Low T karma

Yesterday I got hosed trying to go from Harvard to Davis; I got on the train, it left, and didn't stop again until Alewife. When we got there I vaguely heard an announcement say this train will run express to harvard so I got off and waited for the next train. $!@#ing 16xx red line trains with the dead PA systems. (Car 01638, IIRC, if anyone cares.)

Also, my T pass, with the big letter "C" on it and the word "combo"? It's really a bus pass. It makes the happy beep when I try to get on busses, but refuses to let me through any turnstiles getting on the subway. Haven't tried the green line yet, but I've definitely failed to get on the train at Kendall (both ways), Harvard, Davis, and Sullivan. I bet it'll work on the green line because a bus pass is good enough there.

Acquired...

Took lunch to go to the T offices at 10 Park Plaza. Got a new T pass; the guy there seemed to think there was a systematic problem with the November subway and combo passes, but gave me a new one anyways, and it seems to work so far. Also got a T photography permit. (I wonder if the guy wanted a photocopy of my driver's license for PATRIOT-related reasons.) "...and not to use strobe flash, floodlights or tripods." I should take my camera out and see if I can plausibly take underground pictures with high-speed film and no longer than 1/30 second exposure. But this also means I can legitimately get a picture of the faux-MTA logo on the side of the "new" PCCs on the Mattpan line now.