New York train platform painted at peak hour
Twitter/boshj
We can file this under, “Times people didn't think things through”.
The platform of a New York subway station was given a fresh coat of paint at 9.30am yesterday morning.
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Specifically the yellow line between the platform and the train that everybody treads on when getting on or off.
And savvy Twitter user @boshj documented the subsequent debacle during his morning commute at Rockaway Avenue C Station in Brooklyn.
"It's hard to think of a better metaphor for how colossally mismanaged the MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority), and the New York City subway in particular, is," he tweeted.
@boshj tweeted the resulting mess.
We feel for these Brooklyn hipsters who are inevitably going to have to buy a whole bottle of turpentine just to clean the soles of their Vans.
