metro
Sitting in Something
Morning squirrel count: 8 Well, now I’ve done it. Because of my arthritis, I prefer to sit during my commute. My knees and ankles can’t take the strain that comes with standing on a jerky train for a long time, so I’ll take any seat available. In the past, this has included the corner formed … Continue reading
Mascara on the Metro
I ended up sitting next to one of those awful creatures who groom themselves on the metro. This one spent a good five minutes applying mascara (which she only checked a few times…I counted a minimum of 30 swipes with the wand PER EYE), took out one of those little “Daily Word” pamphlets, and then … Continue reading
Leave Her Alone, The Temp, Accolate
People can be so rude on the metro! Last night, a young black woman (she turned out to be 24) got on the train pushing a stroller with a small baby in it. A young black man got on at the same time, and although they obviously weren’t together he kept asking about the child. … Continue reading
Odd Guy on Metro
Very strange…I got on the metro and a guy was sitting there falling asleep. I took my seat, and everybody else started doing the same. Suddenly this guy got up and made like he was going to move to another seat, but he fell flat on the floor, hard, with a definite thud. It took … Continue reading
Morning Commute Activism
I was an activist this morning. It wasn’t much, but I did something. There was a big red and white sticker promoting the Created Equal website, complete with an image of a fetus with its umbilical cord. The sticker was on a paid advertisement for the Whitman-Walker Clinic‘s AIDS services programs. I was sitting on … Continue reading
Some Morning!
Some morning! I was a minute or two late getting out the door this morning, but traffic was light and my girlfriend got us to the bus stop at 7:19. The bus isn’t supposed to get there until 7:20, so when my girlfriend asked if I’d catch it I said “sure” and got out of … Continue reading
Person Dragged by Metro Train
Oh my goodness. Remember the incident last month when my balloons got caught in the doors of the subway train? It seems a person got caught and dragged along a platform on January 9th. I saw an article about it in today’s Washington Times; I’m not sure why we hadn’t heard of it sooner. I … Continue reading
Grooming on Metro
For most people, riding to work on the Metro is a solitary event. Sometimes couples commute together and converse, or friends run into each other and start to chat. But for the majority of us, it’s a time to enjoy quiet pursuits without the intrusion of others. A great number of people read; newspapers are … Continue reading
Idiot Bus Drivers
How superb. I had thought I would be running late this morning and expected to barely catch the bus; instead it was several minutes late. I hoped we’d make up the time somewhere and went back to reading Liza Dalby’s The Tale of Murasaki, which I’d just begun. It was a new driver, of course … Continue reading
Random Acts of Kindness
Normally I prefer to sit on the train. It’s why I’m glad I get on at Vienna: I don’t think I have ever had to stand. Today when I came down the escalator one train had just arrived, and the other was full. I was running a couple of minutes late, so I walked down … Continue reading