{"id":44630,"date":"2017-05-05T16:53:22","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T20:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=44630"},"modified":"2020-08-01T16:53:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T20:53:30","slug":"doesnt-sound-like-this-was-part-of-the-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=44630","title":{"rendered":"Doesn\u2019t sound like this was part of the plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-image alignnone wp-image-44631 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/martatrainfire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/martatrainfire.jpg 510w, https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/martatrainfire-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Let\u2019s not forget that MARTA is still MARTA; despite the diabolical ploy to destroy roads to get more people to use the service, MARTA is still MARTA and tripping over themselves in ways like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/atlanta\/passengers-evacuated-after-marta-train-catches-fire\/519464007\">trains catching fire, leading to mass underground evacuations<\/a>, should not be unexpected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Yeah, pretty sure this wasn\u2019t a part of Keith Parker\u2019s plan, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/atlanta\/source-multiple-people-shot-at-westlake-marta-station\/512319695\">much like gun fights<\/a> at MARTA stations, but I\u2019ve always had the belief in business that you cannot expect to succeed if you lose sight of what brought you to the dance.\u00a0 In the case of MARTA, Keith Parker has been so wrapped up in his evil plan to sabotage Atlanta roadways, that he\u2019s neglecting to do his part of the job that involves actually watching over MARTA itself, and shit like trains catching fire are happening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">In spite of how concerning and probably scary it was for those riding on the train to see the cars fill up with smoke, I\u2019m a little fascinated by if I were on the train when it happened.\u00a0 I\u2019ve always been curious of what it would be like to walk through an underground train path, like those hippie urban explorers used to do up in New York City, illegally, but in the case of these MARTA riders, it was the only option, and completely sanctioned.\u00a0 They\u2019d get to walk through sections of Atlanta nobody ever sees, save for MARTA or city maintenance people, and I think that\u2019d have been kind of cool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">Either way, amusing story nonetheless.\u00a0 MARTA has been something of a little savior in light of all the road problems throughout the city, but also can\u2019t help tripping over themselves when their trains catch fire.\u00a0 It\u2019s like a golden ticket was given to the company, and they\u2019re so overjoyed with the opportunity that they\u2019re losing sight of the actual operations part of the MARTA and allowing shit like fires and gun fights restrain just how much growth and goodwill they can actually gain from it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Lora; font-size: 12pt;\">That\u2019s MARTA for us all, though; unending unintentional ironic humor.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s not forget that MARTA is still MARTA; despite the diabolical ploy to destroy roads to get more people to use the service, MARTA is still MARTA and tripping over themselves in ways like trains catching fire, leading to mass underground evacuations, should not be unexpected. Yeah, pretty sure this wasn\u2019t a part of Keith &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=44630\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Doesn\u2019t sound like this was part of the plan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[112,45,118],"class_list":["post-44630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-brog","tag-crime","tag-fail","tag-marta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44632,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44630\/revisions\/44632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}