Police protection for the crazy Jesus freaks

adamg — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:03:54 -0500

Tom Fulry discusses the Jesus people with the cardboard signs who he says accosted him on the mezzanine of Hynes station a few weeks back:

As I walk by them: "All Jews are going to hell. Take your bombs back to Israel or convert to Christianity."

He reported them to a station attendant, who started yelling at them. Now, he writes, they're back in the station, but this time with a phalanx of eight MBTA cops to protect them.

Fingers in a trolley door

adamg — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:38:09 -0400

BadTransit seems to be running a new series: Trains that start moving before they should:

... Today, in an obscenely overcrowded B-line train, the driver closed the doors on the fingers of a girl standing next to me. The train was so packed she really had nowhere else to hold on to. Then he started to leave the station (Hynes) until several people yelled and finally got him to stop and open the door. ...

Earlier:
The taunting empty car on the Worcester line