Five Swipes to get on the Subway?

[Chasstev365]

I guess Hillary is a real "woman of the people", unlike Bernie Sanders. NOT! So much for "tokengate."

[JackRiddler]

1. Happens to me all the time.

Not lately though. I've gotten so good at it.

You'd think they'd know to rehearse this, her people. Aren't some of them from New York at least?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

3. Do the Hamptons count?

[MADem]

2. It has happened to me--it's a pain in the ass. nt

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

4. Hillary?

[MADem]

7. Meow. Not your finest post. nt

[bvf]

11. *snerk!* n/t

[jfern]

5. It's like when George HW Bush marveled at a supermarket scanner

[Nye Bevan]

8. A widely believed urban legend; Snopes says "False":

Claim: During a photo opportunity at a 1992 grocers' convention, President George Bush was "amazed" at encountering supermarket scanners for the first time.

Status: False.

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/bushscanner.asp

[MADem]

12. No--it isn't She knows what a metrocard is. Sanders thought you used tokens!!

[jfern]

13. Who cares, that's what they used until 2003

[MADem]

15. Guess he hasn't been back to the old stomping grounds in 13 years--LOL! nt

[jfern]

21. Or maybe he caught a cab instead

[MADem]

22. Maybe--he shoulda just said. nt

[Renew Deal]

34. To be fair, he was probably riding in a limo.

[MADem]

38. Which is fine--I don't begrudge him. He's an old guy and he makes a decent amount of money.

He can afford a car service or-now that he's got a "detail"--the full SUV/entourage schtick.

The subway can be faster (and certainly cheaper) --that's the only reason I take it. I'm no swifty going up and down those stairs, myself!

[TheBlackAdder]

17. He should have said "Buy a MetroCard, Load it & Swipe it"... it flows so much easier off the tongue!

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I take the Path & have a MetroCard.

I still refer in conversational language to them as tokens.


People who aren't completely petty freakin morons know what is being said.


On top of that, the neurosis is exposing the hypocrisy of these jerks to spent two days incessantly writing about tokens, and then, whatever this is about--they are dismissive, only because it deals with HRC.



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[MADem]

20. I've never called a card a token. Never, ever.

The concept of "loading" a card is so very different from standing in line and buying a token (or tokens) from a guy behind a cage.

I'm not saying you don't call 'em that--but you are the exception to the rule. They're cards, with card reader lines on 'em--not tokens, which are round and get dropped in a slot.


Sanders would have been better off saying "I haven't taken the subway in years--I live in Vermont, we don't have subways there."

His "token" answer put some space between him and the place of his youth--bit of a disconnect.

[TheBlackAdder]

23. Well, aren't you special. The anomaly of commuters.

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That either shows you don't ride the train or you are most probably deceptive on this issue.


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[MADem]

24. I have cards for the T in Boston, the tube in London, and the metro in DC in my wallet.

I move around often enough to make use of them, too.

But go on and don't read what I write, and snark, if you must. I don't care.

Calling someone "deceptive" because you don't like what they tell you is a childish thing to do. A petty little insult, delivered in a rather petty way.

[TheBlackAdder]

25. That must be one thick wallet to have room for three transit cards on top of all else.

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That reply right there reeks of falsity.


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[MADem]

26. No--they're thin as paper with a mag stripe. What a weird thing for you to say! LOL!

Guess you've never ridden the subway, have you?

I use tickets, not plastic cards like the Charlie card. Why? I'm not a daily rider. They're the thickness of a very thin piece of cardboard--which you'd know if you took the train at all.



What "all else" do YOU have in your wallet? I have a couple of credit cards, a couple of IDs, those paper thin tickets, and some money.

"All else?" Don't go bragging about your social life, now....

You're reeking of bitterness--not sure why, but I can detect it from here!

[TheBlackAdder]

29. You're too funny. I know you always have to reply, and it's comical to see played out.

And, I can you silly emoticons too

[MADem]

39. I think you're rather "funny" yourself.

Not in a "bouncing emoticons" sort of way, either.

