Yep, that's right, I have just discovered New York's Achilles Heel. And guess what it is? TRANSPORTATION!
Imagine my surprise when I get off the bus at the R/W Subway station just to find it isn't running! No explanation or anything. All I knew was it was closed. So I head over to the next station, the N, and guess what? It is down also! So I get in line to wait for the bus to take me from Queens to Manhattan. The bus just doesn't seem to be coming. I run to a store and get some cash out to grab a taxi. And wouldn't you know it that the taxis are all occupied. Seriously, it was a two hour wait at most companies for taxis. So I waited in the now very long line for the bus. When I finally got the third bus that came my way it was PACKED. And I mean people sitting on each other! I was crouched down on the floor at the ve
ry front. I'm not even kidding you. People on the streets were laughing at me. And I was laughing at me too. But I was just so happy to have made it on the bus and get myself to work. And with all the problems I was only an hour late!! My office manager came over, looked at me and went, "Oh wow! You're here! I can't believe it." And I couldn't believe it either.But anyway this little story of my morning is just to tell you all that there are so many people in New York that the moment there are delays on any type of transportation it seems that everything just falls apart. But thank God for that nice bus driver who let me on.
2 comments:
I don't remember things being that bad when I was there, but of course that was a few years ago so maybe things have changed since. I remember vividly taking cabs everywhere and being struck by the fact that people crossed the street even on red lights, (here in the southland, as you know, people don't walk through red lights)
achilles is one of my favorite greek heroes... tsk tsk tsk..... but oh man had u and gina were there u both would be laffin your rectums.... well.... its hard to really digest what ur going thru up in N-Y....
right now all is pretty quiet here.... me and g-g been talkin every now and then ... good to read from ya.... keep posting.. im always around reading...
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