I'm nothing if not helpful

If you were in any way involved in the great Metrocard-buying clusterfuck at the 2nd Avenue F-train station, you might want to check your credit card balance. See, when anyone attempted to purchase a Metrocard with either a credit or ATM card at any of the four machines, the system timed out and an error message claimed that the card was unable to be read. Lucky for me, once my credit card timed out, I realized I had exactly $24 in my wallet, allowing me to purchase the weekly unlimited card that I needed. But guess what? My credit card was charged. Fucking MTA.

This has been a public service announcement from the cavefish.