dumbass parent of the day
this morning at walnut creek during rush hour, there was a family of four entering the station. dad and son #1 were already in the paid area and mom and son #2 (who is probably about 3 yrs old) were blocking one of the four "enter" faregates for at least one full minute while son #2 struggles to insert mommy's ticket into the faregate.
parents: i understand that your kids want to help out and think it is fun to put tickets in the faregate. but YOU ARE BLOCKING 25% OF THE GATES DURING RUSH HOUR!!!
Yeah some parents think
Yeah some parents think that's cute. My five year old inserts and takes her ticket like a regular commuter. I think the three year old is just too young for this.
My guess was that this group
My guess was that this group was tourists. It is inconsiderate for passengers to hog the fare gates, especially during rush hour when there are a ton of commuters. I hate it when parents let kids do things as inappropriate as this because they think it's "cute" while not thinking about the repercussions for others. But at the same time, does a full minute really cause that much of an inconvenience? I hate to say it boopie, but couldn't you've left home a minute earlier? Ya know, to account for unforeseen problems? Suppose your ticket demagnetized and you needed a ride voucher or a refund to be processed?
I dunno. It might've been cute for the parents to watch. It's not cute for everyone else... Oh, and why was a 3 year old paying for a ride?
i didn't miss my train and
i didn't miss my train and it didn't even inconvenience me for a full minute - they were at the gate that long, but i just went to another gate. it probably added 15 seconds to my commute. the point was that they were blocking 25% of the faregates for a dumb reason. if more people did the same then it would be mayhem. like yesterday morning when two girls are so engrossed in conversation that neither has their ticket ready. then they stand in front of two seperate gates, continuing to chat while rummaging through their purses. meanwhile, the escalator is spewing commuters out behind them, but there are only two available gates left because the girls are blocking the other two.
bottom line is that unless you are impaled by a faregate, a la sanka wondermuffin, there is no reason to linger there for more than 2 seconds.
the 3 yr old didn't have his own ticket - he was using moms ticket. mom was standing right in front of the plastic pinchers waiting for them to open and tot was standing at the edge of the metal gate trying in vain to get the ticket to go into the slot.
as a parent myself, i am sure they thought it was cute. my son often wants to help pay when we are at target. but in that case it is different because we are not holding anyone up. we can insert our credit card anytime during the transaction, so he can take two or three tries and the cashier isn't even done scanning our crap yet.
I agree, if it's an empty
I agree, if it's an empty station then I don't really care if parents play "lets roleplay being an adult." Some woman with her kid did this right in front of me at 20th St. last week. 2 to 3 year old kiddie didn't know which way to insert the card, was uncoordinated and took at least a minute while there was a line of people trying to get into the station behind them. This was at 5:30 pm in the middle of rush hour. I went to the end of the line at the fairgate next to it and still got in faster than they did after waiting for 4 or 5 people to enter ahead of me.
Sure it's cute to the parents, but it's also pretty self absorbed to think that everyone else will revel in the cuteness of the precious moment while you're making lines worse and are inconveniencing everyone else. If it was 2:30 pm and there were no lines then maybe I'd think it was cute.
Dialog: "No . . . upside down sweetie. yeah, turn it over . . . yeah, honey, like that. . . Yeah that way. . . No, no, honeybuns, see the arrow . . . yes . . . the arrow goes in first. . . yes . . . keep looking at it carefully. Yay!!! Yay!!! Good job. . . Now what do you do? . . . See, look at the top. . . See a card up there? . . . Where did it come out? . . . Now you need to reeaaach up and grab the card. . . Yes that's the way. . . Yay! Yay! Now the gate is open. . . Yes, yes!! Walk through before the pinchy things close . . . I'm right behind you! Yay."
And every time the mom would prompt the kid he'd stare at her for a while trying to figure out what she wanted him to do.
rotfl at that dialog
rotfl at that dialog
best dialog ever.
best dialog ever.
I'd be inclined to this this
I'd be inclined to this this was porn:
Dialog: "No . . . upside down sweetie. yeah, turn it over . . . yeah, honey, like that. . . Yeah that way. . . No, no, honeybuns, see the arrow . . . yes . . . the arrow goes in first. . . yes . . . keep looking at it carefully. Yay!!! Yay!!! Good job. . . Now what do you do? . . . See, look at the top. . . See a card up there? . . . Where did it come out? . . . Now you need to reeaaach up and grab the card. . . Yes that's the way. . . Yay! Yay! Now the gate is open. . . Yes, yes!! Walk through before the pinchy things close . . . I'm right behind you! Yay."
Chrystal Flanders -"You're Saying it or You're Not! You're a Punk or You're Not!"
Hey chrystal. I think I am
Hey chrystal. I think I am sitting across from your ghettoes tranny right now on a pbp bound train. (S)he is probably about 6ft 3, fashionably dressed but with the telltale toes hanging over her size 12 navy saltwater sandals. I've had my doubts about the tranniness of other passengers, but this one has a red and black messenger bag between her legs that says "trans health and resource fair". And I don't believe the trans is short for transit. Plus, she smells like the stairwell at ruby skye.
Trans may have been a
Trans may have been a distant cousin. ha ha ha... Ok Boopie,, how is that that you know how the stairwell smells at Ruby Skye? What were you doing there may I ask? I could come up with a list of 20, but lets have it...(LOL)..
I have been in a stairwell or two myself...oops can't talk about things I did WITHOUT my Halo on in this forum.. LOL.
Chrystal Flanders -"You're Saying it or You're Not! You're a Punk or You're Not!"
Ok.. this was porn disguised
Ok.. this was porn disguised as dialog between an innocent parent and their child. I tried it on my boyfriend and he definitely liked it. Great job.. :O)
Dialog: "No . . . upside down sweetie. yeah, turn it over . . . yeah, honey, like that. . . Yeah that way. . . No, no, honeybuns, see the arrow . . . yes . . . the arrow goes in first. . . yes . . . keep looking at it carefully. Yay!!! Yay!!! Good job. . . Now what do you do? . . . See, look at the top. . . See a card up there? . . . Where did it come out? . . . Now you need to reeaaach up and grab the card. . . Yes that's the way. . . Yay! Yay! Now the gate is open. . . Yes, yes!! Walk through before the pinchy things close . . . I'm right behind you! Yay."
Chrystal Flanders -"You're Saying it or You're Not! You're a Punk or You're Not!"