
Orlando Says: - No street performers unless you're Sonny Payne or that guy on speed who plays along to his cd player. Mariachi bands, I'm talking to you.
- Getting a seat
- No pole huggers
- No youths
Catwoman Waiting for her Batman Says:
- Unanticipated express runs
- Getting an actual seat
- Jeopardy on my phone
- Having the money to take a cab home instead
MacKenzie_B Says:
- A spirited announcer (extra points if he yells about holding the doors during rush hour)
- Other riders with covetable wardrobes & accessories
- Good conversations to eavesdrop on
- Kindles
Alexandra Says:
- Impromptu a capella renditions of "For the Longest Time" (true story)
- People who pull me aside to tell me how much they like the book I am reading
- Getting that last seat before the train fills up (schaaadenfreude)
- Conductors who announce each stop in a different accent (another true story)
Adam Says:
- “Excuse me, would you like to sit?”
- The book that person is reading doesn't define them
- I'll get to where i need to be when I need to be there
- I could easily be panhandler, so I give what I can
Antennae Free Says:
- Instant hand sanitizer
- Getting a seat
- Reading the "Feeling Under the Weather Today?" ads and thinking "Yes," but not because you have a cold. It's because you hate your life.
- The album "The Very Best of En Vogue." Specifically, "Free Your Mind" and "My Love (Never Gonna Get It)."
Kate Says:
- Cabs
- Comfortable flats
- iPods
- Fitzgerald
One Saturday Says:
- That nice fellow passenger who picks up the piece of paper I dropped on the floor because I’m torn between being too skeeved out to touch something that’s touched the subway floor and feeling guilty about littering.
- My train pulling into the station just as I get there. Yes, it’s magic.
- Wearing a coat or cardi that’s long enough so my legs don’t rest on the seat if I scrunch down.
- A good train buddy, though you have to remember that everyone in the car can hear your convo. (Yup, I’m talk to you, mister-over-there—you should not be telling the girl you just started seeing about the time you and your brother tried to have a threesome with an unconscious drunk girl who couldn’t speak English.)
What will tomorrow bring? Four things that make us wish upon a star.