the mta lies

Tonight on my way home from work I was stopped on the F train at Lexington Ave/63rd St station for about 10 minutes, and then it took me 45 minutes to get home from that station, which usually only takes less than 20. The announcement that was made on the train was completely inaudible, like usual. The announcements are always either so loud the static overpowers the voice or the person speaking is just mumbling something you can't understand. Usually the only words you can understand is the last sentence, "Please be patient." If we decide to not be patient, will this train move any faster? This got me thinking, every time I hear the train conductor say, "We are delayed because of train traffic ahead of us," they are lying. They must be lying. These are some of the excuses I hear on a daily basis, sometimes on one trip I will hear multiples of these. It's like they have them all prerecorded and the conductor just pushes a button to play whichever one they feel like pushing at the time.
Due to an earlier track fire,...
Due to a police investigation,...
Because of construction,...
Because of train traffic ahead,...
We are being held by the train's dispatcher...
Because of a giant rat blocking the train... (ok so maybe I made that one up).

I think we'd all be more patient if we were being entertained while waiting forever for the train to move, play some music over that loudspeaker, or read us a poem, give us a rap.
"check it, this trains not movin' get outchyo seat n start groovin' the next stop is forest hills don't give any bums your bills. give your seat to that old lady, hey you in the corner stop being shady. turn your ipod down we don't wana hear your sound. read the newspaper of your neighbor. hold on tight to the pole sometime this train loses control im gonna lay this mic down and we'll be onto the next town, now this train is finally movin, the mta is finally improving."
xoxo