Monday, March 9, 2009

Some Advice

When you're in the subway station, and the train pulls up, and it's really packed, and then, all the sudden, in between two completely packed train cars, there is an empty one, you might be prone to thinking the following things, before proceeding to hop into the empty car:

  • "Is everyone STUPID? Why are they getting onto the packed cars when there is an empty one RIGHT THERE?!"
  • "Is everyone BLIND? Why are they getting onto the packed cars when there is an empty one RIGHT THERE?!"
  • "This is my lucky day! Who said the Metro Transit Authority was so terrible, anyway?!"

All of those thoughts are WRONG.

There is a reason people prefer to smash themselves into completely overcrowded subway cars and breath into the armpits of other passengers rather than comfortably sit in the seemingly empty one.

Just, trust me on this.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

I fall for this all the time. :-(

TS said...

True dat. That's one of the rare situations that I trust the herd mentality and just go along with everyone else without question. Learned the hard way...

Leadfoot said...

can someone please explain to this Angeleno? Why? Did someone stink up the empty car?

Earlene said...

Yes. To put it mildly.