people there can get really rude if you stand on the wrong side of the escalator on the metro. what's the big deal. you're in their way, and god forbid they just say "excuse me". i was afraid that they were going to push me down the stairs.
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Tourists can be just as rude. Some refuse to move. Some argue. Some insult me for asking. I still say "excuse me."
--John F. Kennedy
Tourists need to know this coming into town but I’m disappointed in the locals! A third of you work for the federal government, another third does contract work for it, while the last third represents either one in litigation against the other. Treat that fat ass on the escalator in the morning as foreshadowing and come up with a good coping strategy for the day. We’ll all be better off. :)
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i feel better now. i really wanted to comment about the people who need help finding things. there's a look that people get when they don't want to ask for help, but they're lost enough to need it. these are usually the people who are polite and nice and don't want to bother anyone. they want to travel independently, but the city and the park service are of little or no help. signs are non-existent, and roads are not just convoluted, they're often unnamed. this city is run by idiots, and the citizens and tourists have to pay for their idiocy.