Gothamist: R160 - Complete with Self-Promotion

Toby

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 19:27:28 -0500

I do think the MTA needs some better people writing their own ads. I hope it is done in house, because if they are paying an ad agency for those its a waste of money. Now I take it you haven't seen Transit Transit (WNYE, Saturdays at 3:30 PM) which is the MTA's monthly show, which is very low budget and all done by MTA employees.

Brightliner

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:29:02 -0500

Mollie, you need to check your sense of humor. The card is tongue-in-cheek.

dorothy

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:31:15 -0500

i always see those ads in old cars. i do think it's mta workers giving mta the finger. anyway, i wish SOMEONE would do an article about the MTAs horrific copywriting. like, how illogical it is. "lean on your friend for that 5 spot he owes you, not the subway door." (who says 5 spot? how does one exclude the other? "run the fifty yard dash on a saturday, not on the subway platform." who runs the 50 yard dash - ever? track and field participants? and what happens if they want to run on the subway platform ON A SATURDAY - and for 50 yards? "new yorkers don't hold the door for nobody." UGH. yes we do. and we don't talk like that. "ever see this message - insufficient funds?" yes, i've seen that at my bank. not at the turnstile - that says, insufficient fare. get it right MTA! there's more. but i'll stop myself. the only one that's good is sooo bad it's good. that is, the stalinesque picture of a subway trash can where the print reads "every litter bit counts." ha!

Todd Cavallo

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:59:27 -0500

http://www.flickr.com/photos/toddcavallo/68541607/

Dave H.

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:23:28 -0500

I saw one of these ads on an F train a few weeks ago and just assumed it was an MTA worker giving the passive aggressive finger to all passengers.

ed

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:16:11 -0500

I constantly see these ads posted in the older 3 and 1 trains I take to work, and NEVER in the newer 2s. For a while I almost thought it was some kind of weird joke, but I suspect it's just regular old incompetence.

Mollie

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:20:54 -0500

I would like to go on record as HATING that particular ad, because it so frankly acknowledges that incompetence is built into the system. And that nobody is really paying any attention to the ads until after they get put up (as has been demonstrated time and again).