Harassment on WMATA
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Metro, you have a problem. Are you going to do anything about it? #wmata pic.twitter.com/j7H8BE3xtc
— Unsuck DC Metro (@unsuckdcmetro) August 8, 2018
Plz explain to me why men need so much attention from women they don’t know? McPherson Sq #wmata employee stands in front of the booth eeryday saying hello ladies for a response. He gets one & says “I needed that” wtf
— city girl dc (@citygirldc) August 8, 2018
every afternoon leaving work, i was harassed by a #wmata employee at the NoMa-Gallaudet station which has only stopped because there are no northbound trains at the moment. once he came out of the booth & tried to follow me up to the platform https://t.co/8P5enjsfdL
— almost Dr Imani Mosley, ABD, MA x 2, MM x 2, BMus (@imanimosley) August 8, 2018
I’ve been followed up the escalator, I’ve been stared at and harrassed by bus drivers . . . One bus driver told me that I walk like I know my cookie is good. They definitely need sexual harrassment training.
— Charlene Hill (@charlenehill67) August 8, 2018