you sick liiitle monkeeeey!

I love documentaries and came across what I thought would be a documentary about sleep. It is NOT.

1. The Science of Sleep is not a science show. It is about dreams though.
2. The Secret Life of Bees is not about bees at all.
3. Birds of America.. now that surely sounds like something with Marty Stouffer’s name all over it, or at least the Audubon Society, right? No.. it’s not.

Well.. that’s all I can think of for now…

1. On the back of every pay-per-ride Metrocard is an expiration date, so pay attention to when it expires. If you have an expired card that still has money on it, don’t fret. You can take it to a subway agent and have the balance transfered to a new card. This happened to a card I had in my pocket and forgotten about.

2. What to do if you have $0.05 or $0.10 left on your card? Don’t throw it away either, like a lot of people do. This is how the MTA gets free money from riders. Don’t give them the satisfaction.

You can do either of 2 things: merge several cards together, or keep filling the card with more money. If you’re paying by cash, you’ll have to refill it until the balance becomes a whole number of rides again. But if you’re paying by credit or debit card, you can add any arbitrary amount to the card, not just whole dollar increments. E.g., you can add $3.17 or $0.18… To merge the balance of 2 of more cards, just take them to a ticket agent and ask.

The Metrocard is a very wasteful design and I see them littered all over the place. People just use them and throw them away, often on the floor. There’s no incentive to refill, so it’s more garbage going into the landfill. I refill until the card becomes faded.