i like how hutch didnt even bother googling after doomer called him out. thats a failure at foruming 101
I don't have to google I live in DC and I know they are overpaid.
I don't have to look in a bucket of shit to know there is shit there.
Fact is DC metro has been going down the drain since about 2002.. They keep raising fares yet keep having bigger deficits then they cut down service which leads to less use which leads to bigger deficits whcih leads to accidents and on an on... I mean they have employees in accidents with a record of previous accidents! I don't have to google to know their escalators are an abomination.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist or a "metro regulatory specialist" to know that metro is not well run or regulated (look at their salaries for pete's sake or just try talking to a metro worker and getting an answer) although knowing something about transport probably helps.
The position being argued by some on this thread seems to be that Metro is not the problem and they need more money from the taxpayer. I repeat: they have to do a better job with the money they have.
Hutch, all I'm saying is when you opine on something you know nothing about, you come off looking really dumb.
Saying folksy but meaningless things like "I don't have to look in a bucket of shit to know there is shit there" as if there is some wisdom in that makes you sound like a slackjawed yokel on top of things.
You could've simply Googled an article or two and had a stronger point than you made. I don't even care that much about Metro, I find it offensive when people who don't know stuff, and are too lazy even to do one Google search, waste air and bandwidth by opining.