[TheBlackAdder]

40. Like my kids with a cell phone notification at dinner, sooner or later it proves too much to handle!

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I know you'll reply, so just let me know if during the time when you initially refused to respond, whether or not you started to shake before giving in to the need?


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[MADem]

41. WTF are you talking about?

You know--NORMAL people--when they participate in a discussion board--DISCUSS.

You have this weird idea that it's "cool" to not engage in conversation. That not responding is "macho" or something.

I think you're coming off like a total jerk, actually, with your nasty and childish comments directed at me--but I suspect you already know that and you're PROUD of it.

I do feel sorry for your kids, though. Daddy ain't too mature, is he, if he gets his jollies mocking people on the internet?

smh!

FWIW, I don't routinely use a phone to access DU--I will on odd occasion but not typically. I'm old school.

[riderinthestorm]

31. I call them tokens too. CDs are albums, any blu-ray or DVD is a video

Everyone knows what you mean.

[Renew Deal]

35. I'm in NY and no one intentionally says tokens.

[TheBlackAdder]

37. Gee, I'm there all the time too, and I'm calling bunk. Many over 50 do it.

[Nye Bevan]

44. So how does that work? Do you talk about "swiping your token"?

"I'm going to refill my token"?

What he really should have said was "back in my day we bought a token- is that still how it works? I've been in Vermont and haven't used the subway for quite a few years".

[firebrand80]

6. Swipeghazi nt

[Fumesucker]

10. As a response to Tokengate

They had to work the snide little bit with the card in to take a swipe at Bernie and it flopped because swiping cards is for the little people, Hillary's staff couldn't handle it for her so she failed.

[Nye Bevan]

9. She should have just used a token like Bernie Sanders does (nt)

[TheBlackAdder]

14. Now what happened? The other day, there were 50 OPs on tokens, all showing SBS out of touch.

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Something happened with HRC, and those very same characters are now making whatever this is sound insignificant.


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[LiberalElite]

16. She tried to make it look like she does it all the time - FAIL

[leftynyc]

18. Took me 4 just this morning

Only a non-NYer would be surprised at this. But keep it up!!! NYers are loving the complete ignorance of our city from outsiders.

[BklnDem75]

19. I'm a transit employee...

Took me three swipes to get through this morning. This is a nothingburger. People are quick to call Hillary a liar, but jump to defend a lie he didn't have to make. Would it have hurt Bernie to say it's been a minute since he's been to the subway?

[AgerolanAmerican]

27. She took fewer swipes to destroy Libya

guess she was more familiar with how that works

[salinsky]

28. ""Bernie said, "token"!!""

"It took Hillary more than one swipe!!!"

Jumpin' Jebus on a pogo stick, this primary season can't end soon enough.

[Segami]

30. She was waiting for her chauffeur to swipe the card for her...

[jmg257]

32. What a ridiculous stupid photo op that was...lets cause all that

commotion, have all the SS and press stuff through a gate, so she can ride for 2 stops.

Hillarious!

[MADem]

42. No, it was a good photo op. She was riding the subway--it made the connection.

And it ain't her first ride, either! http://pictorial.jezebel.com/this-isnt-hillary-clintons-first-campaign-subway-ride-1769674035







If it gets people talking, it's good publicity.

[jmg257]

43. I forgot-bad publicity is better then no publicity...just ridiculous..

It was just a silly idea, and goofy to watch.

[Renew Deal]

33. It's happened to me

And it can be mortifying when it's done. Of course those that keep swiping when they get "insufficient funds" are worse.

[YOHABLO]

36. She's not real good with soda fountains at the 7-11 either. Anyone remember that?

And the other day she was having to be instructed on how to pour herself a draft beer. It says something about these people. Perhaps they just don't live in the real world like the rest of us. I remember a doctor I knew who was amazed to find out that the trap door on top of the dryer was for capturing lint. I kid you not. Amazing how normal every day skills has escaped the elite.