Too much excitement on a Friday
Even by TTC standards, it was a crazy journey today.
My weird and wacky trip to work started with a schoolgirl collapsing at the subway station. Her friends had put her on one of the seats and a TTC employee was calling for help when I arrived on the platform; oddly everyone was more interested in catching their train than crowding around her, which was good.
A while later I remember seeing two school kids get on the bus and hang around by the driver. Apparently one kid was refusing to pay his fare – I missed the debate thanks to Ozzy & co on my MP3 player, but it went on for 3 or 4 stops. A message from a TTC supervisor blared out over the bus’ speakers: pay, get off, or police will attend. (Please don’t go with option 3, I thought – I don’t want to wait in the cold, and it was snowing quite heavily at that point.) Fortunately the kid & friend got off after “expressing their disappointment”.
Less than a block up the road, a bus was stopped with police & fire vehicles behind it, and ambulance ahead. Our driver stopped alongside for a look but I couldn’t see what was going on.
Heading home, there was a guy acting suspiciously – furtively looking his bag, then getting and walking part-way down the bus without said bag. Repeat this behavior and I start to wonder what’s going on; repeat it a couple more times and I’m wondering whether to talk to the driver, call the police myself, or just get off. Then he moved seat, to squeeze in next to a girl nearer the front. Fortunately he got off a few stops later and I checked he had his bag. (Of course he could have taken something out and left it under the seat.)
Just when I thought we were over the crazies, the subway train pulls out of the station then stops because a woman on the platform is shouting at a guy (in my carriage) that she forgot her keys. They actually stopped the train halfway out of the station so he could pass her his keys via the TTC guard!
I was definitely pleased to get home after such an odd day. Unfortunately I tweaked my elbow at badminton (I didn’t warm up properly at all, and went straight into a game with 3 of the top players) so I came home after just a couple of games. Maybe the weekend will prove less weird & frustrating.
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3 Comments on Too much excitement on a Friday
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Insaniac on
Fri, 19th Jan 2007 11:54 pm
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paul on
Sat, 20th Jan 2007 7:27 am
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Paul, Kerri and The Boys » Blue Monday on
Mon, 22nd Jan 2007 10:18 pm
Dude, they could make a movie out of the day you had.
This film is not suitable for children or those of a nervous disposition!
[...] Personally, I didn’t find today to be any different to other Mondays, and fortunately it was a whole lot better than last Friday. How was your day? [...]
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