On the train today, someone really wants to know more about the delay and what’s the f*ck! (see picture)
what's the f*ck with the delay?
I wonder what he got out of vandalising the sticker. Well he got featured on my blog if that’s anything! I’m not promoting it though.
On the train today, ladies are reading mostly novels:
Average lady – The turn of the tide by Alexander Connor.
Young stylish lady – Lord of the bow by Conn Iggulden.
40 year old lady – Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne.
Young lady – Student of weather by Elizabeth Hay.
Another Young lady – Guilty by Karen Robards.
What are the men doing? Looking out of the widow and door, according to this photo!
ladies read while man stare and think
On the train today, I finally took a photo of this graffiti that stands out amongst many.
It’s a simple bold statement and the reason behind it is curious. It reads “Gina is a babe”. Who is Gina? Who wrote this? Was it herself? Did anyone doubt she was a babe? Did she change sex and is now gladly announcing it to the world? I wonder.
Gina is a babe
So anyways. Just in case you didn’t know or had any doubts, Gina is a babe… and Ick’s her man. Sorry I could not resist this bad, bad joke.
On the train today, a yound guy is loudly on the phone with his friend Mel. Mel has hemorrhoids. So Mel, get well soon and let us know how your hemorrhoids go.
On the train today, you have to be careful. Look around you. Look above you. There are hidden traps ready to trigger when you least expect it.
Like this can of drink barely holding to a ceiling grid with a straw. Very clever. And very funny too! You never know when it will fall and who will be the lucky person it will strike. It will surely make his or her day a perfect one, especially because there’s still some sticky drink in the can.
trap - straw just holding a non-empty drink can to the ceiling
Many were standing underneath it, totally unaware of the danger. They all quickly moved away when they saw me snapping a photo of it. Of course no one dared to disarm it. It might have been a booby-trap. Better call in the bomb squad for this one.
I hope the ingenious person who put it up there will be the lucky one who it hits cause he surely deserves it for all his greatness.
On the train today, people needed energy. And coffee is not enough these days. So they get it from an energy drink concentrated with caffeine, sugar and some natural extracts claimed to wake up your body and mind.
It’s becoming increasingly popular. It used to be mostly tradies (physical workers). But now it’s becoming more common to see office workers sipping on this stuff. Two of the people sitting in front of me are on it. The young red-haired lady is sipping on it from a bright green can. The young guy sitting next to her has it in his bag, in a bigger bottle. He sipped a bit from it when he got on the train. I presume he is saving the rest for later on during the day. Didn’t seem to have much effect on him. His body and mind were still asleep. He was constantly yawning and rubbing his eyes.
I have a better cheaper energy fix. It’s called…. ZzZzZzZzz…
Red-haired lady drinking energy from a bright green can
On the train today, everyone is reading MX. It’s the free newspaper handed out to commuters every afternoon at the major train stations in the city.
It’s amazing how easy it is to make people read something. Stand in their way while they are rushing to catch that train and reach out to hand them something they need: a free light read for that never-ending ride back home on a jam-packed train after an exhausting day at work. If it’s a decent read, they will actually start picking it up themselves and make it become an everyday habit. I have. And sometimes all you can hear on the train in the afternoon is the sound of MX pages. And it has no competition.
How good would it be if they featured my everydaytrainblog.com? Then other fellow commuters can send me their commuter stories and I can share them here.
On the train today, a man is saving the environment. He uses a bike. A bike on train. It’s a busy train, so people are standing up. The man with the bike is sitting down. And the bike is placed between two poles, blocking at least two empty seats. But it doesn’t matter. This man is saving the environment. He uses a bike instead of a car. So he has the right to sit down on the train, block another two seats and hog more standing space. Go you green guy!
Bike on a train - save the environment
On the train today, there was a medical emergency. The driver requested the help of any nurses or doctors on board. There seemed to be none where I was sitting. Only people complaining.
At the next stop, the train could not proceed. The driver announced that another train was leaving from a different platform in a couple of minutes. He had barely finished the sentence when all passengers stampeded to the doors. I didn’t even have time to snap a photo. The carriage was empty in seconds.
No one cared about the sick person. All that mattered was to get home asap on a friday evening to kickstart the weekend. I made my way to the other platform and hopped on the first train without looking at the board to see where it was going. So when I asked my fellow commuters where the train was off to, everyone faked to be deaf apart from the most unlikely oddest looking guy who nicely replied and confirmed the destination.
Coincidentally, this train was already majorly delayed by an other medical emergency on a different train. There must be a train epidemic. Or perhaps it was just an unexpected hot day in the beginning of spring.
Hear the announcement here: train medical emergency
Oh, and a get-well-soon to all people who fell sick on the train today.
On the train today, I was looking out the window. On the platform I saw this big lady wearing a brown cape on top of her black and white spotted top, and a green hood. She was standing under a tree beside her fold-up chair with a cola drink. She was looking around and taking notes of some sort on a piece of paper. She did not board any train. I wonder what she was doing. Is that her job? Is it her hobby? Or is she just loopey? strange, weird, I wonder…
Strange lady taking notes
Strange-lady-taking-notes, I hope you read this blog one day and let me know what you were doing.
