Saturday, September 20, 2008

Commuter irritations.

I take public transport to work when I am in Philadelphia. My routine is constantly disturbed by people that just don't have their shit together. I don't care if you are on the train, the El, the bus or the trolley there is always 3 or 4 people during rush hour that don't have their fares ready. You find yourself in the push of the masses trying to get on or off the trolley and then there is this one idiot that has to sit down his igloo cooler, open it and dig through his sandwiches , beverages and dry ice to locate a pill bottle that he keeps his tokens in. Then after paying his fare, while 50 people are waiting and watching their transfer train leave the station without them, then he has to put the pill bottle back, replace all of the dry ice, sandwiches and beverages to the igloo cooler that is equipped with a home made strap for easy carrying and convenience. Wow! This friggin' traffic jam creator has rigged up his igloo cooler to make his day more convenient? I wish he'd just have his fare ready and in hand for when we arrive at the station. Now that would be convenient. It would be convenient for all the angered individuals that just missed their transfer because he is digging through his igloo cooler. Now, if this guy doesn't grind on your nerves you have the laptop guy who keeps his trans pass in his wallet. Of course he doesn't use the 30 minutes he is sitting and surfing the web while on the commute to pull out his trans pass and have it ready. He waits until we arrive at the station to stop the process and dig in his back pocket to retrieve his wallet and then dig through all the things searching for his trans pass. I just want to burst through the line and snatch his wallet from his hands and run away with it. And the guy with the igloo I have fantasies of kicking it off the trolley or throwing it off the bridge and into the river. I'm sure everyone else on the move with me every morning, like clock work, everyone else feels the same. The train is even worse. The conductor guy or whatever he is called announces when he enters the car to get your fares ready. He moves through the car checking trail passes and collecting money. There is even a little clip thingy on the seat head in front of you to put your ticket or pass and then we have the one friggin' idiot that is absolutely clueless that there is a person headed down the car to collect their fare and give them a ticket. Then we have to watch them hold up the process. I think they should be thrown from the train.

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