Go Passengers
Dear Editor,
How can the MBTA afford to put GO PATRIOTS and GO PATS signs on its buses when it doesn’t GO PASSENGERS? There I am waiting 20 minutes in the cold and snow, and, when the bus finally touches down, football is the very last thing on my mind. Hardly a send-off rally!
Since our recent snowstorm, bus service—to say nothing of access to bus stops that haven’t been sufficiently shoveled—has been terrible. When the bus does come—GO PATRIOTS—it’s as packed as Gillette Stadium during the Super Bowl. This morning I managed to get on but there I was near the front door holding on to poles while the rest of my team, running backs, packed the aisle ready to fall or fly. Talk about tight ends! I’d hardly call it a championship game.
Our head coach, the driver, then sped past upcoming stops, leaving large groups of people late for appointments and frozen. Not exactly a winning streak!
I never thought I’d be a sports writer but somebody’s got to deflate the game.
So (two meanings for GO) GO PASSENGERS, GO BUS RIDERS. We’ve lost!
Alison Barnet
Alison Barnet is a longtime South End resident and author of five books, including four volumes on the history of her neighborhood.