I-Metrocard. Ungagoduki nayo.
Nantso ke into eyenziwa ngabakhenkethi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseJohn F. Kennedy kunye neenqwelo moya zabo ezibuyela ekhaya.
“Baza kwenza ntoni abakhenkethi ngabo?” yachaza enye yala madoda, ibonakalisa iqaqobana leMetroCards ayifumeneyo. “Zilahle enkunkumeni? Ndiyakwazi ukuzibamba kwaye ndikwazi ukwenza imali. "
Abantu abathetha ngokukhawuleza baqokelela ii-MetroCards kwiindawo ezimbini zothutho zaseQueens zasempuma ezidibanisa indlela yangaphantsi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya i-AirTrain: iSutphin Blvd./Archer Ave. eJamaica naseHoward Beach.
Ngee-MetroCards ezisasebenzayo, ezibizwa ngokuba "zi-swipers" emva koko zithengise ezinye ii-straphangers zokungena kwindlela engaphantsi kwendlela engaphantsi kwe-2.25 yeedola.
Amapolisa afihlakeleyo ngamanye amaxesha abamba ukubanjwa ngokuswayipha, kodwa uninzi lwehla ngokuqhwaba esihlahleni.
“Ukuba bendinokubanjwa, bendiza kuphuma ngentsasa elandelayo,” yatsho ingxokozelo eyayithetha neDaily News.
Eli qili – nelizibiza ngo-“J” – lithi aliwufumani umsebenzi osemthethweni. Kodwa unokwenza phakathi kweedola ezingama-30 ukuya kwi-80 yeedola ngosuku ngokuthengisa iiswipes, utshilo.
“Indigcina ndihluthi,” watsho.
Omnye umsebenzi wezothutho uthe ezinye zee-hustlers zingoyikisa, ukuba aziyoyiki, kubakhenkethi abathwele imithwalo.
Abakhenkethi abambalwa abaphuma ngaphandle kwedolophu, abaphawuleka ngokulula njengoko babeqhuba imithwalo yabo kwi-hub, bathi khange badinwe kukubuzwa ii-MetroCards zabo ezishiyekileyo.
UMasha Nebritova, oneminyaka engama-28 ubudala waseManhattan, uthi: “Ekuqaleni ndandingakhululekanga, kodwa emva koko ndacinga ukuba kukho umntu ocela uncedo kum.
UNebritova, umfoti, wayigcina iMetroCard yakhe. Uza kutyelela kuphela izalamane eRashiya kwaye uya kuyidinga kamva.
UWilliam Snoeren, oneminyaka engama-20, waseHolland, kunye nomhlobo bancama ii-MetroCards zabo zeveki, ezaziselungile kangangeentsuku ezimbini ezingakumbi.
“Asiyidingi,” watsho uSnoeren. "Kulungile ngam."
I-MTA ithi inokusebenzisa ingeniso eyilahlekayo xa ii-swipers zithengisa iihambo ebezinokuhlawulelwa.
Ukucaphula izikhewu kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali, i-MTA iye yanqumamisa inkonzo yaze yagxotha abasebenzi bothutho, kubandakanywa noonobhala beendawo zokuthengisa iithokheni – abadla ngokuba ngabo abaxela abo bathengisa ngokuswayipha emapoliseni.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “At first it was uncomfortable for me, but then I thought someone was asking me for help and I should stop,”.
- But he can make between $30 to $80 a day selling swipes, he said.
- I-MTA ithi inokusebenzisa ingeniso eyilahlekayo xa ii-swipers zithengisa iihambo ebezinokuhlawulelwa.
