I'm starting to feel bad for Metro

Since June’s deadly Metro crash on the red line Metro has been getting hammered by local media, and deservedly so.

In the moths following the crash service across all lines was visibly worse, and service on the Red Line just recently returned to normal, which is to say, still not great.

Even occasional Metro riders have some horror story about some incident that happened to them, and since riders have come forward with pictures of Metro drivers using cell phones, falling asleep, watching tv, peeing in Doritos bags, and a lot more.

What a terrible agency, right? Then, today the Awl posted its latest Friendly Chat with Logan Sachon, with a member of the Foreign Service currently serving in Libya:

Actually at the same time that I was applying to the Foreign Service, I was also going through the application process to be a bus driver for DC Metro. Applying to the Foreign Service is a long, drawn out process; but they got back to me before Metro, which says something about DC.

An agency that actually hires slower than an agency that has to have people clear multiple security clearances, and these drivers still piss in Doritos bags in view of passengers?!

Then I felt bad for poor Metro, but just a second. I mean, drivers peeing in Doritos bags, unless Metro drivers are pulling from the same hiring pool as Street Sense, then there are some serious problems.