I've been involved in a bad relationship for about three years now. I've been treated bad and disrespected. Left out in the cold. And yet, still I show up every morning and every night. I even pay for this treatment. A bad boyfriend? Nope, the MBTA.
I try to be a good citizen. I'm not sitting alone in my car clogging up the highway. I've taken the commuter rail and subway in other cities. Three years ago I thought how bad could the MBTA be?
I've alternately sweltered and been frozen. I've been squished like a sardine on a sadly regular basis. I've been late. Five minutes, twenty minutes, twice even three hours due to engine problems so we had to be pushed into the city. If the commuter rail isn't late, then the subway is. Communication is sketchy. I've been late due to mechanical problems, signal problems, excessive cold, excessive heat, traffic (It's a train track. There's a schedule. How can there be traffic?), lack of an available platform, medical emergencies (those I have no problem with), and for all the other times just because.
So the talk of rate hikes really puzzles me. I don't mind paying but for goodness sake could you get me to work and home on time?
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