A Gentleman’s C

As subway “grades” consistently come out C or C-minus, why is the MTA continuing the charade of asking? There should be one grade — “needs improvement”:

The R and V subway lines received mediocre grades in the latest rider report card results released by New York City Transit.

Straphangers gave both Queens-to-Manhattan lines an overall C-minus grade.

The R received its lowest grades, Ds, for inaudible station and train announcements and uninformative station announcements. The V also received a D for inaudible station announcements.

Seriously, just do whatever it was you planned to do and get on with it! And on a related note, wouldn’t you feel dumb if your subway got an A? What would happen then?