Okay, funniest thing happened when I got to Boston last Thursday. (I might add, somehow making it to the airport alive on 3 hours of sleep at 5 in the morning… yes!) Kristine (my sis), Adam (her hubby), and I are walking through the T station at Logan airport. This weird guy is having an argument with the station manager, and the following conversation ensues:

Station manager lady: "Get outta heahre!"
Weird Guy: "MBTA are fascists! You screw us all!"
SML: "You're annoyhaying! You do this every day! Get outta my station!"
WG: "You're a fascist!"

And so on… of course, it was probably funnier being there, since SML had a really thick Boston accent and the WG kept screaming about fascism and how the MBTA sucks at life.

The next day, we get on the T near my sister's apartment and the quarter receptacle has jammed. We're standing by the door, waiting to get on, and the T operator is doing roundhouse kicks to the quarter machine while we're trying not to crack up. We get on, and he continues to kick the living s$#* out of the machine while I frantically dig my camera out to take a photo… alas, I wasn't able to get it out in time. Although at the next stop the door got jammed and he also nailed that thing with his foot a few times.

I can see it now:
"Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority 'T' operator manual, Appendix D.
If the change container jams, please perform the following:
1) Clear area of passengers.
2) Kick container.
3) Repeat step 2 until machine has unjammed or ripped out of the floor."

Gotta love public transportation.