Stupid Metro Police
I hate light rail - everybody knows that. Yesterday, I had to be downtown for a meeting. I wasn't really in the mood to drive there at rush hour and find a parking lot or pay for parking so I took the train. When there aren't millions of annoying kids and people going to the Twins game, it's not horrible. Although the guy sitting in front of me must be nearly deaf because wow, did he need to turn down the volume on his iPod. I sat and read a book the entire trip. Much better than sitting in traffic.Anyway, after my meeting I decided to stay downtown until the Twins game. I only needed to kill four hours or so. I went to Target looking for contact solution - they failed me, I went to Walgreens looking for the same thing- they failed me. After that exercise in futility I walked to the Dome, sat under a tree and read for an hour or so until the gates opened.
After watching the Twins win, I walked out to the train. Now see, I hate the train and don't actually want to pay to ride it. Usually, I just pay one way. Lately however, the stupid metro police stand at the entrance to the LRT with flashlights to check your ticket. I dislike them intensely. Not because they are doing their job, but because they are on a power trip about the ticket thing. Anyways, I ditched the cops, thought about climbing over the rail on the other side where they aren't so diligent, but then decided to just walk to the Government Center and get on there. No ticket checkers, E got a free ride (my tax dollars went to pay for this horror. I shouldn't have to pay to ride it too).
Last time I mentioned the train, I talked about the snow globe at the Metrodome Station. At the Government Center Station they have this little pinball thing where you pull the handle, the ball goes on a stupid circular track and then a tv screen comes on and a guy starts waxing poetic about seeing fireflies downtown and following them to a place where he saw a raccoon and I wanted to kill myself at this point in his tale so I stopped listening. What the hell are these things? Seriously, if my tax dollars are spent on this crap, why can't they spend a little cash on a stadium? I bet you sponsored this crap Mr. Pogemiller. Why do you suck so much?Hmm...perhaps I should e-mail and ask him.
posted by E @9:14 AM