If all of the metrocard machines are “temporarily” not accepting credit or debit cards, I will “temporarily” not be paying my fare. I don’t walk around with $121 in cash for the monthly, and since MTA cut the position of token booth clerk at our unimportant station (and not cleaning human excrement accumulating on the stairs for days), helpful fellow passengers will keep the emergency-door open for me and others who go on a fare strike.