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Took a ride on the New York City "subway" yesterday.

Was visiting friend in Brooklyn and traffic was bad so I opt...
irradiated therapy
  02/16/19
life is absolute, utter hell. there is just no way around it...
Aqua address elastic band
  02/16/19
i was.stuck underground for 1.5 hrs once on the way to work ...
Curious Jade Hell Puppy
  02/17/19
The advantage of biglaw is not needing to commute to office ...
beady-eyed school boltzmann
  02/17/19
youre supposed to get in by 10 am in biglaw this train wa...
Curious Jade Hell Puppy
  02/17/19
Maybe as a junior, at my firm nobody expects you to be in th...
beady-eyed school boltzmann
  02/17/19
i did biglaw in nyc through midlevel yrs..my firm expected p...
Curious Jade Hell Puppy
  02/17/19
That's a shitty policy. I've never worked in a biglaw firm t...
crawly chad stag film
  02/17/19
NYC biglaw? I think nyc is worse whennit comes to FaceTime. ...
beady-eyed school boltzmann
  02/17/19
cr most of our partners just called us constanrly or emailed...
Curious Jade Hell Puppy
  02/17/19
I was NYC biglaw but worked with partners who were traveling...
crawly chad stag film
  02/17/19
facetime is probably dependent on the dept too. some depts a...
Curious Jade Hell Puppy
  02/17/19
so don't live in new york city.
Turquoise rebellious parlour
  02/17/19
"Oh, look, an empty train car!" "Dude.&quo...
Boyish bearded stage
  02/17/19
lol @ venturing out of MFH
glittery navy quadroon
  02/17/19
cr the outer boroughs are all shitholes
Curious Jade Hell Puppy
  02/17/19
Most of the OP applies just as well to the 1/2/3 or A/C/E tr...
aggressive spectacular school cafeteria cumskin
  02/17/19
reminder: delhi has 200km plus of modern subway that blows a...
pontificating adventurous kitchen
  02/17/19
Imagine the smell
beady-eyed school boltzmann
  02/17/19
yes, pradeep walks into the delhi metro, a gentle scent of f...
pontificating adventurous kitchen
  02/17/19
“Feminine thin women” Lmao you broke immersio...
beady-eyed school boltzmann
  02/17/19
"proceeds to rape them" lmao you should become ...
Curious Jade Hell Puppy
  02/17/19
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Bateful Garrison
  02/17/19
Hello mam, I .... * briefcase full of pipes falls open *
idiotic low-t abode
  02/17/19
Cascades into other briefcases, all spilling pipes out like ...
swashbuckling khaki institution brethren
  02/17/19
Oh diss veddy veddy bad
pontificating adventurous kitchen
  02/17/19
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Primrose Multi-colored Tanning Salon Son Of Senegal
  02/17/19
usa has the worst subway systems in the world i was blown...
Curious Jade Hell Puppy
  02/17/19
It's true. Though NYC is kind of fucked because (1) it's 100...
crawly chad stag film
  02/17/19
...
idiotic low-t abode
  02/17/19
Interesting day for you to poast this
flushed set
  02/17/19
why did you put subway in scare quotes. are you accusing the...
Bat Shit Crazy Selfie
  02/17/19
To be fair, a lot of it is indeed above ground.
crawly chad stag film
  02/17/19
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Curious Jade Hell Puppy
  02/17/19
http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=946802&for...
Cordovan Soul-stirring Gas Station Famous Landscape Painting
  02/17/19
Kind of stupid to choose to complain about the line that's b...
swashbuckling khaki institution brethren
  02/17/19
u actually got off easy try this: 1. fights happening ...
stimulating liquid oxygen
  02/17/19
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Curious Jade Hell Puppy
  02/17/19
Yeah, I used to hate cops as a teenager and college kid. Now...
excitant sound barrier party of the first part
  02/17/19
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Razzle-dazzle dysfunction
  02/17/19
NYC is a dump
Primrose Multi-colored Tanning Salon Son Of Senegal
  02/17/19
i had a night where it was 1am and the L hasn't shown up for...
Impressive national windowlicker
  02/17/19
you forgot to add in about the black that will inevitably ha...
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Date: February 16th, 2019 7:09 PM
Author: irradiated therapy

Was visiting friend in Brooklyn and traffic was bad so I opted to take the "subway".

Firstly, there are homeless encamped all through my local station. Secondly, I get down to the train platform. It is mobbed because the trains are delayed.

