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The internal monologues of Orange Line drivers, as expressed over the PA
By adamg on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 12:45pm
The Accidental Fiddler hopes the MBTA never automates the announcements on the Orange Line, because then she'd miss stuff like:
"Next stop, Forest Hills...what am I talking about, 'Forest Hills'. Next stop, Back Bay station."
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Sounds like somebody has
listened to "Watch The Closing Doors" (an early rap song about the New York subway) once too often.
And no, I normally don't listen to rap music. But a friend of mine insisted I listen to the song years ago.
It's okay, listening to
It's okay, listening to hip-hop does not make you a bad person and you shouldn't be ashamed of listening to it.
Yes, I do recognize hip-hop as a legitimate form of
music, and have no disdain for those people who either perform or listen to it.
I just don't happen to particularly care for it myself.
Sub-genre
Just transit-related hip-hop, presumably.
Something similar happened on
Something similar happened on an Orange Line train I was on recently. As the train was approaching Jackson Square, the conductor wished to announce that the train would be going express from Jackson to Forest Hills, but couldn't stop saying "Ruggles" instead of "Jackson," making for riders who were first confused, then amused. Finally, she managed to get it right, and someone at the other end of my car shouted, "There you go!"
Once on the green line
One time this happened on the green line
(train pulls into Hynes) "Hynes Convention Center. Don't forget your belongings"
(train pulls into Kenmore) "Kenmore station, exit for Lansdowne Street. Don't forget your dancin' shoes"
which was great enough, but 10 minutes later we pull into one of the BU stops
"Northeastern University, home of the Huskies"
everyone looks around confused
"Just seein if you're paying attention. Boston University!"