The doors (двери) on the Metpro cars are just as viscous as our apartment elevator doors. I was in the metpro this morning picking something up and a woman almost had her purse cut in half by the closing doors.
In New York the subway doors close more slowly and a bit more gently – everybody knows this. If you’re stuck between the doors or something you’re carrying gets stuck the conductor, while irritated, will re-open the doors to clear the jam-up. Not so on the Москва Metpro. Whether you’ve gotten yourself or your belongings in or not at the appointed moment the doors snap shut quickly and forcefully – no second chances.
The woman I mentioned was late and tried for the door just as it was snapping shut with herself still on the outside and the doors clamped down on her purse. If the doors edges had been sharpened (I not sure they aren’t – have to check some day) they would have chopped the purse in half. As it was, there was a large dent in it. Fortunately, there was a security guard (they are all over the Metpro and Mockba in general (see future post on security guards) on the platform and saw the woman and grabbed the door edge (so they’re not sharpened) and yanked on it will all his might creating a little space so she could extract the dented purse. They don’t fool around here.
Доследующегораза,
Борис
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