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aberkok · 10-23-2004, 01:45 PM

Toronto:

1.) The early morning rush hour crowd on the subway could not be more apathetic. I've never seen a bigger bunch of sad-sacks. They have their faces buried in the morning paper (free newspaper "Metro" which hardly can be called journalism) and you could be a 78 year-old pregnant woman with a cane and not get a seat.

2.) The opposite extreme: people who are too nice (and it makes them stupid). The other day I was right at the bus-stop when the bus pulls up. I'm ready to flash my pass and get on (usually takes all of 4 seconds for me to flash pass, hop on and be at back of bus standing), when I hear this woman behind me: "AHEM!! Man with a cane!?" I turn to see her presenting me with this old guy who, of course, deserves to get a seat. But I was already on the bus!! I wasn't budding in front or anything. She somehow thought that if I got off the bus and behind the old man (who she didn't even know and was five feet behind me anyway), that it would help somehow. Idiot.

3.) Selfish/lazy people who own cars and drive them when we have a very decent transit system. These people go hand-in-hand with those who complain about the cost of transit even though it's 1/4 of the cost of owning a car (still it's hard to part with $100 Cdn. every month, I know).

I guess all of the above are problems I have with PEOPLE. Maybe they should collectively only count as one.

10-23-2004, 01:45 PM	#80 (permalink)
aberkok “Wrong is right.” Location: toronto	Toronto: 1.) The early morning rush hour crowd on the subway could not be more apathetic. I've never seen a bigger bunch of sad-sacks. They have their faces buried in the morning paper (free newspaper "Metro" which hardly can be called journalism) and you could be a 78 year-old pregnant woman with a cane and not get a seat. 2.) The opposite extreme: people who are too nice (and it makes them stupid). The other day I was right at the bus-stop when the bus pulls up. I'm ready to flash my pass and get on (usually takes all of 4 seconds for me to flash pass, hop on and be at back of bus standing), when I hear this woman behind me: "AHEM!! Man with a cane!?" I turn to see her presenting me with this old guy who, of course, deserves to get a seat. But I was already on the bus!! I wasn't budding in front or anything. She somehow thought that if I got off the bus and behind the old man (who she didn't even know and was five feet behind me anyway), that it would help somehow. Idiot. 3.) Selfish/lazy people who own cars and drive them when we have a very decent transit system. These people go hand-in-hand with those who complain about the cost of transit even though it's 1/4 of the cost of owning a car (still it's hard to part with $100 Cdn. every month, I know). I guess all of the above are problems I have with PEOPLE. Maybe they should collectively only count as one. __________________ !check out my new blog! http://arkanamusic.wordpress.com Warden Gentiles: "It? Perfectly innocent. But I can see how, if our roles were reversed, I might have you beaten with a pillowcase full of batteries."