Metro Reporter13 April 2012

And here's something that might just make you smile on your way to work... The following is an exchange of correspondence between a customer and an unspecified rail company...

To whom it may concern, I have been riding trains daily for the last two years, and the service on your lines seems to get worse every day. I am tired of standing in the aisle all the time on a 14-mile trip. I think the transportation system is worse than that used by people 2,000 years ago.
Yours truly,
A Commuter

Dear Sir, We received your letter with reference to the shortcomings of our service and believe you are somewhat confused in your history. The only mode of transportation 2,000 years ago was by foot.
Sincerely,
Customer Services Manager

Dear Sir, I am in receipt of your letter, and I think you are the ones who are confused in your history. If you will refer to the Bible, Book of Numbers, 22nd chapter, you will find that Balaam rode to town on his ass... That, gentlemen, is something I have not been able to do on your trains in the last two years.
Yours truly,
A Commuter

And finally...

A passenger train is creeping along at a painfully slow pace. Finally, it creaks to a complete halt. A passenger sees a conductor walking by outside. 'What's going on?' she yells out the window. 'Cow on the track!' replies the conductor. Ten minutes later, the train resumes its slow pace. Within five minutes, however, it stops again. The woman sees the same conductor walking by, leans out the window and shouts: 'What happened? Did we catch up with the cow again?'
A Commuter

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