Things have been pretty down-to-earth recently with the funding circus and all, but I happened to see the following on the (in)famous SeptaSucks.com site:
Q: WOW! I didn't realize Oxford Valley Mall was so huge! Could you tell me where [x] department store is?
A: No idea, sir. This is King of Prussia.
Q: I need a ticket to Wayne
A: We don't go to Wayne, ma'am
Q: But this is the Bryn Mawr station, isn't it?
A: Yes
Q: But all the trains from Bryn Mawr go to Wayne, don't they?
A: uuhhhh ... we're not at that Bryn Mawr station
Q: (from a rider standing at Norristown's Elm St. station during Railworks) What time is the next train?
A (me, just happened to be using the parking lot as a place to trade cars with my wife) October.
Q: How can the switch be frozen? It's 80 degrees outside!
A: (unprintable)
OK, this next one misses SEPTA by 3500 miles and it's translated, but I've heard it enough while travelling that it's worth a repeat. If you know any high school French at all it'll be funny:
Q: (American to Paris taxi driver) Could you please take me to the war in the north? (*)
(*)The words for "war" (guerre) and "train station" (gare) differ by only one shift of a vowel sound
Here's a sampling of the dumb questions I've heard, and heard of, over the years:With that as a start, what are the strangest questions, comments or exchanges you've heard from other riders and/or from SEPTA personnel? A few that I've encountered:
Q. Do you go anywhere near the El? (Now, this may not sound like a dumb question until I tell you that the man who asked it was standing on my Route 3 bus at Front & Dauphin - UNDER THE EL!)
A. I leaned forward, looked up, pointed up and said: This is as close as I get.
Q. When do da bus come? (Submitted by a Subway cashier)
A. If the bus comes down here, we're all in trouble.
Q: WOW! I didn't realize Oxford Valley Mall was so huge! Could you tell me where [x] department store is?
A: No idea, sir. This is King of Prussia.
Q: I need a ticket to Wayne
A: We don't go to Wayne, ma'am
Q: But this is the Bryn Mawr station, isn't it?
A: Yes
Q: But all the trains from Bryn Mawr go to Wayne, don't they?
A: uuhhhh ... we're not at that Bryn Mawr station
Q: (from a rider standing at Norristown's Elm St. station during Railworks) What time is the next train?
A (me, just happened to be using the parking lot as a place to trade cars with my wife) October.
Q: How can the switch be frozen? It's 80 degrees outside!
A: (unprintable)
OK, this next one misses SEPTA by 3500 miles and it's translated, but I've heard it enough while travelling that it's worth a repeat. If you know any high school French at all it'll be funny:
Q: (American to Paris taxi driver) Could you please take me to the war in the north? (*)
(*)The words for "war" (guerre) and "train station" (gare) differ by only one shift of a vowel sound
