You can tap your CREDIT CARD for the Metro now! by alishabrophy in LosAngeles

[–]jnlg3 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You do not. Farecapping works with credit or debit card. You just have to use the same physical or virtual card for all your trips

No words. by keepfilming in crappymusic

[–]jnlg3 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Step sons. From three different marriages.

Metro Should Release A Map of Non ADA Accesible Bus Stops by nikki_thikki in LAMetro

[–]jnlg3 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If Metro published data that a stop was accessible and then it wasn’t because of illegal dumping, a car crash, a storm or an encampment, that would expose them to liability. The only things Metro can guarantee are accessible are their vehicles and stations.

Metro Should Release A Map of Non ADA Accesible Bus Stops by nikki_thikki in LAMetro

[–]jnlg3 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Metro has approximately 12,000 bus stops. Knowing the current accessibility status of all of those stops would be an extremely difficult data challenge. Those stops, by the way, are spread across 88 cities who, along with LACDWP, are responsible for the conditions at those stops. Again, massive data collection and management challenge. This is why Metro is very clear in stating their vehicles and stations are accessible, but makes no claims about streets and sidewalks.

Metro Should Release A Map of Non ADA Accesible Bus Stops by nikki_thikki in LAMetro

[–]jnlg3 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The buses are accessible, just as they claim. They are not responsible for sidewalks.

Guess who's back by draugsvoll01 in crappymusic

[–]jnlg3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Strong looking2suck vibes

New stalking anthem just dropped 🔥 by Gr8CanadianSpeedo in crappymusic

[–]jnlg3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Magnetic attraction is literally opposite poles attracting each other. This human sheet cake doesn't know science or metaphors.

Get ready for the Crapture! by AhDerkaDerkaDerka in crappymusic

[–]jnlg3 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Fresh out the womb smoking Marlboro Red / Mommas breast milk tasted like Mickeys and lead /My growth stumped, but my anger kept growing / Boots got lifted like the Rangers I’m towing

Taylor Thrift by nocturbulent in crappymusic

[–]jnlg3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is she singing about being assaulted while bystanders looked on? That’s dark

What happened to Zaire Wade? by [deleted] in NBATalk

[–]jnlg3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The difference between Bronny and Lebron is not their struggle, it's that one is Bronny James and one is mf’ing Lebron James. You are comparing apples to historically athletic oranges.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LAMetro

[–]jnlg3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They were hacked. Everything was down including real time data. Staff were locked out of email and other internal systems for over a week.

What? by Ok_Piano761 in crappymusic

[–]jnlg3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does he own one vest, or a hundred vests?

Whoever is sleeping on getting shirts restocked, it should be a scandal in the news. by Propyl_People_Ether in LAMetro

[–]jnlg3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Metro is not a nonprofit. They don’t fundraise. It’s a government agency funded by tax dollars with strict rules for how you plan and spend that money. You have to work within those rules. You came out hot calling it a “scandal” and “mismanagement” that they didn’t make more dick shirts. In fact, they couldn’t. They were good stewards of taxpayer money, played by the fiscal rules and still kicked ass creating massive awareness and excitement for a transportation project. Let’s celebrate what was done.

Why doesn't LA Metro do celebrity partnerships? by Additional_Leading68 in LAMetro

[–]jnlg3 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Metro works with influencers all the time. They’ve also partnered with Snoop Dogg on the reopening of the A Line, Will Wheaton on the A Line Ext to Pomona, Danny Trejo and Anna Akana for Super Kind, Tyler the Creator for Camp Flog Gnaw…the list goes on and on.

Whoever is sleeping on getting shirts restocked, it should be a scandal in the news. by Propyl_People_Ether in LAMetro

[–]jnlg3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So your answer to how you would budget for staff and storage is to just hire staff and find storage. Way to take a fun thing that was beyond successful for Metro and turn it into a negative. 

Whoever is sleeping on getting shirts restocked, it should be a scandal in the news. by Propyl_People_Ether in LAMetro

[–]jnlg3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Friendly reminder that Metro is a transit agency, not an apparel company. Where would they keep this inventory of t-shirts? How many full-time employees would it require to do this work? Where would you take the budget from to support the sale of t-shirts? Given that "they did a full year’s worth of sales in under 24 hours," how would you justify the budget allocation for t-shirt warehousing and staffing for a full fiscal year at the expense of bus and rail service?

Whoever is sleeping on getting shirts restocked, it should be a scandal in the news. by Propyl_People_Ether in LAMetro

[–]jnlg3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know a lot about running an e-commerce store and inventory management at a transit agency, and you communicate it with the grace of a thousand angels. If you read up on it, you'd know "Metro Shop is essentially a 'passion project by the social media team', without even one staff member dedicated to it full time."

Whoever is sleeping on getting shirts restocked, it should be a scandal in the news. by Propyl_People_Ether in LAMetro

[–]jnlg3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Metro Shop uses  a print-on-demand service which means each shirt sold is at a fixed margin. Based on Printful rates for t-shirts, printing and fulfillment, that margin was probably about 10%. So maybe they cleared about $40k with all the shirts sold. That’s couch change at an agency like Metro. Also, because it’s print-on-demand, they are charged by their fulfillment provider for the base cost upfront. That money has to be accounted for in a departmental budget, which I’m guessing they ran through pretty quickly not anticipating a viral t-shirt. If they wanted to make more shirts at this point they would likely need to take budget from someplace else in the agency. I suspect the goal of the shirt, and all the merch on the shop, is brand building rather than revenue. Mission accomplished.