Comment by Jack Jackson
suggested edit for shoe quote "Thank God for Metrobus, or else I'd be driving."
View ArticleComment by Dizzy
I mean, I don't really think of shoes or talking about/obsessing over shoes to be a gendered thing (women by and large aren't the ones maiming each other over a pair of Air Jordans). Vast fortunes have...
View ArticleComment by webdoyenne
IIRC, there's a male version: "Can't we just talk about sports?" Maybe I'm just old, but I have a hard time getting bent out of shape over trivial stuff like this.
View ArticleComment by Daniel Howard
If they break down that often, then talking about comfortable walking shoes sounds like a good idea.
View ArticleComment by Michael Perkins
The ad didn't provide any context about whether breaking down every 8260 miles is a good thing or a bad thing. How often do other transit agencies' buses break down? Is it getting better, or worse?
View ArticleComment by Dave Murphy
Yeah, I had a discussion about this last night... a round trip on a typical bus route is what, 20 miles? Assume they do ten runs a day per bus (which seems probably low) that's 200 miles a day. Which...
View ArticleComment by Falls Church
Replacement for the shoe quote: "Can't we talk about the real issue here?" WMATA management is using fares from riders and its subsidy from government to put on a PR blitz explaining why they think...
View ArticleComment by Richard
I wonder if the 8260 miles for breakdown includes buses that fail to start or only those that breakdown during their route. From a customer perspective, if the bus doesnt start in the morning, and a...
View ArticleComment by Alex B.
This ad misses the mark for me for a couple reasons. 1. It is indeed sexist. 2. It's also rather stupid. They're trying to find a clever way to say "we're making progress," but it didn't work herem -...
View ArticleComment by Kolohe
Ok, since the last comment apparently wasn't kosher let me be plain: This campaign in under Dan Stessel's purview and on his watch. He has a record of really poorly thought out public affairs posture...
View ArticleComment by kob
It's not sexist. Guys do the same thing.Guy A: Did you know that Metro trains can go backwards and forwards?Guy B. Get a life. How 'bout those Nats?
View ArticleComment by contrarian
If I had a car that broke down on average once every 8,260 miles I'd call it a lemon. Especially if I had a staff of mechanics to maintain it.
View ArticleComment by kob
Apologies to @webdoyenne -- he nailed the sports analogy first in this thread.
View ArticleComment by Tina
i agree with others-not offensive or sexist. in fact I think its an ok way to convey information. People care a lot about trivial information like this. Jeopardy, Who Wants to Be a millionaire, Trivial...
View ArticleComment by SJE
Why are we talking about this? WMATA has far more serious problems. Its almost as if WMATA did this to change the regular drum beat of more substantive negative coverage.
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