Metro Haiku Time

[fauxklore]

I had a rather hellish commute this morning, so it's time for some metro haiku!

Two completely full
trains at Vienna, neither
moving - a bad sign.

Emergency track
maintenance is a code word
for a derailment.

Single tracking, sigh.
We sat at Clarendon for
thirty-five minutes.

Making announcements
would probably make riders
somewhat less stressed out.

Arithmetic on
metro - seven minus ten
equals five minutes.

The prose translation is that, apparently, a train had derailed at Courthouse early this morning, leading to track work, leading to single tracking on the Orange Line. Once I finally got to Rosslyn, I waited 15 minutes for the Blue Line, even though the passenger display had started out saying the train would come in 7 minutes. Overall, my commute took about an hour longer than normal.

Comments

[mortuus.livejournal.com]

I have the local news on in the morning while I'm getting ready and they reported that the orange line had problems and was single-tracking, and that delays were extensive. Knowing you ride the orange line, I thought of you and wondered if you got stuck in that. Sorry to hear you were.