Thursday, February 17, 2005

I See London?

For the past few months, I have been getting a ride to and from work with BI'75 who now works just up the street at 14th & P. The money has been piling up on my SmarTrip; I'm thinking of canceling Smart Benefits and putting that $40/month towards my new music download habit. Today, BI'75 had to leave for work at 8:30 and, as I am usually not even out of bed at that time, I decided to take the Metro and was surprised to see that WMATA has changed the in-station digital displays. The displays used to read:

Orange Line to Vienna
Arriving in 23 Minutes

Now, the displays read:

LineDestMin
OrnVien23
BluVanDrn54
OrnVien97

Just like the Tube. Copycats. What's next - "Mind the gap"?

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