
Don't Bother Taking the 11 for the Next Few Hours
Of course these morons failed to post an alert on the MARTA app for the Pride Parade. All the buses are stuck at Midtown. 😒

Of course these morons failed to post an alert on the MARTA app for the Pride Parade. All the buses are stuck at Midtown. 😒
I don't understand why the basic infrastructure of MARTA is so poor. I tried (and failed?) to catch #11 that was due to arrive at Clifton and Fishburne at 8:52 AM. I tried to catch the prior bus, but the tracker showed it was stuck near CVS.
The tracker showed the 8:52 bus was on time and caught up to the prior bus, which I assume broke down because heaven forbid they update the Alerts.
Since my stop is several stops after Fishburne, I made sure to arrived before 8:52 AM to ensure I made that bus. It's now 9:18 AM and STILL NO BUS!
I click on the route map at 9AM and suddenly it is showing two buses bunched up at the front of the line and the CVS bus disappeared from the map. Of course, the westbound bus that was just already tracking on Clifton is no longer on the map.
I click on the "next" bus that's leaving. It shows there is a bus at Midtown. I have no idea what the fuck is going on because the tracker can't accurately locate its own bus! That could be the CVS bus or the 8:52 bus.
Buses being late or breaking down don't bother me because shit happens. I just ask for an accurate tracker so I can plan accordingly. There are 4 major telematics companies with offices right here in Atlanta. There is zero reason for MARTA to have such raggedy shit!
I don't know how the sick and elderly use this system.
(Thanks for letting me rant.)
So I am about to miss the #17, which runs every 30 minutes and was already cancelled at 2:01 PM because I have to tap my card upstairs to get into the station, then tap out downstairs to access the bus bay. Since I just tapped my card, it will not let me out.
I'm at the point where I can't figure out if the people who run MARTA are idiots, sadists, or both.
It's hilarious that last year the show was interrupted to announce the election of Pope Leo, as noted on a thread from last year...
(Spoilers Ahead!)
and today the guy who gave Pope Leo a shout-out today not only spun for $1, but went on to win the showcase. We've come full circle.
I'm 5'9¾". Women's tall/long sizes are advertised for women 5'10" or taller.
In the early 2000s when flares and bootcut were the dominant style, I purchased most pants at the Gap family of stores, New York and Co, and Target. Once skinny pants became all the rage, I only needed to buy long yoga pants. Now that the pendulum has swung back to wide-leg and relaxed looks, I need to buy longs again.
LONGS ARE NO LONGER LONG ANYMORE!
I just bought a pair of flared dress pants at Old Navy in a long, tall yoga pants from JC Penney, and tall wide-leg jeans from Torrid and American Eagle and they don't reach the bottom of my shoes, like my pants from the olden days.
Long camis from Old Navy and Gap used to reach halfway down my butt. I always pay close attention to make sure I purchase their regular, not cropped, tanks in long. They only hit the top of my hips now.
The only retailer I have purchased from in the past 5 years whose long inseams are actually the appropriate length is American Tall. I have problems with the thinness of their materials and the fact that they are strictly online.
Tall ladies, what retailers actually sell long/tall pants that are an appropriate length?
I am at Ulta. I only see Leave-In conditioners with scents listed - North Bondi, St. Barts and Melrose.
Kind of rude. Not everyone wants to have fragrances from every product we use clashing.
Trader Joe's has a dupe, but it is not as good as the Ouai Leave-In. Please let me know if you have recommendations for similar leave-ins that help with moisture and detangling that are not perfumed.
If you are unable to take the stairs, don't bother coming to the station entrance next to the mall parking structure.
If you can't take stairs, please be aware that the escalators will be out through November 2026. Today the elevator is down as well.
I tried to catch the #48 bus southbound from Dunwoody station at 6:39 PM today. The driver said she was deadheading, but another bus was coming. No time was provided for the next bus showing up and no bus is showing on the tracker 30 minutes later.
The bus drove from Dunwoody to Chamblee station, which is half the route. Does anyone know the reason why passengers are not allowed to ride a deadhead route that traveled the bus' normal route? It's wasteful and poor customer service.
I am pissed because I went from having a 10 minute ride to Walmart via route 11 to a minimum hour ride there and plus an hour back (have to take 3 buses). Now my best option to get to Walmart is to go after work because I can get on the 48 within 20 to 30 minutes with a short walk to Chamblee.
I just had to email MARTA because Midtown Station is listed twice as a destination on the MARTA On the Go App. This bus is supposed to run every 30 minutes, but the app shows 2 buses within a few blocks of each other, but the first bus is only listed as 13 minutes late when it should show as being about 30 minutes behind.
Hopefully they will fix the app and route ASAP.
I'm a little annoyed that they even arrested Squeak. That lady, and Bernard most likely, is never heard speaking on the wire.
She was upset at Bernard for having a gun in his car because they were both on parole. Other than annoying her boyfriend all day, she didn't commit any crimes.
If I was her lawyer, I would say my client thought her partner worked at a funeral home and she never saw anything other than legitimate funeral activities happening there when they both went to drop phones off.
I just reloaded my Breeze card at Dunwoody station on the 2nd floor by the parking structure. Please drop the names of other stations that now have working Breeze card vending machines.
Edit: You can still enter the station for free.