Tip to DC Tourists

Never tell your Metro sob story to a native Washingtonian. They will have zero sympathy for your tale of woe about waiting ten minutes for the Red Line to Shady Grove. They might even laugh at you. Chances are, they once waited two hours to catch that very same train. You aren't a real Washingtonian until you've stood alone, at midnight, on a seedy subway platform, waiting for a train that never comes.