More Metro Madness

Another sampling of annoyances from the daily commute:

1: Why is it that the escalators at the various metro stations are always broken? I mean seriously I know that a massive amount of traffic goes through the metro each day, but why is it that multiple escalators are out at every single station every single day?

2: The person who holds on to two different bars and takes up space that other people could use like the guy in the photo below.

3: The guy who takes up two seats because he feels the need to put his bag down on the seat next to him. Apparently he's too good to share or sit next to someone else.

4: The guy talking so loudly on the cell phone that everyone on the train knows about his tryst from the night before. Really bro, no one on the train cares how hot the drunk girl you took home was, well except maybe the cop sitting two seats back.

5: The luggage people. I know the metro goes to the airport and the Amtrak station, but seriously people if you have multiple suitcases, take a cab. You are slow and in the way and a nuisance to all those other people trying to get to their destination.

6: The herky jerky. What is it about the train drivers that they can't figure out the gas from the break? You are more likely to get whiplash from the metro ride in this town than from getting rear ended in a car accident. When the train comes to a stop at the station and people are queuing up at the door to exit the guy hits the gas again and everyone goes sprawling on top of one another. Or on the take off from the station they hit the gas to go and then immediately hits the brakes jerking everyone around.

So there you finally have the full dozen. Six last time and six this time. The top 12 daily annoyances from the DC Metro commute.