Update: Oreo, Dog Thrown Off Building, Was Euthanized
People Wait For Tomorrow's UWS Apple Store Opening
Emily and Sarah Kunstler, Filmmakers
Cheap Chicken Wing Deal Ruined by Gunslinging Teens
FIT Students Busted For Drug Dealing Get Probation
A woman who was having trouble with her Metrocard at the 170th Street B/D station in the Bronx got into an argument with a token booth clerk, resulting in him punching her in the face after an argument. Early reports about the Saturday afternoon were unclear, but the Daily News speaks with Maimouna Saoidoh, the 23 year-old victim, who says she asked Gordon for help, who refused. When she and her cousin pleaded, Gordon got angry, and Saoidoh says, "When he started cursing me and insulting me, he called me 'b----'. I said, 'Your mom, too.'" Which apparently set Gordon off, causing him to come out of his token booth and "wrapped his hands" around Saoidoh's neck and "slugged" her. Note to self: Try not to use the "Your mom, too" ANYWHERE...it doesn't seem to be good for karma. Saoidoh, who was treated for bruises and cuts, plans to continue using the subway though.
The 48 year-old Gordon has been arrested and charged with assault and could be fired. The MTA's spokesman says the MTA "will not tolerate aggressive behavior of any kind against our customers" and plans to investigate. Gordon could disciplined or dismissed if found to be at fault. The Post notes that 160 token booths will be closed this year.
Gothamist's experiences with token booth clerks have been fine, if not overwhelming pleasant - most token booth clerks seem very world weary, but they have let us through when our Metrocard has been messed up. Here's a review of the Bedford Avenue L train token booth clerk from Universal Review [via Gawker]. And two movies about subways: Money Train, about NYC's, um, money train (Robert Blake plays a captain) and While You Were Sleeping with Sandra Bullock as a Chicago El token booth clerk...yeah, we know.
Photo above from Satan's Laundromat.
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
tweet this
post to facebook
How can you mention subway movies and leave out "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3?"
Seriously. Plus, shouldn't we come up with a phrase other than "token booth clerk" now that there are no tokens?
Instead of "token booth clerk" we use the phrase, "could the MTA have assembled a group of employees more rude, unpleasant, unhelpful, incompetent, and occasionally violent" to set about ruining my weekend?
How can people with what looks to be one of the easiest jobs ever be such a surly bunch? This guy should get demoted to cashiering at Burger King.
this story is fucking awesome.
Let's call them "stewardesses".
THIS FOR LARRYDVM AND OVERPAID. YOU HAVE KNOW IDEA HOW HARD ARE JOB IS. YES THERE ARE SOME RUDE CO WORKERS, BUT NOT ALL OF US ARE.JUST FOR THE RECORD THE CHARGES WERE DROP AND THE CLERK GOT HIS JOB BACK. THEY FOUND OUT SHE WAS LYING AND HAD A PASS OF DOING IT. MAYBE IF THE PUBLIC WOULD JUST STOP AND READ SOMETIMES THEY WOULD NOT ASK THE DUMBEST QUESTION OR DO THE DUMBEST THINGS.