Why the MTA is Bankrupt
April 6, 2009
Here, at the 53rd and Lexington E/V stop, I figured out why the MTA is insolvent.
It must be all the people who are paying $2 admission to the subway and RIDING THE ESCALATOR without RIDING THE SUBWAY. And thereby using valuable … electrons. And necessitating this electronic message.
Hear that, everybody? This escalator, which exists past the turnstile where $2 is debited from your card, is for PASSENGERS ONLY. Don’t think you can just pay us, NOT ride the subway, and leave. That would be like stealing. Or the opposite of stealing.
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