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 #1262325  by JDC
 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/tra ... story.html.

"Almost every day and night, Metro mystery riders are on the job, their identities unknown to drivers and station workers. Under a three-year contract that began in 2012, Metro will pay almost $700,000 to a marketing research giant called Ipsos, which oversees the project. An Atlanta-based company, Mystery Researchers, hires and schedules the riders . . . ."

I'd do this for free.