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umbligado OP t1_itelv6s wrote
Reply to comment by atomlinson89 in They removed the charging outlets at Penn Station and replaced them with this garbage. by umbligado
No, sadly they were not there at all. I believe they have removed them. I saw a number of wood panels that were relatively new, and I think they replaced all the former plugs with those panels.
At this point I’m just waiting for them to take out the water fountains as well…
umbligado OP t1_ite932l wrote
Reply to comment by atomlinson89 in They removed the charging outlets at Penn Station and replaced them with this garbage. by umbligado
Oh snap. Didn’t realize they had been there. I saw nothing, and I circled three times. Also asked a the main desk in the lobby and he was like “nope, no outlets”.
umbligado OP t1_itdtr79 wrote
Reply to comment by MightaHadALittleFun in They removed the charging outlets at Penn Station and replaced them with this garbage. by umbligado
The table was free. It was just a long table with outlets on it. Some people would also work on their laptops while waiting for a train. It was pretty nice, and functional.
umbligado OP t1_itdlgoq wrote
Reply to They removed the charging outlets at Penn Station and replaced them with this garbage. by umbligado
There used to be a nice charging table/station right in the main waiting area. They removed it and now this is the only source of charging anywhere in the station. Normally that’s not an issue, and sure, I should probably have an external battery pack, but now I’m waiting for a significantly delayed train. Why can’t we keep nice things? That charging table was working just fine, and it was pretty new.
They removed the charging outlets at Penn Station and replaced them with this garbage.umbligado t1_ir3fg8q wrote
Reply to comment by Charming_Wulf in With towing reform shot down by the City Council, high fees and aggressive practices will continue in Baltimore by mindfulminx
It wouldn’t be an egregious burden, merely an obligation where there wasn’t one at all. The question is one of balance, and the current system is characterized by a substantial lack thereof.
umbligado t1_ir2tuv5 wrote
Reply to With towing reform shot down by the City Council, high fees and aggressive practices will continue in Baltimore by mindfulminx
To put this in context, you have to blow through a speed limit at 30MPH above just to reach a $290 ticket.
umbligado OP t1_itelxyw wrote
Reply to comment by Unusual-Thanks-2959 in They removed the charging outlets at Penn Station and replaced them with this garbage. by umbligado
Yeah I guess, but that’s such an extreme measure. It makes the experience of waiting for a train really miserable. Turns out that the plugs on the Amtrak also didn’t work, so I was pretty much out of luck.