Finally, a train pulls into the 8th Avenue L station, and I mean creaks in at like 0.3 mph. The outside of the train looks dirty and some of it appears to be splashed with some brown, slime like substance.

I enter the train and it quickly gets packed to beyond standing room only. The train remains this way until I reach my stop, Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn. I exit the train and the station literally smells like diesel fuel. It clicks in my head I read an article about this the other day. The city states that the smell "poses no threat to human life." I laugh to myself, because it smells like a fucking coal mine.

I walk with a throng of humans to exit the station. The exit is being repaired because the passageway is crumbling and everyone is forced into two narrow exit lines because the passageway is split in half due to construction. I choose one, and it ends up leading me round a corridor to a huge puddle right before the stairs to exit the station, because the ceiling is leaking water from...somewhere.

What a magical experience.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37793755)



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Date: February 16th, 2019 7:10 PM
Author: Aqua address elastic band

life is absolute, utter hell. there is just no way around it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37793760)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:44 PM
Author: Curious Jade Hell Puppy

i was.stuck underground for 1.5 hrs once on the way to work bc of some issue with the 4/5 line.

i also had to take the 4th train bc of delays and crowds.

oh what fine public transportation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796852)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:46 PM
Author: beady-eyed school boltzmann

The advantage of biglaw is not needing to commute to office during rush hour

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796857)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:47 PM
Author: Curious Jade Hell Puppy

youre supposed to get in by 10 am in biglaw

this train was stuck until like 11

it was only "rush hour" bc of massive delays on the 4/5 line

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796862)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:48 PM
Author: beady-eyed school boltzmann

Maybe as a junior, at my firm nobody expects you to be in that early unless you have meetings

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796872)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:49 PM
Author: Curious Jade Hell Puppy

i did biglaw in nyc through midlevel yrs..my firm expected pple to be in by 10 am and had a facetime policy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796875)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:55 PM
Author: crawly chad stag film

That's a shitty policy. I've never worked in a biglaw firm that had any sort of real facetime policy. I used to work from home all the time because I had a better computer setup there than at the office. There is literally nothing (other than meetings, which are flame to begin with) that can't be done remotely.

In-house is even better. Everyone dials in to everything and they think I'm a weirdo for dropping into people's offices (combination of force of habit, and my litigation background making me hesitant to put any more in writing than absolutely necessary). I was out for a week for a conference and nobody noticed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796895)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:58 PM
Author: beady-eyed school boltzmann

NYC biglaw? I think nyc is worse whennit comes to FaceTime. But there are some boomer partners who will just call you and ask you to “come up” at a moments notice. Even though my firm didn’t have a FaceTime policy I had to watch out for those partners

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796916)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:59 PM
Author: Curious Jade Hell Puppy

cr most of our partners just called us constanrly or emailed us to drop by..it sucked ass

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796919)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:18 PM
Author: crawly chad stag film

I was NYC biglaw but worked with partners who were traveling a lot. Everything was just done online. In-house I actually prefer to drop by and just ask questions rather than sit there and compose emails (which inevitably include at least one typo) but phone works too -- everyone just forwards their desk phone to their cell phone. I'd say on a given day maybe 50% of the group is in-office.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797002)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:58 PM
Author: Curious Jade Hell Puppy

facetime is probably dependent on the dept too. some depts are shittier than others within firms. mine just happened to suck. i hated most of the pple there too.

government is even better than in house. i work like 10 hrs a week and wfh on fridays. pay is low but its flyover and it goes up to 150k in a few yrs with pension. i cant recommend gov more to lawyers looking for a chill job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796917)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:48 PM
Author: Turquoise rebellious parlour

so don't live in new york city.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796868)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:50 PM
Author: Boyish bearded stage

"Oh, look, an empty train car!"

"Dude."

"What's the problem? Come on..."

"Dude."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796877)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:50 PM
Author: glittery navy quadroon

lol @ venturing out of MFH

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796878)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:52 PM
Author: Curious Jade Hell Puppy

cr

the outer boroughs are all shitholes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796884)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 2:37 PM
Author: aggressive spectacular school cafeteria cumskin

Most of the OP applies just as well to the 1/2/3 or A/C/E trains too... compared to a midsized european city's transit system our subway is a pathetic joke

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797427)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:52 PM
Author: pontificating adventurous kitchen

reminder: delhi has 200km plus of modern subway that blows away anything in TTT USA... mumbai is building 200km plus of new subway and will be finished in 5 or so years

ljl at amerikkka, invade countries and build aircraft carriers and give tax cuts to big nosed snowniggas

but nothing else <<<NOMODERNSUBWAY>>>

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796885)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:53 PM
Author: beady-eyed school boltzmann

