I shake my fist at you, metro.

For someone that loves public transportation, I can honestly say that I am mad at it today.

First of all, the D.C. metro blasts heat out of side vents, located on each seat, even though the trains are already sweltering from the multitudes of bodies filling every crevice.

Secondly, today at least 150 of us piled onto the escalator up to Dupont Circle, standing two-by-two, only to be shocked when it stopped, mid-escalate! So our sweating bodies, about to faint from the heat of the metro, the weight of our bags, and the snug fit of our coats, hats, mittens, and scarves had to lumber up the entirety of the escalator (about 160 steps) behind a barely moving, extremely exhausted, cane-carrying senior citizen.

Metro! Please do not make an elderly man trudge up an escalator at the rate of 3 steps per minute! And while you're at it, please do not turn us into bumbling, torrid monsters with your freakish heating practices!