Riding the light rail (regional transit) is an experience in the human condition; personalities and lives are on parade - and sometimes in your face. As I travel to and from work on the train, in daylight and darkness, I listen and observe...
and I will share.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Getting Off at a Different Stop in Life
Conversation overheard on the train: "Oh, I've learned, now. I want to get a job and make money the right way and live a right life, instead of sellin' drugs, winding up in prison, and losing my baby." On this Friday before Christmas...amen to that.
I have been riding light rail for more than 15 years. I have made friendships, laughed loudly, minded my own business, been spit on, peed on, propositioned (by a guy named Sheldon), citationed, broken up fights and have had to call law enforcement or paramedics. Just to get to and from work each day...
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