Hey all,
I know the title is a
little weird but it's my way of slipping you into one of my mad moments of
traveling. I thought you'd all enjoy what happened to me one day on the
way home from the movies.
Before I do, let me remind
you all that I am a writer. Which usually means I work alone. I'm
much happier wandering alone in the woods than pushing my way through a crowd,
even if it's in a beautiful interesting city. In fact, I'm of the belief
the world would be much better place if there were fewer humans in it.
LOL
So, knowing I don't play
well with others, understand too that each time I go out into a crowd I would
much rather be climbing a mountain or wading in an ice cold stream.
Alone.
But to do some things I
have to go out into the world. And I've learned to suck it up and make
the best of it.
Now for the story...
As you know, we don't have a car down here so we take public
transpo. Mostly metro and it's usually a nice way to get from place to
place. The buses are okay, too, but it's difficult to know when to get
off since most cities don't have their bus stops marked on maps. (idiots)
So, the metro for us 90% of the time. And we've learned NOT to
take it at certain times. Like when everyone and their brother are
getting off work. But we thought we were safe when we headed down to the
metro last night around 6:30. An hour and a half (we thought) after work
day's end.
WRONG.
We should have known when we saw all the ^%#*^$%& people in the
station. But we'd been walking all day and were tired. We didn't
want to walk the mile back to the hotel, so we got in line and headed
downstairs to catch the subway.
Sweet Baby Jesus there were soooooo many bodies. Everywhere.
Pushing and shoving and looking at me. Like they thought it was okay to be in my space. I hate people like that,
you know?
We had to wait three times to get on a train. Though part of that
was me just watching in amazement as grandmas older than dirt pushed their way
onboard. It was like a Youtube video of those places in India.
Truly scary.
We only got on because a completely empty train arrived. Jonathon said
they had to do that every once in a while or no one would get home. So on
we jumped and since we only had a couple of stops to go, I thought we were in
the clear. No worries. How much more crowded could it get?
I'm not sure if it was all the popcorn I'd eaten at the movie or I was just having a major
blond moment, but I was a total idiot.
The next stop I swear, a thousand people got on. Crowding and
shoving. Luckily, I saw them coming, so we scooted over next to the door
so we'd have it easy when we wanted to get off at the next stop. We were
so crowded I swear I could see up the nostrils of the guy standing next to
me. And I REALLY hope that was Jonathon's hand on my ass. Really,
I'm going to believe that.
But we were in and on our way and all of us holding our collective
breaths. I thought again, how much worse could it be.
Did I mention being an idiot?
But this time it wasn't the crowd around me. When the subway came
to a stop and we made to get out, that's when all HELL broke loose. And I
swear it wasn't my fault.
Much.
The car stops and the doors open and there are like a gazillion people
waiting to get one. Jonathon slides out and I follow him, but before any
of us are out the door, this heifer of a woman tries to force her way in
between us.
Oh no she didn't!
Really? If you want room to get on, let ME get off first!
But not this cow. She was pushing her way in and I must admit, me and my
friend claustrophobia just snapped. I couldn't puffer fish (think what a puffer fish does and you'll see what I mean)--we were all
too crowded, so I did the next best thing I could to stop her from forcing me
back onto the train.
I made like a swordfish and kinda poked (elbowed) her in the face.
She screeched and backed up and I took immediate advantage of her lapse
and scooted around her before pushing her back into the multitudes. I
think I heard her curse at me before she was swallowed into the crowd. I tried to feel bad about what I'd done, but at the risk of sounding like an eight year old, "SHE STARTED IT!!!" As
the train pulled away, I saw her staring at me through the window.
Honestly? I think her face looks much better that way.
All swollen and red and bruised. Maybe she'll think twice about being so damn rude and pushy. And I bet she won't ever mess with THIS puffer / swordfish
again. Stupid, stupid heifer. *grumble, growl*
Hey! Maybe with my mad skills I'll take up roller derby?
*snerk*
Until next Friday!
Hugs,
CJ England
Follow Your Dreams
http://cjengland.com/luckbealady/luckbealady.htm
4 comments:
Sounds like a very disorganized system.
Were those people in uniform pushers to get everyone one before the door closes? I've heard some subways have them.
Yeah. But it's more the people than the system. The system itself is pretty good, like many others we've used. But they haven't trained the people how to get on and off.
They do have attendants to help at each stop who can and will do what the pic does, but I've not seen it as bad as in the pic I found on the internet. That's probably one in Asia.
Wow! I would have been in panic mode...afraid of being separated. Michael would have looked at the crowd and said, "No Way In Hell are we going down there! We are walking!" He hates crowds! lol I bet she has pushed her way on for years and you were the first person to ever get in her face! lol GO CJ!!
Yeah, Phylis, it was pretty insane. I mega hate crowds and Jonathon is pretty good about getting me out of them. This time we didn't have much of a choice, we were so exhausted.
I hope she learned her lesson. I'd hate to have to break her face again. LOL
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