Dealing With Stupid People [Tuesday, August 7, 2nd period]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

"Today, in a shocking change of pace, we'll deal with even more stupid people," Josh said, waving his hand around the Danger Shop at the simulated Yellow Line Metro stop.

"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, go 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."

He clapped his hands together. "Don't just stand there like you've wandered off the Greyhound from South Dakota! Move!"

Comments

Sign in [August 7]

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

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Re: Sign in [August 7]

[falcon-or-blade.livejournal.com]

Faile

Re: Sign in [August 7]

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec

Re: Sign in [August 7]

[imcalledandros.livejournal.com]

Andros

Take the Metro

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

You don't have to be familiar with the DC Metro--take any public transportation system, bitch liberally about stupid people, and apply.

Re: Take the Metro

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

Lana got herself a metro pass and waited for someone to travel with.

Re: Take the Metro

[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

Peter was a city boy. He had no problem taking public transportation. Besides, it was better for the environment.

Re: Take the Metro

[absolutesnark]

For some reason, Summer decided to try taking public transportation.

Re: Take the Metro

[by137.livejournal.com]

Oh, boy. The Metro. How A.J. so didn't miss it...

Re: Take the Metro

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

Charlie was up for this instead of driving. Less chance of an accident, right?

Although she thought she was going to fall asleep waiting in line to get her pass....

Re: Take the Metro

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka managed to figure out what the automatic ticket vendors were for, and deftly avoided all the machines that were obviously turned off or had "OUT OF ORDER" signs on them. When the next machine he tried refused to take his money, he started pounding on it and weeping.

Then he went to one of the machines with a line in front of it and waited for THAT one. For what seemed like forever.

Re: Take the Metro

[notajar]

Door picks up a Metro pass, but frowns at the hustle and flow of people around her; if she were at home -- if she were anywhere but Fandom -- they wouldn't notice her at all.

This is a computer simulation; they're not programmed to unsee her, she gets that, but... it disconcerts her, as she ducks through the crowd, stepping on holographic toes.

Drive!

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

Having a license, or a working knowledge of what a car is, even, is not required.

Re: Drive!

[falcon-or-blade.livejournal.com]

Faile stood near the cars, staring across at the Metro station. So much of what Josh had said made absolutely no sense and she was starting to think of this class as weekly torture. She'd seen cars on TV at least. She new nothing of how to operate one though. Maybe someone would take pity on her?

Re: Drive!

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

Alec was quite happy to accost a pretty girl. "Hey, wanna lift?" He shot her a grin as he headed over towards one of the cars.

Re: Drive!

[falcon-or-blade.livejournal.com]

Faile grinned back. "If by lift you mean ride with you in the car, then yes," she said. "I didn't understand his directions for the other option at all."

Re: Drive!

[imcalledandros.livejournal.com]

Andros looked at the cars as he waited for someone to work with and wondered if driving one was like flying a spaceship.

Re: Drive!

[walks-two-paths.livejournal.com]

Savannah stood next to one of the cars.

Re: Drive!

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

Having a mild case of claustrophobia, Rodney wasn't about to get on the Metro. All those bodies packed into an enclosed space with very little ventilation and no way out. He was getting a little dizzy just imagining it. Taking a deep breath, he walked over to the cars.

Re: Drive!

[missed-the-gate.livejournal.com]

Leaning against one of the cars, John called out, "Hey, Rodney. You looking for a driver or a passenger?"

Re: Drive!

[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

Rodney considered John for an second. "I need a driver," he said, guessing that was what John would prefer. And, honestly, Rodney knew himself well enough to know that there was a high probability he'd panic if the traffic got too stressful and someone merged on top of him.

Re: Drive!

[girlzippo.livejournal.com]

After taking the Metro, Charlie waited for Rodney to get out of the driving simulation, and then waited for a moment when John wasn't right there to talk to him.

"Hey! How'd the driving go?"

Talk to Josh

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

He's around for that kind of thing, after all.

OOC

[professor-lyman.livejournal.com]

I have to work today (woe), so mod your way through the exercise, please. I'll catch pings when I get back.

Re: OOC

[x5-alec.livejournal.com]

If anyone else is driving and unfamiliar with downtown DC (and OCD enough to care), this (http://map.mapnetwork.com/destination/dc/) is a nice map of the area. The big green space with a beige oval is just below the White House itself and the 14th St Bridge seems to be to the south, coming off of I-395 just below the Tidal Basin.