Work: Today, I was late to work because the metro broke down. Yesterday...

Katie 30 June 2010, 23:36 United States

Today, I was late to work because the metro broke down. Yesterday I was late to work because the train in front of me broke down. The week before that I was late to work because the swat team shut the entire metro station down. Even the interns think I'm making this up. FML

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Wild Nights Out

Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.

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coreywh 0

1 July 2010, 09:28

if it happens again then just take a pic of u next to the broken down train or call ur boss and tell him/her y u r late and also take a pic of it

adgnehzraes 0

1 July 2010, 09:05

great luck.

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terrask 11

20 February 2012, 03:48

Yep, that's why you keep the customer service number of the transit authority you use to give your boss in case of BS suspicion. In japan there's actually hundreds of paid employees that hand out little cards with codes and time explaining the incident on the train/subway/boss and delay caused to be sure that employees dont get under fire for circumstances out of their control.

jengers115 10

20 February 2012, 03:59

Least the motherfuckin' thing didn't derail like in the summer. I was riding the amtrak...of course a different rail, and we stopped for 2 hours after hitting a person and his dog. More people get killed in car accidents than train, plane, bus, and public transportation combined. To those above who shit on public transportation, some people cannot drive or afford to drive. I'm one who can't drive due to my disability...soooo...yeah.

Rainbow_Crash 11

24 February 2012, 10:16

As a poor Maryland college student who must rely on Metro to get to and from school, I can definitely vouch for something like this happening on Metro. A Green Line train I was on broke down suddenly in a tunnel between Anacostia and Congress Heights, and I had to wait nearly forever for another train to show up. Needless to say, I didn't make it to class that day.