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		<title>By: kmlypcwrj bhjvgois</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/08/11/dear-dc-visitors-and-tourists-please-listen-up/#comment-64201</link>
		<dc:creator>kmlypcwrj bhjvgois</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: kmlypcwrj bhjvgois</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/08/11/dear-dc-visitors-and-tourists-please-listen-up/#comment-64200</link>
		<dc:creator>kmlypcwrj bhjvgois</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Bruce/Crablaw</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/08/11/dear-dc-visitors-and-tourists-please-listen-up/#comment-64199</link>
		<dc:creator>Bruce/Crablaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have considered preparing a &quot;dear dumb***&quot; YouTube or slideshow on &quot;how to ride the Metro.&quot;  Step 1: how to stand in a place other than immediately in front of the ^&amp;#()*$# door - walking tips.  Step 2: how to obey the driver, native Mid-Atlantic English speaker version (non-Anglophone visitors excused).  Step 3: how not to catch your backpack in the door like a visiting hayseed from rural Utah.  Step 4.  how to ride the escalator in countries where they drive on the right.  Step 5: how to read a &quot;next train in 2 minutes&quot; sign, and use that info to not jump into a hopeless packed train car.  Step 6: Hydraulics for Politicos 101 - why passengers must leave a packed Metro car before more can board.

My own theory is that the passenger pool average IQ will improve once the GOP &quot;talent&quot; [sic] pool of hacks, flacks, tools, whores and weenies takes their &quot;heckuva job&quot; back to Bob Jones University or Regent Law School [sic] or their alumni associations and gets replaced by public servants who actually want to serve the country well.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have considered preparing a &#8220;dear dumb***&#8221; YouTube or slideshow on &#8220;how to ride the Metro.&#8221;  Step 1: how to stand in a place other than immediately in front of the ^&#()*$# door &#8211; walking tips.  Step 2: how to obey the driver, native Mid-Atlantic English speaker version (non-Anglophone visitors excused).  Step 3: how not to catch your backpack in the door like a visiting hayseed from rural Utah.  Step 4.  how to ride the escalator in countries where they drive on the right.  Step 5: how to read a &#8220;next train in 2 minutes&#8221; sign, and use that info to not jump into a hopeless packed train car.  Step 6: Hydraulics for Politicos 101 &#8211; why passengers must leave a packed Metro car before more can board.</p>
<p>My own theory is that the passenger pool average IQ will improve once the GOP &#8220;talent&#8221; [sic] pool of hacks, flacks, tools, whores and weenies takes their &#8220;heckuva job&#8221; back to Bob Jones University or Regent Law School [sic] or their alumni associations and gets replaced by public servants who actually want to serve the country well.</p>
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		<title>By: Oliver Willis</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/08/11/dear-dc-visitors-and-tourists-please-listen-up/#comment-64198</link>
		<dc:creator>Oliver Willis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;where they think their city is the pinnacle of society&lt;/i&gt;

Unlike NYC or Chicago, we&#039;ve got &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.whitehouse.gov&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; building, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc76.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; building and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.supremecourtus.gov/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; one, so yeah, the pinnacle is here. :)
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>where they think their city is the pinnacle of society</i></p>
<p>Unlike NYC or Chicago, we&#8217;ve got <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov" rel="nofollow">this</a> building, <a href="http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc76.htm" rel="nofollow">this</a> building and <a href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/" rel="nofollow">this</a> one, so yeah, the pinnacle is here. <img src='http://www.oliverwillis.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: StarkyLuv</title>
		<link>http://www.oliverwillis.com/2007/08/11/dear-dc-visitors-and-tourists-please-listen-up/#comment-64197</link>
		<dc:creator>StarkyLuv</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know Wahsingtonians have this weird thing where they think their city is the pinnacle of society (I&#039;m from Chicago, and the air of superiority in this area is ammusing) but this problem of people stand all over on the escalator happens EVERYWHERE. In every big city.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know Wahsingtonians have this weird thing where they think their city is the pinnacle of society (I&#8217;m from Chicago, and the air of superiority in this area is ammusing) but this problem of people stand all over on the escalator happens EVERYWHERE. In every big city.</p>
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		<title>By: mdhatter</title>
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		<dc:creator>mdhatter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wouldn&#039;t want gridlock in Washington.....
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		<title>By: Rodney</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rodney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I lived in London (UK) for years and it was the same - you always stand on the right on the escalators in tube stations (I think there are even notices to that effect). And it was always annoying that tourists would dawdle on the left and get in the way if you were running for a train. At least now we know they&#039;re not from Washington ...
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I lived in London (UK) for years and it was the same &#8211; you always stand on the right on the escalators in tube stations (I think there are even notices to that effect). And it was always annoying that tourists would dawdle on the left and get in the way if you were running for a train. At least now we know they&#8217;re not from Washington &#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Thomas</title>
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		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;i&gt;Type A people can hurry past on the left.&lt;/i&gt;

