For as long as I can remember, I’ve relied on the New York City subway and it never ceases to amaze me on what I can see on it.
Usually, the subway is filled with all sorts of people, from CEOs to the homeless. Its never a day on the subway without the daily choir of subway singers trying to survive on their so called talent, which is fine with me…mainly due to my iPhone’s music ability.
But, by chance its not the daily choir, its the break dancing kids that fill the subway before and after school hours. They can easily cash in on a huge day and its a win-win situation for them. They make money and they have fun. And they look pretty awesome doing what they do.
But the subways is always filled with the nutcases, the oddjobs, those that do the unbelievable. Its kinda brings you back to the comments made by John Rocker, former closer of the Atlanta Braves,
“It’s the most hectic, nerve-racking city. Imagine having to take the 7 Train to the ballpark, looking like you’re riding through Beirut next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It’s depressing.”
Alright, so he was a jackass based on that quote, but he kinda has a point, anything can happen on the subway!
This bring me to what happened to me today. I had just gotten off from work and realized that I had a 3 day holiday coming up (due to the luck of HR schd). Needless to say, I was in a state of happiness. The N train had just pulled into the station as I arrived at the platform. “Just my luck,” I assumed.
Just as I had taken a seat, I noticed the surrounding area was empty…during rush hour. The reason being, most tourists tend to fear the homeless and such a person had taken a seat across the train from me. Now, I don’t mind the homeless, as the trains tend to provide heat and shelter for them. I mean, they are human, no? If they paid for the subway ride, so be it, they can have a seat! But this guy had to be different. He had to ruin my day. As I sat there, I noticed many people in the train had this look of disgust on their face. As I turned my head, I noticed the source of disgust. The homeless guy was pleasuring himself! On the subway! In public! Can you believe that?!
Needless to say, at the next stop, I disembarked and took the next train. “Just my luck,” I assume. A great start to my mini holiday. Now, am curious, has anyone else dealt or experienced any oddjobs or unthinkable acts on the subway? Hit up the comments and let me know.
And how about a woot for an actual non-filler blog entry! Thank goodness for my iPhone!
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Yeuch, disgusting! Cattle prods would be great to have nearby for jerks like him.
I love this entry, it’s so amusing XD The trains here in Manila aren’t as crazy as yours since our society does a better job at teaching the nutjobs to be better at repressing (and hiding).
You should blog more. You hardly do. pfft.
And dude, love the layout. The last one was blah.
I’m planning on blogging more! At first, I barely had the time to blog, but I realized that have the time I’m on the train, I barely do anything. So, I enable blogging by e-mail and plan on blogging when I commute. LOL
As for as the layout goes, I couldn’t figure out the comment problems on the last one. I updated WP thinking it will fix the problem, but it didn’t. In the update, this theme was there by default and I liked it, so I went with it. Change a thing or two tho.
Great post. It reminds me of the time when my boys were younger and we went to NYC. While there we regularly took the subways, and I completely understand where you’re coming from. Never saw any homeless guy pleasuring himself, but we saw all kinds of people from all walks of life. Amazing, in a sense, but as tourists we were a little wary.
But my boys, they loved the subways. Bless their hearts, for them it was like Disneyland. Matter of fact, it wasn’t as bad as I had imagined it. Did they clean it up dramatically over the years? That’s what I’ve heard. Still, we were extra careful going through the subways.
Maaaaaaaaan. It’s been half a year since I last took the train. I am so missing out.
… not on self-pleasuring homeless men though. o_O The main train here separates the men from the women. That in itself is amusing since it’s fun to watch women being bitchy to one another. =D