Where Have You Gone Subway Token
January 11, 2010admin No Comments »I remember the days when you waited in line to purchase the New York City subway token. You know the one with cut out “Y” in the center. I have fond memories of the glassed-in transit employees counting out the tokens and then sliding them forward in the metal tray toward me. I remember how the tokens sounded when you dropped one into the turnstile. But mostly I remember how much I liked to jingle these small coins in my pocket made. Today we use a card and we swipe it. It all seems so impersonal. Progress is suppose to change your life. Replacing the token with a thin credit card shape plastic is the future for now. Yet I still find it sad. I miss the token.
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