Julia

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[Julia @jfs211]

@metraUPNW No announcement on car 6020. Also, the app shows we departed well prior to actual departure time.

[Julia @jfs211]

@metraUPNW No posting at the station. And nothing bringing attention to missing walkway panels so one has to crawl over tracks & uneven surfaces.

[Julia @jfs211]

@metraUPNW And now, the “accommodating train” is more than 10 minutes late to Des Plaines and experiencing its own “mechanical issues”…

[Julia @jfs211]

Hey @metraUPNW - what’s up with 649, 4.52 departure? Can’t hear any announcements at the far end of the platform, & no updates anywhere?

[Julia @jfs211]

@metraUPNW A station announcement would be considerate…. Standing At Cumberland and haven’t heard anything yet.

[Julia @jfs211]

@metraUPNW In bound trains are also delayed approaching OTC. There are at least four stacked up around the last curve…

[Julia @jfs211]

@cwolovick @metraUPNW @OnTheMehtra And no on board announcements… I don’t know if it’s only car 7281 or all of them.

[Julia @jfs211]

@cwolovick @metraUPNW @OnTheMehtra No platform announcements at Des Plaines either… expected to run express but apparently this is not my usual train… shoulda known something was up when it was “on time”… 🙄

[Julia @jfs211]

@metraUPNW They just said that they’re waiting for someone to pass us, cross over, & come back to push us backwards so we can play sardines & turn all the trains to milk runs.

And 20 minutes more stuck w/ an engine that has done this befor…

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[Julia @jfs211]

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[Julia @jfs211]

@BlockClubCHI Here’s hoping they come back to Ogilvie station…

[Julia @jfs211]

@IlliniJen @DonMiami3 @MacroEdgeRes Friend’s ex quit the day after they let the judge determine child support. He works for cash or is “finding himself”. Then the jackass ran up more legal bills & delays. They settled for all but termination of parental rights. She’s stuck but knows what she’s working with.

[Julia @jfs211]

@DrJesseMorse @DonMiami3 @MacroEdgeRes I shut someone down who was bitching about $15/hr min wage… told them “it’s $30k a year, not really that much in this area.”
Shut his ass right up, & they’re a raging bigot asshole on a pension in a working class town in a republican state. Low key proud of myself for that!

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[Julia @jfs211]

@ggooglyboogly @mkoehler @metraUPNW Ahh… hide & seek then….

And what is it about Irving park that attracts this behavior…

[Julia @jfs211]

@metraUPNW Is it hide & seek or two masses trying to occupy the same space at the same time…?

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