Weekly's Kauffman "First Person Ever" To Ask For Bus Map

Stupid cone of silence! King County Metro doesn't read Seattlest. They never link to us. (We bet they steal our posts, too.) So we're pleased to see them getting busted by the Weekly for not having a useful bus map. Cries out newcomer Kauffman:

All I need, I've been telling anyone who dares offer help to a guy staring up at a bus stop with bewilderment and rage on his face, is a good map: just a street map of Seattle with the bus lines printed on them. That's it. Portland, Vancouver, and New York have them.

And now our favorite bit from the article -- oh, sweet heaven we've got the shakes just preparing to cut 'n' paste:

I tried explaining what I was looking for to a couple of Metro staffers, and they were befuddled by my befuddlement. True to the spirit of good customer service, agency press rep Rochelle Ogershok spent a long time trying to figure out why the Web site and phone lines weren't enough for me—"You're the first person to ever ask for a map like that," she said...

The first person (see #35) ever? Kauffman mentions that Metro seems flummoxed by the fact that calling their Help Line or just jumping online wasn't his first thought. Their final advice? Carry a map of Seattle in addition to their system map, and cross-reference.

Hey! Problem solved, says Metro! Now give us $50 million more annually so we can add more buses going who knows where more often.