Cranky People
I rode into the City yesterday to meet a friend for a matinée. Local trains are not my favorite way to travel but beggars can't be choosers. Apparently I read the schedule wrong originally and would have been late if I took the train I originally planned on. I'm such a goof.
Anyway, with it being Mother's Day weekend, the train was more crowded than expected. Once we finally arrived in the City, I noticed a weird blinking light between my seat and the wall. Two words: lost cellphone.
Unloading the train took a few minutes. Walking along the platform was taking forever. Hundreds of people trying to walk up staircases slows the process a bit. I heard a woman behind me yelling obscenities about how people with large baggage were taking up room. FREAK!
As I passed in front of one door, a mother with a carriage was asking for help. So I bent over to grab the front of the carriage. Just as I grabbed hold and started to lift it down I heard "WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING F@%*FACE!!" The FREAK was back. The poor mother was mortified as well as the two guys standing nearby. Best I could do at that point was smile at the bystanders and wave goodbye to the mother. The day didn't start particularly well and I really didn't need any more headaches.
So with found cellphone in hand, I hunted down a conductor. When I finally found one I asked who should take it to Customer Service. After he looked at it and make a joke about calling Hawaii, he told me to take it up to Customer Service. As I was speed walking through the station (and I thought the place was crazy during weekday rush hour), a guy I was just about to come face-to-face with yelled out at me "GET OUT OF THE WAY YOU BLOND B!%$@". Apparently it was cranky people day.
Fortunately I was able to drop the cellphone at Customer Service and told the woman that it looked like "Mom" was the last one to call that morning. She was going to try and call "Mom" to track down the owner. They got a laugh out of "Mom" comment.
The rest of the day went better than expected. Coming home, we had to detrain from the low platform. That means maybe 4 doors for people to exit instead of 40+ doors. And we had to unload from the far end of the platform. Exercise!
Massive track work starts today and it's going to take months. Tomorrow evening should prove interesting because my homebound track is the first one being worked on.
Happy travels everyone and don't let the cranky people get to you! 
Posted: May 11, 2008 (Permlink to this Story)
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