PATH drives transformative innovation to save lives. But we don’t drive trains.
So when the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s PATH commuter trains are delayed and you miss your date for pizza, tweeting at us @PATHtweets won’t help. Try @PATHtrain instead.
@Lana I am not enjoying #pizza because the @PATHtweets made me wait 35 minutes for a train out of Newark after getting here at 10:45. #FU
— Dave Lozo (@DaveLozo) October 25, 2013
We also can’t claim any credit when you tweet admiringly about the colorful PATH train decor.
@PATHtweets Love the colorful Icelandair train! Much nicer to look at after working all day! Good job! pic.twitter.com/kuUYMZmQAs — Sassy Michelle (@TheTurch) September 5, 2013
Life can take many PATHs
Sometimes it’s an advantage to be mistaken for another PATH. We got excited when actress Kristen Bell told her 1.41 million Twitter followers to donate $500 to @PATHtweets for a chance to join her at the premiere of her new Veronica Mars movie.
Oops. She meant to tag the Southern California advocates for homeless people called PATH, or People Assisting the Homeless (@PATHpartners). We are returning any accidental donations.
1st 100 to donate $500 to @PATHtweets will join me & @veronicamars cast for a private screening. Click GET INVITED: http://t.co/fGreu9XpYm — Kristen Bell (@IMKristenBell) February 27, 2014
That’s not us either
And that’s just the beginning. We’re not PATH International, which promotes equine-assisted activities and therapies for people with special needs, or PATH, the organization that provides child and family services in Minnesota, North Dakota, and Idaho.
People ask if we’re related to PATH.com, the private social network headquartered in San Francisco. We have an office in South San Francisco, but that’s the limit of our connection. They confuse us with Partnership for Transforming Health Systems II (PATHS2), which is based in Great Britain.
Not to mention the organizations with the word “path” as part of their name: Pathfinder International, Adaptive Path, Return Path, PathCorp, Direct Path Corporation, AgilePath Corporation. . .the list goes on and on.
We’re cool with you too, Dave
On this April Fool’s day, we admit we get a kick out of it when people contact us about their train service. And we’re doubly appreciative when they learn the difference between PATH, the international health organization, and PATH, the trains between New Jersey and Manhattan.
I hate you, @PATHTrain. 35 minutes is too long a wait for a train in Newark. I’m cool with you, @PATHtweets. — Dave Lozo (@DaveLozo) October 25, 2013
In honor of all the crossed PATHs, this week on Twitter we’re trying to connect every organization with “path” in its name under the hashtag #allthePATHs. So jump over to Twitter, tag all the “path” companies and organizations you can think of, and join the conversation.
Meantime, a little more venting
You say you can’t get enough of people tweeting at a global health organization about their commuter train? Neither can we:
Never thought I’d be so happy to sit and wait for a train. #thepathisback @cityofhoboken @pathtweets http://t.co/za7KiLOS — Brian Dieck (@briandieck) December 19, 2012
I have no idea how I will get to work if the PATH train is not up and running on Monday. (@PathTweets) — Tayari Jones (@tayari) November 1, 2012
says #why doesn’t the @Pathtweets#Path#train wait for the connecting #NewJersey#trainsit#train? #newyorkcity#rants — Janine (@JMack9) August 11, 2011
Dear Path Train, miss you. Hope you’re back soon. The bus just doesn’t compare. Cc @pathtweets #Hoboken
— Nithya Das (@nithyadas) November 15, 2012