minutes to read the instructions. If this means that you’re two minutes late to your important job, tough shit. Get the weekly (I don’t know if they still have daily passes) pass so you don’t pay for each trip. Check out the Air and Space Museum, its probably the best one we got and its free. The Art museum has a really nice buffet lunch that noone knows about (its really small) its not cheap but its really nice. Don’t forget to visit the scientologists in Dupont Circle. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/125 "2010-07-27T22:19:57Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > Positive. I even called him “sir”, like I always do. I’m glad to see at least one other SDMB DCer will cop to having done the same thing. Yeah but I knew I was jumping the turnstile when I jumped the turnstile (which is usually broken or something). If the guy at the other end wanted to bust my chops I wouldn’t have been surprised. I usually act really dumb and clueless and they take pity on me and just charge me the maximum amount for that destination. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/126 "2010-07-27T22:36:37Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Check out the Air and Space Museum, its probably the best one we got and its free. Most Smithsonian museums and attractions are free, and most of them are very good. Same goes for the monuments and memorials. There’s a reason D.C. is chock-full of tourists, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/127 "2010-07-27T22:47:36Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > > [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > > > I love it how pointing out obvious racist incidents make one racist. > > No, this sort of thing makes you look like a racist: > > > [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > > > PTJMEE - “Ain’t none of the machines broken [there]. I’ve had people come through all day from there and non’a them be saying the machine’s broken.” Not if all **Chessic** is doing is accurately reporting Jamal’s AAVE, which has been earlier established hereabouts to be genuine and respectable language in its own right. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/128 "2010-07-27T22:48:54Z")
Maybe if you hadn’t stopped to get your shoes shined by that little Negro boy you would have had more time to pay for the train. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/129 "2010-07-27T22:53:09Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > Off peak hours don’t start until 10 am. Nitpick, but 9 am. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/130 "2010-07-27T22:55:10Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > They stare at the ticket machines like they’re robots from the future and they look at [the map](http://wmata.com/rail/maps/map.cfm) like it’s a plate of spaghetti. Looks more like fettuccine, to me, although it needs more alfredo sauce. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/131 "2010-07-27T22:56:48Z")
The National Archives is also free, and in addition to the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, also has the Magna Carta. Then there’s the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, the Congressional Library. I could go on for a long time. Sheesh. Anyone who lives in D.C. and can’t deal with tourists is in the wrong place. National Museum of Health and Medicine has the bullet that killed Lincoln, and some of Booth’s vertebrae. One of the things I did like when I lived in Maryland was the ability to wander to D.C. and see something on a whim. And the Holocaust Memorial Museum. Well, hell, I should quit. There is something in Washington to suit the taste of every tourist, except, apparently, the Metro. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/132 "2010-07-27T23:01:07Z")
> [@Malacandra](#): > > Not if all **Chessic** is doing is accurately reporting Jamal’s AAVE, which has been earlier established hereabouts to be genuine and respectable language in its own right. Here’s a better example: [QUOTE=Chessic Sense] So next time when I tell you I need to put money on the card, you say “OK” and let me do my thing. I don’t need to get in a pissing contest over $1.85 with you. I’m not some hood rat that’s trying to get out of paying for my ride. [/QUOTE] Translation: ‘‘You should know that I’m trustworthy, racist inferior Metro employee, because I’m not a poor minority.’’ Gosh, I can’t imagine why DC is not a utopia of social harmony, what with \*\*Chessic \*\*trying so hard to treat others with equality. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/133 "2010-07-27T23:05:45Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > > [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > > > Why didn’t I go to the starting station’s kiosk? Because by the time I was done screwing around with the machines, the train was pulling in. No time. > > So you’re 15 minutes later than you would otherwise have been. Is this that big a deal that you’re willing to fare jump? I really don’t get this mentality. Especially since you probably spent that same amount of time dicking around with Jamal, anyway. :rolleyes: Good point, **Telemark**. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/134 "2010-07-27T23:06:37Z")
> [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > > [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > > > Class exists, but it sure can’t be bought with money. > > That’s why I rent it! Well then good God man, start using it. I bet you wash your hair with Perrier and light your cigars with 100 dollar bills too, dontcha? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/135 "2010-07-27T23:09:34Z")
> [@villa](#): > > > [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > > > True enough. I’ve been riding the DC metro for 12 years, and tourists are the bane of every commuter’s existence. … And if you’re going to come, stand on the right, at least. > > Exhibit A for why I drive to work. Ever try driving through Georgetown in DC during rush hour? :smack: I don’t live there, but my brother does, and I went to visit him once, and had to do that. Exhibit A for why someone who lives there might want to take the Metro to work. DC is the WORST damn city I’ve ever driven in rush hour traffic. (To be fair, I was only ever in Boston during off-peak hours, so you Mass-holes can save the “Boston’s traffic-penis is bigger” 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/136 "2010-07-27T23:15:58Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > > [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > > > Off peak hours don’t start until 10 am. > > Nitpick, but 9 am. [930A](http://www.wmata.com/fares/metrorail.cfm). ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/137 "2010-07-27T23:37:08Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > > [@MeanOldLady](#): > > > > …Bitch shut up and just gave me what I asked for, due to my massive she-penis. > > Does your she-penis produce glorious woman sperm or is it mostly for show? It produces millions of eggs, which impregnate the males. They get the equivalent of an ectopic pregnancy in their vas deferens. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/138 "2010-07-28T00:04:29Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > :dubious:Hmm. I’ve been taking the Metro for years and years and on the occasional instances where I’ve had a problem, have always, **always** found Metro employees to be exceptionally friendly and helpful, \*particularly \*in the train stations. You must be another one of _them_, the _darkies_, you know, the 99% who work for the system… :dubious: [note, I’m making fun of the OP, here, and referencing a previous post… ⭕D:dubious::(:eek:] Makes me wonder how the _ **actual** _ conversation the OP summarizes went. I’ll wager a few quatloos that a bit of “I’m superior to you, asshole” attitude was being expressed by the OP, which Jamal was reacting to (and rejecting? protip for the OP). ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/139 "2010-07-28T00:10:07Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > :dubious:Hmm. I’ve been taking the Metro for years and years and on the occasional instances where I’ve had a problem, have always, **always** found Metro employees to be exceptionally friendly and helpful, \*particularly \*in the train stations. Yeah, but the OP is an asshole apparently and I’m sure his arrogant “I’m the shit” attitude rubbed the guy the wrong way. Hellm it rubbed me the wrong way and I obviously wasn’t there. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184/140 "2010-07-28T00:12:05Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > > [@Telemark](#): > > > > > [@Chessic\_Sense](#): > > > > > > Again, I didn’t fare jump. My method of paying for it was just…backward. Had I fare-jumped, I wouldn’t have had the conversation in the first place. > > > > As others have already said, you did fare jump. Just suck it up and accept the consequences of your actions. > > There weren’t any consequences of his actions. He got an annoyed lecture from Metro Jamal, who then did exactly what Chessic Sense wanted him to do…let him go out, swipe his card to go in and then out again. He’s just mad that Jamal lectured him for breaking the rules. Which makes him look even more pathetic. Gawd, man up, wuss. A minor tongue lashing from a metro employee isn’t something to get upset about…unless you’re a self absorbed pussy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-your-better-do-as-i-say/548184.md?page=8)