So I had been looking forward to the Jon Stewart Rally to Restore Sanity ever since it was announced. I saw it as a way for a few hundred thousand people to band together to form one big middle finger pointed at the media and the fear-mongers. Unfortunately, I didn't get to enjoy the rally as I'd hoped. Metro got in the way.
If you're reading this from outside the DC area, you probably aren't familiar with the metro. It's our transit service. While funded by various governments, Metro gets its real power by feeding off the souls of the adults and the happiness of small children. So today, they made me their appetizer.
In a normal world it would take just ten short minutes to get from my station to the Smithsonian station where the rally was being held. Knowing the wiles of Metro the way that I do, I got to the station an hour early. Train after train after train was packed to the point where no one could get on. I don't mean "comfortably." I mean period. There were people's shirts sticking through the doors. It was packed.
After 30 minutes of watching sardines go by I decided to just catch the bus. That would get me there in 20 minutes. Three different bus lines converge near my house. Not one bus would stop. Why? They were packed too.
Now you could look at this as "well it was a really popular event, there was nothing they could do." Don't! Metro sucks! They could have run more trains, buses or something. No, they had that stupid schedule today all the while running their dumb permanent "track advisory warning."
So I ended up walking the five miles to the rally. By the time I got there, I was in no mood to stand up. I stayed for a few minutes and then tried to go home. Alas! Same problem going home. Apparently other people wanted to leave too.
Metro Sucks!
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