The Charlie Card

In order to steer all commuters onto their new fancy 'Charlie card' (surely not named for possible multiple uses?) the MBTA has upped all subway and bus fees - so rather than having a quarter, dime and a nickel to hand in the morning I can have up to nine coins that now have to be put in the slot - which the MBTA as part of their evil plan, have made tiny so you need to hit it with an accuracy of Luke Skywalker aiming a proton torpedo at the Deathstar. But with less dramatic results.

So now, all the buses are really slow as they spend at least 10 minutes at every bus stop with old ladies (er, and me) fumbling for change and dropping coins on the floor.

On a good note it's not cold yet (in fact it's like a British summer) so at least waiting for the bus isn't painful.