Next train confusion
Me: They should fix the Next Train signs. I just missed that train because I didn't know which one was next.
Conductor of Braintree train: The Ashmont train always leaves first.
M: That doesn't make sense. The train that got here first leaves first.
C: The Ashmont train leaves first because the Ashmont line is shorter, and because it's rush hour until 8 pm.
M: How's it different during rush hour?
C: The Ashmont train leaves first during rush hour.
[another Ashmont train pulls in]
M: What about right now? That Ashmont train isn't leaving before your Braintree train.
C: They should fix the Next Train signs.
Conductor of Braintree train: The Ashmont train always leaves first.
M: That doesn't make sense. The train that got here first leaves first.
C: The Ashmont train leaves first because the Ashmont line is shorter, and because it's rush hour until 8 pm.
M: How's it different during rush hour?
C: The Ashmont train leaves first during rush hour.
[another Ashmont train pulls in]
M: What about right now? That Ashmont train isn't leaving before your Braintree train.
C: They should fix the Next Train signs.