I&#039;m not sure I like the implications of that statement.
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<p>I&#8217;m not sure I like the implications of that statement.</p>
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		<title>By: Duros62</title>
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		<dc:creator>Duros62</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Please don&#039;t stand on the oscillator. It makes me quiver.
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		<title>By: david w donnell</title>
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		<dc:creator>david w donnell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>When you&#039;re finished with the escalators in DC would you kindly come to NYC and  deal with the pedestrians walking on the left on our sidewalks?

And it&#039;s not just tourists: locals don&#039;t seem to get it either, including my ex-girlfriends and now my wife.

I&#039;ve considered getting a t-shirt with huge block letters saying KEEP RIGHT. (Alas, it might be interpreted as a political message.)
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When you&#8217;re finished with the escalators in DC would you kindly come to NYC and  deal with the pedestrians walking on the left on our sidewalks?</p>
<p>And it&#8217;s not just tourists: locals don&#8217;t seem to get it either, including my ex-girlfriends and now my wife.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve considered getting a t-shirt with huge block letters saying KEEP RIGHT. (Alas, it might be interpreted as a political message.)</p>
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		<title>By: Soullite</title>
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		<dc:creator>Soullite</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is a stupid policy. Sure, it might be rude to block the entire oscillator, but at the same time this won&#039;t change anyone&#039;s behavior for the same reason all that yelling never did anything.

People will resent abrasive people who believe themselves to be more important than the person standing on the oscillator. That will make them more likely to obstruct people, because people don&#039;t like to be made to feel small.

The smarter idea would have been to make a ramp or a set of stairs. That way, people will naturally gravitate towards the style of locomotion that they prefer.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a stupid policy. Sure, it might be rude to block the entire oscillator, but at the same time this won&#8217;t change anyone&#8217;s behavior for the same reason all that yelling never did anything.</p>
<p>People will resent abrasive people who believe themselves to be more important than the person standing on the oscillator. That will make them more likely to obstruct people, because people don&#8217;t like to be made to feel small.</p>
<p>The smarter idea would have been to make a ramp or a set of stairs. That way, people will naturally gravitate towards the style of locomotion that they prefer.</p>
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		<title>By: Misplaced Patriot</title>
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		<dc:creator>Misplaced Patriot</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hmm, in Toronto, there were little notes attached to the escalator.  &quot;Stand to the right, walk to the left.&quot;  It was easy to catch on, and I wondered why no other city did it.

Make it obvious that there is a simple rule, and most Americans will see the rightness and justness of it.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hmm, in Toronto, there were little notes attached to the escalator.  &#8220;Stand to the right, walk to the left.&#8221;  It was easy to catch on, and I wondered why no other city did it.</p>
<p>Make it obvious that there is a simple rule, and most Americans will see the rightness and justness of it.</p>
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		<title>By: Oliver Willis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Oliver Willis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At least!
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		<title>By: August J. Pollak</title>
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		<dc:creator>August J. Pollak</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jesus.  I can&#039;t believe it took, what, thirty years for them to start doing this?
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