Thursday, November 20, 2003
I ride the "E" train to work every morning. I ride in the last car, so I'll be right by the escalators when I exit. The last car is always over crowded so I have to stand. It's only 4 stops. The escalators travel about two stories to the street level. There is an unwritten rule to using the escalators:
"STAND ON THE RIGHT/WALK ON THE LEFT"
For some reason, not everyone knows this rule. This boggles my mind since they all look like commuters and people who take the same train everyday. I knew the rule even before I actually knew the rule. So, there's always the bad seed that stops walking on the left hand side. I am surprised at how angry I feel when this happens. I look around wondering why we've stopped. I wonder if I'll ever make to the top. I wonder why people don't just shove them out of the way, back to the right hand standing side. Today a lady stopped right in front of me. The pressure was on. I had nowhere to turn until suddenly, from behind, a guy yelled "Move to the right if you aren't going to walk". He actually said it. For the first time someone spoke the words I had been dieing to say so many times. I wonder what would happen if I had shouted it. Would I feel a rush? Or just terrified of the people around me? This is a huge new fear of mine. Can I live with it? I think so. Will I ever actually shout the words, "Move it lady!". Probably not.
"STAND ON THE RIGHT/WALK ON THE LEFT"
For some reason, not everyone knows this rule. This boggles my mind since they all look like commuters and people who take the same train everyday. I knew the rule even before I actually knew the rule. So, there's always the bad seed that stops walking on the left hand side. I am surprised at how angry I feel when this happens. I look around wondering why we've stopped. I wonder if I'll ever make to the top. I wonder why people don't just shove them out of the way, back to the right hand standing side. Today a lady stopped right in front of me. The pressure was on. I had nowhere to turn until suddenly, from behind, a guy yelled "Move to the right if you aren't going to walk". He actually said it. For the first time someone spoke the words I had been dieing to say so many times. I wonder what would happen if I had shouted it. Would I feel a rush? Or just terrified of the people around me? This is a huge new fear of mine. Can I live with it? I think so. Will I ever actually shout the words, "Move it lady!". Probably not.
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
I am very excited about my new blog. I didn't even know what a blog was until yesterday. Now I have one on my website and it's a huge success. Audiences are raving about it. It's Very New York. One day you're nothing and the next-EVERYTHING!
