Dealing With Stupid People [Monday, June 18, 2nd period]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Did anyone else got a lot of incredibly stupid messages on Friday?" Josh asked as he stood outside a fake Metro station in the Danger Shop. "If so, I certainly hope you remembered all of your training from this class and left an incredibly random message in return. It certainly made me feel better."

He grinned. "Anyway. Today we will deal with even more stupid people. The combination of just waking up, not wanting to be going to work, not paying attention and being an idiot tourist combine to give Washington, DC some of the most ridiculous morning commutes in the country. You have two choices: You can get on the Metro," he waved his hand over his shoulder towards the station, "where you will have to get yourself a Metro pass, get on the yellow line in the correct direction, transfer through Metro Center, one of the scariest places at 8:15 in the morning known to man, and make your way from there to the Red Line and Farragut North. Which is by the White House and therefore awesome. If you screw up and end up at Farragut West, I will mock you. On this commute, you will encounter tour gaggles of idiot middle schoolers, women with baby carriages who won't move towards the center of the car, and people without enough coffee to be paying attention. You are not allowed to scream or throw things unless they really, really deserve it."

"Or! You can get in one of these handy cars--" he pointed to the provided cars, "get onto I-395, go across the 14th Street Bridge and try to find parking near the White House without getting run over by an illegal cab driver, cut off by someone who thinks merging is a sign of weakness, or exiting at the wrong spot and end up in a giant Pentagon parking lot. At which point I will also mock you."

He clapped his hands together. "Work in teams of two--that gets you into the High Occupancy Vehicle lane on the highway and makes for more entertainment on the Metro. First team to the fake White House gets a real White House tour from me this weekend."

Comments

Sign in [June 18]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Collapse, like people who don't hang onto the handrails on the Metro do!

Re: Sign in [June 18]

[multiplez]

Z Delgado

Re: Sign in [June 18]

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal Austreben

Re: Sign in [June 18]

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle Wexler

Take the Metro!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Yellow line to the Red Line, end up at Farragut North, walk to the White House, avoid stupid people.

Ah, if it was only that easy.

Re: Take the Metro!

[multiplez]

Despite being able to drive, Z picked this option, as it included not having to look for a parking space. Now all she needed was a partner.

Re: Take the Metro!

[twohalvesofaphd.livejournal.com]

Zack came up to Z. "I don't really like the idea of driving."

Re: Take the Metro!

[multiplez]

"Me, either," said Z. "You wanna brave the subway with me?"

Re: Take the Metro!

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel's not insane enough to take a car, and she's actually done the trip on the metro once or twice.

Just not at rush hour.

She waited for a partner.

Re: Take the Metro!

[ambassadorinara.livejournal.com]

Inara had no idea how to drive, so she decided that the Metro (whatever that was) seemed like the safer option. "Hello," she greeted Isabel, "Do you mind if we partner up?"

Re: Take the Metro!

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Not at all," Isabel smiled. "Inara right?"

Re: Take the Metro!

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

The Metro sounded way too excited to a small city girl like Turtle to pass up, and looked around for a partner.

Re: Take the Metro!

[morpherboy.livejournal.com]

Marco walked over to Turtle. "So how badly do you want to visit the white house this weekend?" He asked with a grin.

Re: Take the Metro!

[stocksgrrl.livejournal.com]

Turtle considered that grin with narrowed, calculating eyes. "Why do you ask?" she questioned, wondering if the answer would be the same thing she was thinking it would be.

Drive to DC!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Alexandria Metro to 395, across the 14th Bridge and a left hand turn towards Pennsylvania Avenue.

Ah, if it was only that easy.

Being able to drive is not a requirement to make this choice. Hell, it's probably not even an advantage.

Re: Drive to DC!

[smartestone]

This can't be too hard. Hermione's never driven a car, but this will just be a learning experience.

Re: Drive to DC!

[notawitch.livejournal.com]

Well, if everyone else was going to try the train, Will decided to take a chance and drive there. Since Hermione was already over by a car, she decided to head over there.

"Hey. Got a partner yet?"

Re: Drive to DC!

[smartestone]

"Not yet," she says. "I'm sure this is much easier, but no one else seems to be doing it, so that might give us an advantage."

Re: Drive to DC!

[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac had, had a car. She'd liked her car. Driving to DC couldn't be harder than driving around Neptune, right?

Talk to Josh!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

As you might choose to.

Re: Talk to Josh!

[vkandis-son.livejournal.com]

Karal might have been looking just a bit cautious as he approached Josh. "Excuse me, sir? I just wanted to apologise for missing last week's class. I was called home unexpectedly."

Re: Talk to Josh!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Don't worry about it," Josh said. "It's not like I keep track. Well, I do, but not like I do during the year. Things pop up. I totally understand. Everything okay at home?"

OOC!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

It's sad that I haven't lived in DC for almost five years and can still rattle that off, huh?

Re: OOC!

[dark_slippy_thing]

Just pinging down here to say that, with my vacation coming up soon and the side-plot that I've just run with Valentine in it drawing to a close, Valentine won't be in Fandom itself for the rest of the term. I loved these classes, and dangit, I'm sorry that I won't be able to attend any more of them. Ah, great lessons learned about dealing with idiots!

Re: OOC!

[witchy-prue.livejournal.com]

*has horrible, horrible flashbacks of driving to DC*