Thursday, February 1, 2007
Randomly Noted Today’s MARTA observation
Posted by T. Chante LaGon on Thu, Feb 1, 2007 at 5:26 PM
On Monday, when my new MARTA friend commented, �It�s been like this all week,� about the 3-person-deep line of passengers on the northbound platform, I said nothing. I didn�t want to give away that I�m a regular rider. I also figured he was exaggerating and just trying to make more conversation.
Today, I believed. North Springs train shows up, obviously late because both sides of the track are packed with people. Folks are already a bit annoyed, and even more so when the doors on my side of the platform don�t open � even after the regular delay that depends on which side you board from (MARTA�s version of crowd control, I guess). Folks� chance at a seat � or even something to hold on to � lessens by the second as passengers from the other side pile onto the train.
People are banging on the nonfunctioning door or rushing to others that are open and �excusing,� aka pushing, their way through. Finally, the door slides open as a MARTA worker barely squeezes out from the crowd inside the train.
All set, ready to go, most everyone is on the train � and then the same door that wouldn�t open now won�t close. Everyone � even folks who�d been riding since the Airport Station � is told to get off.
Good thing I�d already decided to wait for the next train. Then again, with the extra passengers � those who�d been on the train originally plus all the new Five Points riders � it was not so good. Definitely, um, cozy.
And funny. As one woman said, before getting off the train, �It�s a good morning! I rubbed up on a lot of folks today. I�m in love!�
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