I had a Metro Man moment this morning. On my way to work, I witnessed a woman try to rush her way onto the train, only to get stuck in the doors. To those unfamiliar to the DC metrorail system, the doors do not re-open easily like in other cites(like New York, I’m told). The driver of the train has to re-open the doors, and it looks like it could be painful. Basically, if you get stuck, you’re out of luck!
They re-opened and the woman fell to the floor. She was able to get up and enter the train, but had the nerve to appear as if she were angry that folks were looking at her. I just smirked and shook my head, as if to say “Nah…You’re not scowling your way out of this one! I REFUSE to let you steal the simple joy I’m getting from laughing at your misfortune.”
People that get caught in the door always want to lash out at everybody on the train for looking at them after the fact. I know it stems from embarrassment, but it’s not the rest of the passengers’ fault that you are an impatient dummy. Besides, it intimidates no one. You can’t whup me. You couldn’t even whup that door a couple of seconds ago. Doors don’t hit back, but Leon does! Please don’t make me send you to work with a steak over your eye and have you lying everyone you encounter, saying “I, uh…I fell down.“
This is a ListenToLeon P.S.A.: Avoid getting stuck in metro doors. If you should happen to be that person who just had to force his or her way on the train and end up on the business end of two steel train doors to the shoulders, recognize that you brought it on yourself. Then man up and take the embarrassing ridicule that’s headed your way.
Man this is exactly why I don’t run for trains. People act like they don’t know how the doors work, throwing their bags and arms in there like they are elevator doors. your right they deserved to be laughed at.
Do you remember the movie “King of New York” starring Christopher Walken, W. Snipes, David Caruso and Laurence Fishburne? Remember the scene chase scene where the cop gets nailed by the fire hydrant as he’s dangling from the car door? It’s inevitable that that’s gonna happen to somebody who gets stuck in Metro’s doors, and that’s when they’ll change the doors to work like elevator doors in that situation.
The few times I’ve ridden the Metro, I’ve seen people fall up or down the escalator, but I’ve never seen anyone get caught in the doors.
Imagine someone trying to play falling up the escalator off. lol.
I don’t understand the running for the train in rush hour. I mean, another train is coming in five minutes (probably less). Four or five minutes doesn’t make a huge difference in my morning.
Man listen…I stay cracking up @ folk who get sandwiched between train doors!! LOL
Feels pretty good knowing that other people do it too/I have nothing to be ashamed about.
I don’t laugh at those stupid people who get stuck. I scowl at them because I swear if they have to offload my train because of their dumb ass, it’s not gonna be pretty!
I ride the Metro everyday…The things I see. This one guy ran on the metro barely making it but his bag got stuck between the doors, I’m talking about the bag was out the door and he was still strapped in. The train started moving while the guy was stuck against the door. I thought I was about to witness a final destination on the metro.
LOL, a door dive gone wrong!
A timeless classic you witnessed there Leon. I’ve been armed with my video camera in attempts to get this occurence on video. Stay tuned lol!
@ E2Deep – Now THAT’s embarassing!
DC metro doors are NO joke. They got me once. I ended up with skid marks on my arms after walking on the train a little too casually.
OMMFG!! LMMFAO!
You ain’t seen shit until you see somebody get their HEAD…yes I said HEAD…stuck in the door. Now that’s some funny shit! Especially when it’s two people on the SAME train (same car and everything!) at the SAME stop! Oh for the love of god that day was hilarious. I nearly peed myself!
I mean who walks with their head that far in front of them AND sticks it in the door first!
MARTA down here in Jaw-Ja has those same doors of death. One time, I was running trying to catch a train and I was with a friend who had never been on MARTA before and had trouble with the BreezeCard (similar to the DC SmartTrip Card), and I was shouting, “Nigga, you better figure it out and hurry up!” and I took off running. Of course, my arm got stuck in the damn train door, and the train almost left with my arm, but the conductor saw me, gave me an evil look and reopened the doors.
I don’t think I’ve ever ran to catch a train ever since.
Of course my friend was running down hollering, “Thats what the fuck you get trying to rush!”