Subway scare?

[trinityvixen]

So those ads that let you know that some randomly assumed number of people saw something and said something? Anyone actually been on a train where they effected a sweep and clear as a result? Informal poll!

I'm thinking of writing something--OMG not related to my on-going series of short stories, wtf?!--about such an encounter after having one myself. I'm interested to see if the procedure is the same, what the reaction of the passengers was, and, if you can remember, when abouts it happened. It doesn't have to be date-and-time specific, but month and year would be interesting to know if only just to see how the response has changed since the see-it-and-say-something campaign started.

My own experience was rather dull. I was on the D train, which pulled into 59th street and lingered a moment. People started to get up, and I assumed it was because of the negligible delay. Two men wearing orange vests over their transit authority uniforms came in and started to peer around. Someone sitting across from me kept trying to point them to the seat perpendicular to where I was sitting. They waved me away and retrieved a black plastic bag that looked to contain no worse than someone's garbage from take out. I sat back in my same spot, and we were gone. All of this didn't take five minutes.

Okay, f'list--your turn.

Comments

[thekit.livejournal.com]

I was on the london underground back in 2006, and they had three stations closed because of suspicious packages. Fortunately the underground is set up like a grid, so you can bypass closed stations by going sideways for a few stops and then going back to your line.

I mostly remember having to study the map with a bunch of other lost commuters trying to get around the latest obstruction, while a voice came over the PA telling us that the next station was closed... and to mind the gap.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Sounds like the tube has a better way of doing things than just holding up the line entirely. Although having to re-route is always painful.

Thanks for the international perspective. I can use that!