# Public Transportation **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 20, 2004, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation/251254 "2004-06-20T01:36:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation/251254/21 "2004-06-23T13:09:30Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > I was last in a line wating to board a bus to go home from work tonight when some fool went right past me and boarded _through the rear door_! At least he was paying by transfer instead of cash or a token. After showing his transfer to the driver, the fool was in such a hurry that he tripped over someone’s feet. That gave me an idea. I boarded when it was my turn and asked the fool, “Have a nice trip?” when I walked past. > > That’s not all. Guess where the fool got off? Two stops down the road! He could have _walked_! Agh! I hate people who do that. And since I note you’re in the DC area, you can commiserate. I’d like to Pit WMATA’s new coin and bill acceptors in the buses. Why the hell did they make the switch? The old ones worked flawlessly and could handle any amount of change dumped in them at once. The new ones just plain suck my balls. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation/251254/22 "2004-06-23T14:21:35Z")
> [@Neurotik](#): > > And since I note you’re in the DC area, you can commiserate. I’d like to Pit WMATA’s new coin and bill acceptors in the buses. Why the hell did they make the switch? The old ones worked flawlessly and could handle any amount of change dumped in them at once. The new ones just plain suck my balls. Oh, so _that_ it. My SO recently caught holy hell from a driver who was claiming that she jammed the coinbox. Anyone who insults the people that use their services shouldn’t be in a position to deal with the public so much. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation/251254/23 "2004-06-23T14:22:21Z")
I took Greyhound once from State College, PA to Washington for Thanksgiving. I am never, ever going to do that again. Maybe it’s because it was the holiday weekend, but they were completely unprepared for the amount of people and I arrived several hours late getting back into State College. Plus, it’s not like the station in Washington is in the best part of DC either. Then, on the way there, there were the idiots in the back being so loud and rude the driver put them off somewhere; I want to say Baltimore, but I’m not sure. Somewhere in Maryland, I think. I’d love to be able to take the bus and train more and fly and drive less, but it takes too dang long and is too uncomfortable for the sorts of distances I’m thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation/251254/24 "2004-06-23T14:49:14Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > Oh, so _that_ it. My SO recently caught holy hell from a driver who was claiming that she jammed the coinbox. Anyone who insults the people that use their services shouldn’t be in a position to deal with the public so much. Yeah, you have to put the coins in one at a time. If you just dump them in like you used to be able to, you’ll jam the whole thing. It’s this cheap, plastic coin funnel that’s the problem, I think. And the bill acceptor doesn’t work as well, either. It won’t always accept the bill on the first try like the old ones - even if the bill is in perfect condition. It has something to do with the order things are done in or something. The driver was a jackass. It’s not her fault they have shitty money collectors. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation/251254/25 "2004-06-23T19:24:44Z")
> [@emekthian](#): > > Is Wierd Al Jewish? Or are you just using ;j for kicks? Erm… it was an accident i didn’t even realise i had posted it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/public-transportation/251254.md?page=1)