Hey, there! Log in / Register
Talk about dropping a dime: South Station bus terminal shut by suspicious bit of old technology
By adamg on Fri, 01/04/2013 - 11:05am
MBTA Transit Police ordered a shutdown of the South Station bus terminal when a janitor found a strange item in the trash in the men's room. Alert New England reports it was a stolen coin box from a pay phone.
Earlier:
Riverside station shut due to suspicious coffee maker.
Neighborhoods:
Free tagging:
Ad:
Comments
Sounds like Sob Story guy got his $13
but still didn't make it to his grandmother's house in Worcester (or is it Springfield?).
Is it this?
Taken seriously?
So we have a suspicious package, which could be explosive, yet commuter trains under the building with the package in it run as usual??
It was probably just a
It was probably just a toothbrush.
I wonder if the brains at the
I wonder if the brains at the Transit Police realize that (unscreened) cars can also park atop the terminal.
To be fair, the tweet said that the "Red Line&Commuter Rail not effected". Broken down trains and signals have done a marvelous job the past few days of causing the Red Line and commuter rail to not be effected.
Updated
Coin box from a pay phone.
Now, Now... Lets not break
Now, Now... Lets not break the illusion of security and reasonable reactions.
Thank goodness the TSA was at
Thank goodness the TSA was in Quincy this morning to ensure that this suspicious package did not enter the T through that stop and to ensure that the signals worked splendidly.
Stolen coin box
I'm surprised there's even any money in those things any more. Hardly seems worth the effort to steal one.
You all should be ashamed!!
All this talk about bombs and trains and janitors, and nobody is thinking about the children.
Please, God, won't someone think of the children?
Yes, we have to ban children
Yes, we have to ban children from the South Station bus terminal, because they might explode!
dropping the dime
I know it's early yet but this is my nominee for Headline of the Year.