Imagine the smell

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796887)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:00 PM
Author: pontificating adventurous kitchen

yes, pradeep walks into the delhi metro, a gentle scent of fresh cardamon and rose fills the air as he goes downstairs on the modern escalator.. he goes past the turnstile using the most advanced ticketing system on earth, developed by IIT engineers in bangalore. pradeep waits patiently in an orderly line for his train to come, he enters the modern coach car to the scent of fresh tikka masala smells that remind him of his mother puja's cooking. feminine thin women in traditional indian saris line the interior of the train... pradeep then opens his briefcase, takes out his steel pipe, and proceeds to rape them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796921)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:01 PM
Author: beady-eyed school boltzmann

“Feminine thin women”

Lmao you broke immersion there

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796932)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:02 PM
Author: Curious Jade Hell Puppy

"proceeds to rape them"

lmao you should become a writer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796935)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:11 PM
Author: Bateful Garrison

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796971)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:27 PM
Author: idiotic low-t abode

Hello mam, I .... * briefcase full of pipes falls open *

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797041)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:32 PM
Author: swashbuckling khaki institution brethren

Cascades into other briefcases, all spilling pipes out like dominoes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797084)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:41 PM
Author: pontificating adventurous kitchen

Oh diss veddy veddy bad

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797141)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:46 PM
Author: Primrose Multi-colored Tanning Salon Son Of Senegal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797165)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:53 PM
Author: Curious Jade Hell Puppy

usa has the worst subway systems in the world

i was blown away by hong kongs subway...cot damn. so clean, cheap, and fast.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796889)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:56 PM
Author: crawly chad stag film

It's true. Though NYC is kind of fucked because (1) it's 100 years old, (2) it's 24/7 and that couldn't be changed without an uprising, and (3) MTA is controlled by Albany, which hates NYC, and so they take money out of our budgets constantly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796902)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:54 PM
Author: idiotic low-t abode



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796890)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:55 PM
Author: flushed set

Interesting day for you to poast this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796897)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:56 PM
Author: Bat Shit Crazy Selfie

why did you put subway in scare quotes. are you accusing the train of being above ground?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796904)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:58 PM
Author: crawly chad stag film

To be fair, a lot of it is indeed above ground.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796914)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:00 PM
Author: Curious Jade Hell Puppy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796925)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 12:57 PM
Author: Cordovan Soul-stirring Gas Station Famous Landscape Painting

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=946802&forum_id=2#11074907

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796909)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:08 PM
Author: swashbuckling khaki institution brethren

Kind of stupid to choose to complain about the line that's being shut down for repairs in a month

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37796957)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:31 PM
Author: stimulating liquid oxygen

u actually got off easy

try this:

1. fights happening in front of u

2. 30 minute delays in either 20 degree freezing weather or 100 degree summers with no heat or a/c

3. entire sections packed and the next section is empty because a homeless guy defecated all over the floor and it smells like death and even the 10,000 cops in the city making $100k and collecting pensions don't want to do their jobs

4. randomly scheduled maintenance or breakdown of ur train so u have to get off for the day, also people killing themselves by jumping into trains which also shuts down the entire line for the day

5. general nastiness. people smell like shit, brush up all on you, push ur shit in, throw their dick in ur ass, massive B.O and cum stains rubbing against your clothes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797077)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:44 PM
Author: Curious Jade Hell Puppy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797151)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:37 PM
Author: excitant sound barrier party of the first part

Yeah, I used to hate cops as a teenager and college kid. Now I can't get enough of them after seeing how disgusting our streets are. I give them free range to brutalize addicts and criminals.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797118)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:45 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle dysfunction



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797157)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:46 PM
Author: Primrose Multi-colored Tanning Salon Son Of Senegal

NYC is a dump

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797167)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 1:56 PM
Author: Impressive national windowlicker

i had a night where it was 1am and the L hasn't shown up for over an hour, someone casually explained later that someone got shoved into an oncoming train a few stops earlier. ljl at nyc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797214)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 2:32 PM
Author: up-to-no-good forum

you forgot to add in about the black that will inevitably have their rap music loud enough for all to hear, despite having their earbuds in. I used to commute to lower and this happened 100% of the time, and it was always a black person - usually multiples.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797404)



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Date: February 17th, 2019 2:32 PM
Author: beady-eyed school boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4203101&forum_id=2#37797407)