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Subway Pet Peeves


Every day I ride the subway and I have a developed a mental list of my pet peeves on the subway. Here goes:

  1. People who lean on the pole as if they are the only ones who want to use it.
  2. Small screaming children, ignored by parents
  3. Mariachi bands, flutists and ukulele players
  4. Beggars like the one today who just repeated, angrily, "Anyone care?! Anyone care?!"
  5. People who shove you out of the way to beat you to an open seat
  6. People who litter, magazines and bottle especially
  7. People with those cell phones that act as walkie talkies who yell into their phones "Yeah, I'm on the bridge, I can't hear you! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!" Guess what buddy, I can hear you.
  8. Girls with headphones on that proceed to dance and sing on the train
  9. Wanna be rappers. I once had to listen to a whole song that consisted of "I'm a n****r cause I'm black," repeated, loudly in my ear for the length of my ride.
  10. People who wipe their nose and then grab the pole with the same hand. Ewwwww.
  11. Teenagers who, because they are out of school, decide to use the subway as their personal playground to climb and scream in. I do not ride the subway around the time school gets out if I can help it.
I am sure I will think of more later. Every day I am amazed by the crazy things I see on the subway. Strange people abound. If I see anything particularly weird, I'll let you know.


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Anonymous said…
Ah, the joy of the subway...while I enjoy the joy of driving a gas guzzling Suburban whilst receiving angry glares from the tiny little import in the next lane over. I'd almost feel bad then I leave them in the dust when the stoplight turns green, as their gas-saving vehicle putzes along at the speed of growing grass. Yes I want to save the world. But I'd like to get somewhere with my family of five before the next ice age too. Oh, woe is me. Rant over!! Hi Ali!!
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